Opposition parties ruined Hyderabad in 60 years: CM K Chandrasekhar Rao

HYDERABAD: If chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has his way, the opposition parties in Telangana are in for some really tough time in the weeks and months ahead, especially in the city. On Saturday, KCR sought to place the Congress and the TDP in a cleft stick over the conditions in the city in the wake of the ongoing spell of rains.
Reacting to protests by the two parties over the current civic conditions in the city, Chandrasekhar Rao did not mince words saying what the city is witnessing is a fallout of accumulated neglect of the past 60 years by governments of the two parties.
"It is those same duds (daddammalle) who are blind too. Those who are protesting should not attempt to stop the government from cleaning up the city when it begins to demolish illegally built structures on nalas. When the government begins its demolition drive, opposition parties, which are accusing the government of not taking any action on this front, should not protest but instead support the government," he said. "They are protesting over the problems they created. It was their governments that approved illegal layouts on lake beds and allowed people to block waterways in the city," KCR said.
With regard to the work in cleaning up the city and improving roads and solving problems related to drainage, he said, "We accept the challenge. We will rise and meet it." The chief minister said, "My first sentence at the review meeting today was 'what are the lessons we are learning from the current situation in the city'."
Referring to people and political parties mocking the government over its plans to develop Hyderabad into a global city, the CM said that achieving that status was not something that could be accomplished overnight. "People are attempting to mock the government on this issue. Turning Hyderabad into a global city is an endeavour that will take 15 to 20 years. And this will also require Rs 15,000 crore to Rs 20,000 crore, for which the government will stand guarantee for GHMC to raise the funds," he said.