Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy asks Singareni to allot Rs 1 crore to nearby villages

4 April 2018 2:15 AM IST

In Khammam, Nalgonda and other districts, standing crop like paddy, maize and mango were damaged in around 1 lakh acres.

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Hyderabad: Telangana Congress Legislature party Deputy Leader Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy, MLC, in a letter to Chief Minister K. Chan-drasekhar Rao said people in about 150 villages in and around Singareni Collieries were facing a lot of health hazards owing to severe air pollution and contaminated drinking and groundwater.

Singareni made Rs 1,200 crore profit in fiscal 2017-18, he said and wanted the authorities to direct the firm to allot Rs 1 crore each for development villages and also providing safe drinking water and proper medical facilities.

Mr Reddy also requested the Chief Minister to constitute a task force to assess the loss to farmers due to untimely rain and immediately provided sufficient relief and financial assistance.

In Khammam, Nalgonda and other districts, standing crop like paddy, maize and mango were damaged in around 1 lakh acres.

( Source : Deccan Chronicle. )

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