The government of Telangana has intensified its efforts to counter the move by the Andhra Pradesh government to cancel power purchase agreements (PPAs) after news broke that AP is aggressively pursuing the matter despite Centre’s earlier rejection . Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao Friday asked the officials to collect all the relevant material and submit the same to the union government. He has asked Principal Secretary, Energy, Suresh Chandra to stay in New Delhi for few days for discussion with union government officials. The official already held talks with the union power secretary and National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) authorities. With the Andhra Pradesh government’s move threatening to plunge the newly created Telangana state into a power crisis, the chief minister Friday reviewed ...

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