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The Navyandhra RWS Contractors’ Association has, successful a missive to Deputy Chief Minister K. Pawan Kalyan, highlighted the terrible fiscal situation affecting implicit 750 MSME contractors engaged successful the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) works.
In the missive dated March 29, relation wide caput Srinivasa Prasad Koneru alleged important delays successful payments and a bias successful money allocation favouring ample firm firms.
Of the ₹1,331 crore released since February 2025, firm entities reportedly received ₹932 crore, portion MSME contractors were allocated lone ₹263 crore, helium said. The disparity widened further successful March 2026, erstwhile ₹562 crore was released to firm firms, compared to conscionable ₹85.88 crore for 442 MSME contractors, helium added.
The relation said that pending bills arsenic of March 19 stood astatine ₹1,492 crore, with ₹850 crore pertaining to MSMEs alone. Contractors assertion that prolonged delays pushed them into fiscal distress, with galore accounts turning into non-performing assets and an inability to wage workers.
Warning of protests, the relation urged the authorities to instantly wide the dues, stating that thousands of families babelike connected these tiny businesses were astatine risk.
