Rama Rao also continued his attack on Revanth Reddy on the issue of crop procurement.
Hyderabad:BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Wednesday called on people to “send the anti-people Congress government packing” when the time came, adding that the mood of the people in Telangana was one of wanting to “see KCR return as CM by throwing the Congress out.”
Addressing a meeting of party workers at Sathupalli in Khammam district, Rama Rao said the Congress government has undermined and weakened all welfare programmes and schemes introduced by the previous BRS government. “Even Khammam, which has three ministers holding powerful portfolios, has gained nothing under the present administration,” he said.
Rama Rao also continued his attack on Revanth Reddy on the issue of crop procurement. “As the then TPCC president he promised to procure all crops at their minimum support price. Now he says Telangana can procure only as much crop as the Centre permits. This government has failed farmers by delaying procurement, neglecting Rythu Bharosa and not ensuring the availability of fertilisers,” he said.
Karnataka projects on Tungabhadra, Harish slams Revanth
Former irrigation minister and senior BRS T. Harish Rao on Wednesday demanded that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy “stop Karnataka’s illegal projects on the Tungabhadra river and protect Telangana’s interests in Rajolibanda diversion scheme (RDS), Thummilla and Bhima projects.”
Harish Rao, in a letter to the Chief Minister, said the Congress government has neglected its responsibility to protect Telangana’s water rights and has adopted dangerous policies that mortgage the state’s interests to neighbouring states. “While you are fully cooperating with Andhra Pradesh, which is attempting to divert Godavari waters in the guise of linking rivers, you are again betraying Telangana by allowing Karnataka’s illegal projects on Tungabhadra,” Harish Rao said.
Harish Rao questioned if Telangana giving a no-objection certificate to Karnataka to build three bridges-cum-barrages on Tungabhadra at Kuridi (2 tmc ft), Chikkalaparvi (2.5 tmc ft), and Chikkalamanchi (5 tmc ft) in return to Karnataka not objecting to the Kodangal lift irrigation scheme. “These three projects of Karnataka will impact flows into the RDS directly affecting Telangana’s interests. Why has the government not objected to these projects by Karnataka,” Harish Rao asked.
“If inflows from Tungabhadra to the Srisailam reservoir decline, irrigation projects in the erstwhile Palamuru district, including Kalwakurthy and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects, along with drinking water needs and future water planning, will be severely affected. This is not merely a project issue; it concerns the future of Telangana itself,” Harish Rao said in his letter.
