HYDERABAD: Finding fault with the decision of the state Cabinet to join the Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme (RDSS), a Union government initiative that aims to improve power supply reliability and make Discoms financially sustainable, BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Sunday alleged that the government was trying to introduce prepaid smart meters in order to stop the free power scheme by privatising the Discoms.
The BRS leader alleged that the power supply system would soon be handed over to Adani and other corporates.
“The government would shelve free power to farmers by fixing meters to agriculture motors. The present domestic meters would be replaced with prepaid meters,” he said.
The BRS working president called upon the people to remove the “fuses” of the Congress before it introduces meters to agriculture and other sectors.
Recalling that the BRS had cautioned the people during elections that the Congress, if voted to power, would scrap the free power scheme, Rama Rao called upon the people to revolt against the present government.
“Prepaid meters would be introduced in the state within the next three months,” Rama Rao cautioned the people.
Mocks Future City plan
Taking a dig at the Revanth Reddy government over its plan to develop a new city — Future City, he said: “The Congress government is unable to develop the existing Hyderabad city. It is talking so much about Future City. No one would believe it will be able to develop Future City, as the municipal department is unable to even remove garbage in the existing city.”
The Sircilla MLA alleged that the government was trying to loot lakhs of crores in the name of Musi rejuvenation.
“The Musi rejuvenation was almost completed by the BRS government as it constructed sewage treatment plants. The completed project was taken up again for the sake of contracts,” he alleged, adding that the present government was also demolishing a large number of houses in the name of Musi project.
Rama Rao, meanwhile, said that the BRS membership drive would be taken up digitally. “After the membership drive, a training programme would be conducted for 1,000 party workers in each Assembly segment,” he added.
