Stop publicity stunts: Congress leader Gudur Narayana Reddy to KTR

Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy demanded that the State government immediately announce the Monsoon Action Plan for Greater Hyderabad and take measures to prevent the city from further deterioration. Narayana Reddy, in a media statement on Monday, said that the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) was yet to draft the Monsoon Action Plan although the next monsoon is expected to hit Telangana in the next three weeks. He said neither storm water drains were cleaned nor lakhs of tonnes of garbage has been lifted from the city. The Congress leader asked whether the announcement made by the State Government of spending Rs. 10,000 crore on Hyderabad during the financial year 2020-21 still stands valid or has it been withdrawn in view of changed circumstances due to Coronavirus.

He reminded that after winning the GHMC elections, Municipal Administration & Urban Development Minister K Tarakarama Rao, on February 18, 2016, had announced 100 Days Action Plan for Greater Hyderabad. Not even 1% of the promises made in the 100 Days Action Plan were fulfilled even after 1,550 days today. Instead of giving the status report on 100 Days Action Plan, Minister KTR started another publicity stunt '10 AM, 10 Minutes', he alleged. Narayana Reddy alleged that '10 AM, 10 Minutes' was a cheap publicity stunt KTR borrowed from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.