Hyderabad: The TS government will sign the final agreement with neighbouring Maharashtra state over construction of irrigation projects in a week or 10 days.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao revealed this at the official Ugadi celebrations held at the Ravindra Bharati here on Friday. “We will sign the final agreement and take up construction of pending irrigation projects with the blessings of God and people’s cooperation,” the CM said.
Mr Rao said it took a year for an in depth study of water issues and sign the MoU with Maharashtra. “Even if there is drought in some parts, there is no drought in Godavari. 1,500 TMC of water had gone waste into sea. If we had tapped it, there would not have drought,” he said, adding that the government was trying to ensure a solid foundation for irrigation sector. “We are laying the foundation of the new State. If the foundation is weak, it will be dangerous and affect the future of TS,” he said.
Stating that it was proved that TS is revenue surplus and its funds had been looted in the past, he said the state achieved unprecedented growth of 15 per cent which no state in India could achieve.
“Dark days are over. You will have 24x7 power supply. We are moving ahead in all sectors. In IT sector we will be No 1 in country soon. We are growing very fast in industrial area,” he said.
Mr Rao said in achieving Telangana, the state got two boons — own funds to use for development and jobs for locals. Referring to panchangakarta Santosh Kumar Sashtri’s prediction that education and health department would face problems of high fees, corruption, the CM said, “According to Panchangam, it’s good for everyone barring Kadiam Srihari and Laxma Reddy.”
