BRS neglected irrigation sector during their 10-year regime: Bhatti
He added that the BRS did nothing for the development of the irrigation sector during their 10-year regime.
"Not a single drop of irrigation water that rightfully belongs to Telangana will be given up. The state's interests are more important than politics. The previous BRS govt was responsible for allowing the Andhra Pradesh to take the Banakacherla project," he said after laying the foundation stone for the construction of 10,000-metric-tonne-capacity warehouses at Kamalapuram village in the Mudigonda mandal of the Khammam district.
The warehouses are being built by the Telangana State Warehousing Corporation at a cost of ₹10 crore.
He added: "It is because of chief minister A Revanth Reddy and irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy's effective presentation of arguments to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry in New Delhi that the Banakacherla project was halted."
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The deputy chief minister also alleged that the previous BRS govt did not complete a single useful irrigation project.
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"Though they spent Rs 1 lakh crore on the Kaleshwaram project, not a single acre received water from it. When Polavaram was being constructed, they just watched. When construction of the Banakacharla project began, they showed no concern. In fact, they rolled out the red carpet for AP leaders and mortgaged the interests of our state.
Even when seven mandals of the Khammam district were merged into AP through an ordinance that was not included in the Reorganisation Act, they failed to stop it."
Bhatti said, "We are correcting all the mistakes committed by the previous BRS govt. We are moving forward with a concrete action plan to make full use of the waters of the Krishna and Godavari rivers and ensure that Telangana's rightful share will not be taken by AP."
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