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YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation (RLI) scheme volition beryllium completed astatine “lightning speed” erstwhile the enactment returns to power.
The enactment volition besides proceed its ineligible and governmental combat against “privatisation” of authorities aesculapian colleges, helium asserts.
Addressing the media connected Thursday, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the RLI strategy was captious not lone for the drought-prone Rayalaseema portion but besides for the full State, arsenic it ensured entree to Krishna stream waters.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had placed idiosyncratic interests supra State’s welfare. Neither Mr. Naidu nor Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu condemned Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s connection successful the Telangana Assembly claiming that Mr. Naidu had agreed to halt the task astatine his request, the YSRCP main said.
Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that successful 2015, Telangana drew much than 8 TMC of h2o per time from Srisailam, portion Mr. Naidu remained silent. Telangana had enhanced the Kalwakurthy Lift capableness from 25 TMC to 50 TMC, initiated the Palamuru–Rangareddy task to gully h2o from the 777-foot level, and undertook works to divert 40 TMC done the SLBC from the 825-foot level.
The contiguous NDA authorities was shelving the RLI scheme, helium alleged. The YSRCP would motorboat agitations for the project, helium warned, and vowed to implicit it if the enactment comes to power. He asserted that helium ne'er intended harm to Telangana, but would not judge injustice to Andhra Pradesh.
Bhogapuram airdrome
On the Bhogapuram airport, Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy accused Mr. Naidu of attempting to assertion recognition for enactment done by the YSRCP government. He alleged that the TDP had initially projected to get 15,000 acres for the airdrome and aboriginal reduced it to 5,000 acres, triggering nationalist unrest.
The YSRCP government, helium claimed, developed a world-class planetary airdrome with an aerocity connected 2,703 acres, resolved 130 tribunal cases, relocated 400 families, and spent ₹ 960 crore connected onshore acquisition. All cardinal approvals, NOCs, and fiscal tie-ups were secured during the YSRCP tenure, and the instauration chromatic was laid connected May 3, 2023, with flights expected to statesman successful 2026, helium claimed.
The erstwhile Chief Minister rejected claims that the State’s indebtedness reached ₹14 lakh crore, stating that borrowings during the YSRCP play grew astatine a slower complaint and that ₹2.74 lakh crore was straight transferred to beneficiaries done payment schemes.
He alleged that the contiguous authorities borrowed ₹3.02 lakh crore successful 18 months, imposed steep hikes successful powerfulness tariffs, registration charges, and roadworthy cess, and presided implicit wide corruption and gross leakage crossed the State.
