KOTA: Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas in Bundi, Kota and Baran districts, but bad weather led to the cancellation of his planned afternoon tour to Jhalawar. Speaking to the media, Gehlot lashed out at the Centre and repeated the demand for national project status to Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) and questioned the delay in the Centre doing so. “What are the hurdles in declaring ERCP a national project? The (central) government must answer this,” he said.
The CM landed at Kota airport by helicopter at around 12:30pm and, after a brief interaction with the leaders and people assembled there, flew for an aerial survey of the flood-hit areas in Bundi and Kota districts. He was accompanied by UDH minister Shanti Dhariwal and area MLAs Ramnarayan Meena and Bharat Singh.
