Kalyana Lakshmi for BCs too

It will also cover all white ration card holders: KCR

Bhupalpally/Warangal: Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday dedicated to the nation the 600MW KTPP (Kakatiya Thermal Power Plant) second unit at Dubbapally under Ghanpur mandal near Bhupalapally in Warangal district. He also unveiled a statue of Dr Ambedkar and a pylon at the KTPP complex on the occasion.

Addressing a public meeting later, KCR announced extension of the Kalyana Lakshmi scheme to BCs and all those who have white ration cards. The scheme is now benefitting only SC, ST and Muslim minorities through Shadi Mubarak. Later at a review meeting, he told the officials that the financial assistance offered through the scheme should be handed over to the beneficiaries ahead of the marriage.

The Chief Minister lashed out at the Opposition for their witch-hunting against the government. Despite the people of Warangal teaching them a fitting lesson in the recent election, the Opposition parties were not mending their ways, he lamented. They cannot make baseless allegations against the government, which was giving top priority to the welfare and developmental programmes from the day one, he claimed.

Stating that the people are the bosses for him, KCR said Warangal would be developed on par with Hyderabad. Calling upon the people to support his government, he said farmers in Telangana would get adequate water and nine-hour uninterrupted power supply to raise two crops a year.
The Chief Minister said his government had given equal importance to festivals of all religions and will achieve golden Telangana.

“As the irrigation projects are getting fructified, we will keep the promise of supplying 24-hour power supply to all by 2018,” KCR said amidst wild applause by the gathering. Referring to the high priority the government was giving to Irrigation sector by allocating Rs 25,000 crore, he said water from Devadula would be pumped into Bheem Ghanpur and Laknavaram tanks benefitting farmers in Bhupalpally, Mulugu and other mandals. This would help the farmers to get water for two or three crops, he said.

Taking a dig at the previous governments for belittling the employees, he said services of all contract employees, including junior linemen in the Electricity department, will be regularized besides increasing salaries of the outsourcing staff as decided in the Cabinet meeting.

Speaker S Madhusudanachary described KCR as modern Bhageeratha for launching power and irrigation projects successfully. Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari, Power Minister G Jagadish Reddy, MPs P Dayakar, Sitharam Naik and local party leaders were present.