Focus on Hyd in next term: CM
CM says more leaders like Danam will join TRS soon and their vast experience will help party
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday said that the development of Hyderabad in all spheres will be the prime focus of TRS government in its next tenure if it wins the 2019 elections.
He said in the first term, the focus was on uninterrupted power supply, irrigation and drinking water schemes, which were achieved with relentless efforts and in the second term, his focus is to make Hyderabad a “heaven on earth”.
Mr Rao said the vast experience of city leaders like Danam Nagender will help the TRS government in developing Hyderabad and many more such leaders from other parties would soon join the TRS.
The CM was addressing a meeting in Telangana Bhavan on the occasion of city Congress leader Danam Nagender joining TRS.
“Hyderabad was grossly neglected by governments in undivided AP. They turned Hyderabad into a garbage city. We initiated efforts to transform the city into a global city. However, we could not focus much in our first term as there were other priority issues that need to be addressed on a war footing like resolving power shortage, provide drinking water to all households and irrigation to agriculture. We achieved these tasks with our relentless efforts in the past four years. In the next term, our focus will be on development of Hyderabad,” Mr Rao stated.
Mr Rao said, “Nagender is a senior and an experience leader. He has been in public life for 30 years. He worked as MLA, minister etc. His experience will be helpful for us in development of city.”
Stating that Telangana's economy is witnessing speedy growth compared to any other states in the country, Mr Rao said, “Our own tax revenue is growing by over 20 per cent. There is no dearth of funds for development in Telangana. Who would dare to distribute `12,000 crore cash to farmers through Rythu Bandhu cheques every year? It is possible for only a state like Telangana whose economy is flourishing.”
Thanking the CM for admitting him in TRS, Mr Nagender said, “I did not join TRS for posts or positions. I am attracted by the welfare and development programmes implemented by KCR garu for the past four years and decided to join TRS to contribute for