Congress casts hijacking slur on TRS govt

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee Working President Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Friday alleged that TRS leaders were inaugurating irrigation projects that had been completed by the previous Congress government.

Speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan along with former Minister P Sudarshan Reddy, TPCC official spokesperson K Mahesh, Kisan Congress leader M Ashwin Reddy, Bhatti Vikramarka said nearly 95 per cent of the works on Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu and Koilsagar projects in Mahabubnagar were completed during the Congress government.

“The Minister for Irrigation is in fact enjoying the fruits of Jalayagnam which was launched during the tenure of Congress government in the united Andhra Pradesh,” he said. He urged the government to allocate Rs 200 crore and complete the Dummugudem project, which was almost nearing completion during the Congress regime. “If Dummugudem project is completed, two lakh acres will be brought under irrigation immediately,” he said.

He said the Telangana State would lose its rights permanently on River Shabari if the State government changed the present project site which is located at the point of convergence of River Godavari and River Shabari. The TRS government was worried about the welfare of contractors and not the welfare of its people, he claimed.