HYDERABAD: BRS leader and former minister T Harish Rao on Friday alleged that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy was misleading the people and taking credit for projects built by his predecessor K Chandrasekhar Rao.
In a press statement issued here, Harish Rao said: “It’s painful to see Revanth Reddy claiming credit for irrigation projects that were built with years of hard work by KCR to bring one crore acres of Telangana under irrigation.”
Harish Rao recalled that KCR entered into a historic agreement with Maharashtra and spent Rs 1,200 crore to complete the Chanaka-Korata barrage, pump houses, main canal and substations. He pointed out that a wet run was completed successfully in September 2023 during the BRS regime.
The BRS government acquired 1,600 acres out of the required 3,200 acres for canal works, while the present government failed to acquire even a single acre in two years.
“You have not acquired land, not dug canals and not given water to even one acre. Then why are you staging rerun and wet run dramas?” Harish asked Revanth.
The Siddipet MLA said that the Sadarmat barrage with a capacity of 1.5 tmcft was completed by KCR with Rs 500 crore funds, but the Congress government failed to store even a drop of water in the last two years, causing severe injustice to farmers of the erstwhile Adilabad district.
“Now, you are cutting ribbons shamelessly and claiming everything as your achievement. This is the height of dishonesty. You should bow your head and apologise to farmers for wasting two precious years,” he said.
He challenged the government to prove its claims by bringing water from Tummidihatti to Yellampalli through gravity. “Revanth Reddy should understand that governance is not about engraving his name on stone plaques at KCR’s projects. It was about earning a place in the hearts of the people through real work,” he added.