The TDP Telangana State unit has accepted Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s gauntlet that his government would register cases against opposition leaders if they levelled charges of corruption without substantiating them.
TDP-TS working president A. Revanth Reddy asserted that he stood by his claim on the motives behind the redesigning of the projects. The redesigning was taken up for commission and this would impose a huge burden on people. The government was entrusting the contracts to “benami” companies of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy’s close aide and Congress MP K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao.
He said the latest pact with Maharashtra relating to projects on the Godavari would harm the interests of the State as Telangana is likely to lose its rights over the water. The Government’s decision to reduce the height of the Tummidihatti project from 152 m to 148 m would result in an additional burden of close to Rs. 50,000 crore on the State. “What is the need to sign an accord with Maharashtra when the Government has agreed to reduce the height of the project ensuring that there is no submergence in the neighbouring State?” he asked.
The Maharashtra government which did not accept submergence of 1,800 acres under Tummidihatti had, however, signed an agreement on the Medigadda project in spite of the fact that 3,000 acres in its territory would be submerged by the project.
This actually exposed the intentions of the government to hand over the projects to select companies.
Moreover, the Chief Minister organised celebrations on March 9 over the successful meeting with his Maharashtra counterpart. “Why are celebrations organised for the same agreements yet again?” he asked.
