Khammam dist will become a power hub for TS: Tummala

• R&B Minister on bike tour in Khammam city
• Tells officials to make the district role model in welfare schemes implementation

Khammam: Minister for Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageswara Rao on Friday undertook a whirlwind tour on a bike in several areas of Khammam city. Tummala Nageswara Rao has visited Ramalayam at NSP quarters and offered special prayers. Later, he inspected the temple premises and found that there was no direct way from bypass road to temple.

The Minister gave instructions to Khammam RDO T Vinay Krishna Reddy and Khammam Urban Tahsildar Venka Reddy to acquire necessary land for laying road to temple from bypass road. “Measures should be taken for laying road ahead of Sriramanavami festival,” he instructed the officials.

Tummala Nageswara Rao also inspected railway under bridge (RUB) works at Saradhi Nagar. He enquired with the site engineer Janardhan Reddy about the progress of RUB works and directed him to bring RUB to use for people by Ugadi festival. Later, he inaugurated the office complex of Minor Irrigation Department near R&B Guest House which was constructed at a cost of Rs 1.7 crore.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister has directed Revenue officials to free government lands from encroachers and allocate the same for government offices. He has instructed the officials concerned to clear pending works in the district as early as possible.

Later, the Minister participated in a review meeting at Pragna meeting hall at the Collectorate in which ZP chairperson G Kavitha, District Collector Dr K Ilambarithi, SP Shahnawaz Qasim and other district officials attended.

During the meeting, he told the officials to ensure that benefits of social welfare schemes reached to all eligible poor persons. “Injustice should not be meted out to poor while implementing social welfare schemes,” he added. Minister told officials to implement social welfare schemes effectively and place Khammam district in first position among all districts so that the district would become role model to other districts. The Joint Collector K Surendra Mohan, MLC Balasani Lakshminarayana, Wyra MLA B Madan Lal, Yellandu MLA K Kanakaiah and other officials were present.

Speaking to the media after conclusion of the meeting, Tummala Nageswara Rao said that Khammam district would emerge a power hub and meet electricity requirements of the State. He said the state government would set up two mega power generation projects in Khammam district.

He further said that the Sri Seetharamachandra Swamy temple at Bhadrachalam would be developed on international standards. “More funds would be allocated to make elaborate arrangements for Godavari Pushkaralu,” he added.