BRS Misguiding Youths, Failing on Promises, Says Minister Ponguleti

 Khammam: Minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Tuesday said the BRS has been trying to misguide youths with false propaganda against the Congress government.

Speaking to media at his camp office in Kusumanchi, he said that youths should think how the earlier BRS government has backtracked from its promise to fill up vacant posts during its 10-year rule.

He reminded examination papers of written tests conducted by TSPSC were leaked for the benefit of relatives and followers of the ruling party leaders during the BRS government. He pointed out that the Congress government has brought reforms in TSPSC which has turned as the best recruitment agency in the country.

Notification of mega DSC was released by the Congress government for filling up of 11,062 teacher posts and a written test was also conducted for the candidates, he reminded.

Reminding that the Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy government had taken up Rajivsagar and Indirasagar at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500 crore to provide irrigation facility to 2.75 lakh acres under the Jala Yagnam, the BRS government, after formation of Telangana state, has changed the name of these projects as Sitarama Project and took up work at an estimated cost of Rs 18,000 crore. Over Rs 8,000 core has been spent by the BRS government for the project, but failed to provide irrigation facility to one acre of land.

Wet trial run of Lift-1 of Sitarama project was conducted successfully and trial run of lift-2 would be conducted soon, he added. A reservoir with a storage capacity of 10 tmcs of water would also be set up under Sitarama Project.

He said the state government has sanctioned Rs100 crore for the link canal between Siatarama Project and Nagarjunasagar left canal for stabilisation of 1.52 lakh acres of ayact in the district.

Reminding that 38 to 40 tmc of water from Munneru stream goes waste every year, he said the 9.6-km-long link canal from Munneru stream would be extended to upstream area of Sitarama project to avoid wastage of water, he added.