Congress efforts helped up water storage: Uttam

TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said whatever quantities of water the irrigation projects in the state were getting was due to the efforts and foresight of previous Congress rule and the ruling TRS cannot claim any credit for the present storage levels in dams.

Mr Reddy led a TPCC delegation comprising party seniors Mohd. Ali Shabbir, Ponnala Lakshmaiah, T. Jeevan Reddy, D. Sridhar Babu, Ponnam Prabhakar and Katakam Mrityunjayam, to inspect various irrigation projects in Karimnagar district, especially the Yellampally dam near Mancherial.

Speaking to the media at the Yellamally project site, Mr Reddy said, “There is not even a single project the TRS government can boast of, except taking commission from contractors in the name of redesigning and reengineering of projects.”

Reminding that Yellampally was completed in all respects during the Congress rule, the TPCC chief said inauguration of project was deferred as the then Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy was against the creation of Telangana state.

“So far, the TRS government could not even connect the pumphouses to the project and supply water to 2.5 lakh acre ayacut,” he said.

Meanwhile, Mr Shabbir Ali challenged the Chief Minister and irrigation minister T. Harish Rao to show a single project conceived and completed during the last 2.5 years of TRS rule. “It’s shameful on their part to take credit for Yellampally project which was completed in Congress rule. The TRS government has so far not prepared single DPR for any project, yet they are criticising the Congress,” he said.