HYDERABAD: The Congress is hoping to use ‘development’ as its main ammunition to outdo the rivals and secure the Jubilee Hills seat in the November 11 bypoll.
The ruling party is confident of bagging the segment as, according to its leaders, out of around 3.98 lakh voters, one lakh electors and their families benefitted from various schemes being implemented by the state government.
With the support of these beneficiaries, Revanth Reddy’s “praja government” wants to ensure that its candidate Naveen Yadav emerges winner with a huge margin of votes. Though more than 50 candidates entered the fray, Naveen’s main rivals will be Maganti Sunitha of the BRS and Lankala Deepak Reddy of the BJP.
Along with its six guarantees, implementation of schemes such as the fine rice (sanna biyyam) distribution and other welfare programmes have consolidated the Congress’ vote bank, according to party sources.
According to them, around 25,925 families in Jubilee Hills segment are availing free domestic power supply under the below-200-units category, while 19,658 families are benefiting from the Rs 500 LPG cylinder scheme.
Since the launch of the zero ticket scheme on December 9, 2023, over one crore women in Hyderabad have travelled free of cost in RTC buses, collectively saving Rs 2,410 crore. Women from the Jubilee Hills constituency alone have saved nearly Rs 120 crore through the free travel scheme, Congress sources added.
The government has also extended its welfare reach through the distribution of 14,197 new ration cards and the addition of 8,123 new names to existing cards.
Every ration card holder’s family is now receiving 6 kg fine rice per person per month, the sources pointed out.
Meanwhile, under the Indiramma Aasara pension scheme, 11,328 beneficiaries, including senior citizens, widows, persons with disabilities and dialysis patients, are receiving monthly pension in this segment.
The Indiramma Canteens are successfully implementing the Rs 5 breakfast scheme across the GHMC areas, enabling over 25,000 poor, working-class and low-income citizens to save money on a daily basis.
Through the Special Development Fund (SDF), the government has taken up road construction and basic infrastructure works worth Rs 5.51 crore in Jubilee Hills.
In addition to this, to ensure regular piped drinking water supply across all localities, the government sanctioned Rs 6.43 crore for water and sewerage improvement projects.
To tackle traffic congestion at key junctions, including Jubilee Hills Check Post, KBR Park Entrance, Road No 45, Film Nagar, Maharaja Agrasen and Basavatarakam Cancer Hospital, the government accorded administrative approval for the construction of flyovers and underpasses with an estimated cost of Rs 826 crore.
Besides this, establishment of new power transformers, 11 kV feeders and 13 km of LT line modernisation are being carried out with an estimated cost of Rs 11 crore, while the GHMC has proposed underground electricity lines worth Rs 162 crore in the constituency.
While the development works are in full swing and extensive welfare benefits reaching the people, Jubilee Hills has become a “showcase constituency” for the praja government’s people-oriented governance model, the party sources added.
