<p>The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Telangana, BHEL and others on a petition alleging a huge scam of Rs 35,000 crore in the Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project.</p>.<p>A bench of justices S A Bobde and Sanjiv Khanna also sought a response from the CBI on a petition filed by former MLA of Andhra Pradesh Dr Nagam Janardan Reddy.</p>.<p>The petitioner, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, alleged a loot of several thousand crores in the tender relating to the electro-mechanical equipment manufactured by the BHEL in the lift-irrigation project. <br /> <br />He sought a CBI investigation in the matter.</p>.<p>Bhushan, along with advocate Neha Rathi, contended that there was a massive scam in Telangana where state government and BHEL have connived to benefit private parties causing a huge loss to the public exchequer.<br /> <br />The petitioner challenged the validity of the judgment and final order passed on December 3, 2018 by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court, dismissing his plea for probe.</p>.<p>The Telangana government has undertaken the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRRLIS), which has four stages of pumping stations in a total of 18 packages to lift a large volume of water from the Srisailam Reservoir on Krishna river passing through Mahbubnagar district.</p>
<p>The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to Telangana, BHEL and others on a petition alleging a huge scam of Rs 35,000 crore in the Palamuru Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project.</p>.<p>A bench of justices S A Bobde and Sanjiv Khanna also sought a response from the CBI on a petition filed by former MLA of Andhra Pradesh Dr Nagam Janardan Reddy.</p>.<p>The petitioner, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, alleged a loot of several thousand crores in the tender relating to the electro-mechanical equipment manufactured by the BHEL in the lift-irrigation project. <br /> <br />He sought a CBI investigation in the matter.</p>.<p>Bhushan, along with advocate Neha Rathi, contended that there was a massive scam in Telangana where state government and BHEL have connived to benefit private parties causing a huge loss to the public exchequer.<br /> <br />The petitioner challenged the validity of the judgment and final order passed on December 3, 2018 by the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana High Court, dismissing his plea for probe.</p>.<p>The Telangana government has undertaken the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRRLIS), which has four stages of pumping stations in a total of 18 packages to lift a large volume of water from the Srisailam Reservoir on Krishna river passing through Mahbubnagar district.</p>
