I am a call away, Naidu tells voters

Stating that when he never got scared of landmine blasts and bombs, why would he be scared of anything else, TD chief N. Chandrababu Naidu on Friday told Hyderabadis that he would come to their rescue even at midnight if needed.

In his apparent response to TS CM K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s taunt, Mr Naidu said, “I am only a call away. Hyderabad is dear to me as it was developed by me. Who has more right on Hyderabad than me? TD will go to every place wherever Telugu people live and stand by them.”

In an indirect reference to Congress leaders’ statements that he was afraid to cam- TD would have completed Metro Rail in 3 years, but 13 years after we planned it, it is unfinished —

AP Chief Minister paign in the city, Mr Naidu said that he did not get scared of Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi.

Stating that Hyderabad was close to his heart, he told voters that it was the TD that got permission for Metro Rail, planned the international airport at Shamshabad, the ORR, brought Phase-I of Krishna waters to Hyderabad, planned the remaining two phases and constructed flyovers. The MIM, in its election manifesto, has promised that it will take up comprehensive civic infrastructure development in the GHMC limits through the Greater Hyderabad Development Programme approved by the GHMC and the Strategic Road Development Plan formulated by the state government.

MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday released the manifesto, according to which, under the GHDP and SRDP, new multi-level flyovers, grade separators, skyways, elevated corridors, junction improvement works, footover-bridges, subways, multi-level parking lots, service roads, and road widening and peripheral road works are envisaged.

The manifesto also promises to ensure faster completion of the Charminar Pedestrianisation Project and Mir Alam Tank beautification and development project, besides facilitating implementation of Hyderabad Traffic Integrated Management System project to ease traffic congestion.

Besides, the MIM promised to ensure creation of a city-wide network of CCTV cameras for law and order and traffic control.