Low on Allotments, High on Bragging

Hyderabad: The recent announcements from CM Chandrababu Naidu and his ally Devineni Uma Maheswar Rao are revealing the Government’s intentions. Besides not showing any interest in irrigation projects, the Government is trying to take the benefit of credit and profit from them.

This is the reality

Irrigation projects are very important for the state. Only when the river water is diverted and sent to the agricultural fields will the crops yield good produce for the people and profit for the farmers. That was why late leader Dr.YS Rajasekhar Reddy spent such huge amounts of funds on ‘Jalayagnam’. It is also important to shed light on Chandrababu’s contribution to the irrigation projects.

The estimated expenditure of Vamsadhara project was Rs.1242 crore. While Babu’s tenure allotted Rs.44 crore, Dr.YSR spent Rs.657 crore in his tenure. After the demise of Dr.YSR, Congress Government sanctioned Rs.138 crore. Pushkaram project’s expenditure was estimated to be Rs.608 crore. Babu spent Rs.7.6 crore on it and YSR spent Rs.538 crore. Post-YSR Congress Government gave Rs.61.77 crore.

Thotapalli project is another example. When the expenditure was estimated as Rs.527 crore, YSR’s tenure allocated Rs.398.88 crore and Babu’s allotted Rs.3 crore. For Tadipudi project, estimated expenditure was Rs.467 crore, Babu’s allotment was Rs.3.23 crore and YSR’s was Rs384.64 crore. After him, Congress Government spent Rs.55.19 crore.

Keenness for credit

While reality is evident from the numbers, Chandrababu’s Government is making attempts to picture things in the other way. It is identifying the projects where 90% of the work is complete. It is making them up and eagerly describing them as product of its effort. It is obvious that they are hiding reality and striving for advertisement and credit.

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