Claims by Congress and BRS about Musi development debunked

Wide spread exists betwixt the money allocation and expenditure for the improvement of Musi stream by the 2 governments of Telangana since 2014.

The details were shared astatine a media league by the Urban Development Forum and Hyderabad Citizens’ Forum, the organs of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), Telangana connected Tuesday.

Data shared astatine the property conscionable showed that ₹4,404 crore was allocated implicit the past 12 fiscal years for Musi development, but lone ₹37 crore was spent nether the head, which amounts to little than 1%.

The figures were shared successful the discourse of the elaborate task plans released by the MRDCL astatine a caller programme attended by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, and the antagonistic presumption by the moving president of Bharat Rashtra Samithi K.T. Rama Rao astir the plans and improvement during their regime.

According to the details, for the archetypal 3 years, the BRS authorities made nary allocations for the project. During the consequent 2 years, backing of ₹377.35 crore per annum was shown successful the budget, but the expenditure was constricted to ₹3.12 crore.

In 2019-20, the allocation was ₹48.95 crore, but the expenditure was nil. While nary allocation was made successful the consequent year, ₹200 crore was earmarked each successful the adjacent 3 years. The expenditure signifier 2021-22 was nil, portion ₹4.94 crore was spent successful 2022-23 and ₹11.15 crore successful 2023-24.

Since the Congress authorities came to power, the allocation roseate to ₹1,500 crore successful the 2 budgets, but the magnitude spent remained woefully tiny — ₹11.55 crore for 2024-25 and ₹6.21 crore for 2025-26 (so far).

For the past 12 years, thing has been done to cleanable up the Musi river, but publicity has gone overboard, a enactment released by the forums said, and recovered responsibility with the acquisition of implicit 10,000 properties successful the river’s furniture and buffer zones, without adjacent mentioning the rehabilitation plans successful the elaborate plan.

Even the program during the BRS authorities envisaged removal of 8,594 homes, successful lieu of allotment of treble chamber houses to the displaced, the enactment pointed out. Even arsenic Mr. Rama Rao is present claiming that past main curate K. Chandrashekhar Rao did not hold for displacement, specified a connection was ne'er made erstwhile the enactment was ruling, it said.

A request has been made for consultations to beryllium held with the Musi residents, and the program to beryllium altered accordingly.