Chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu failed to allocate power to Telangana
Minister for agriculture Pocharam speaks at a press meet in Nizamabad on Tuesday. - dc
NIZAMABAD: Minister for agriculture Pocharam Srinivas Reddy said that state government had already spent ' 609 crore for purchasing power till then. “The government offered highest rate of '8.33 per unit power to meet agricultural and domestic needs,” he explained. Speaking to newsmen here on Tuesday, Mr Reddy said that the government was planning to generate 1,400 MW power. He said that honouring the AP Reorganisa-tion Bill, 2014, the TS government allotted thermal power to Andhra Pradesh, but its chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu failed to allocate power to TS.
Coming down heavily on Opposition Congress party, Mr Reddy criticised that the Congress leaders failed to pressurise the then Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy on issues like 7-hour power and input subsidy to the farmers. Referring to Congress’ dharna in Mahabubnagar, there is no moral right for Congress leaders to criticise TRS on farmers' issues, he said He said that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is giving utmost importance for agriculture and that he would take all necessary steps for the welfare of farmers.
The minister reiterated that they would conduct inquiry into the suicides of farmers to extend possible assistance.“There are various reasons for the suicides of farmers as 75 per cent of population belongs to farming sector only,” he said. He said that around 26,000 farmers committed suicides for various reasons during Telugu Desam and Congress regimes.Pocharam Srinivas Reddy said that they would encourage ID crops in rabi season.
They had already positioned seeds in the districts for rabi contingency plan. Nizamabad urban MLA B.Ganesh Gupta, mayor Akula Sujatha, Telangana Rashtra Samiti district unit president Eega Ganga Reddy and others were present.
( Source : dc correspondent )
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