Centre, KCR neglecting Old City, alleges Uttam
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday accused the TRS government and the BJP at the Centre of completely neglecting Hyderabad, especially the Old City, during the last seven years.
“Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao never visited the Old City in the last seven years. He did not hold a single review meeting since 2014 to understand or resolve the problems being faced by the residents of the Old City although he had promised to develop this region as the next Istanbul. Graduates from the Old City have no job opportunities and they often face discrimination at their places of works due to their area of residence,” he said.
Reddy was addressing
a series of meetings in the Old City on Tuesday as part of a campaign for the MLC candidate G. Chinna Reddy of HyderabadRangareddy-Mahbubnagar Graduates constituency.
The TPCC Chief, along with Congress candidate Chinna Reddy and other leaders, performed Puja at Maha Kali Temple in Lal Darwaza. Later, he addressed a meeting with the Congress cadre of Charminar, Chandrayangutta, Bahadurpura and Yakutpura constituencies at the function hall Sardar Mahal near Charminar. They also had a meeting with the leaders of the Shia community.
The TPCC chief alleged that the KCR government behaved as if the Old City did not exist. Not a single new project was launched in the Old City since 2014. The projects like Charminar Pedestrianisation and Musi River Rejuvenation remained incomplete due to shortage of funds and official lethargy, he said.
He criticised the TRS government for not bringing the Metro Rail to the Old City. The Hyderabad Metro Rail was started by the previous Congress government and it had a clear plan to connect the Old City with its services. However, the TRS and MIM have altered the routes and did not allow the Metro Rail into the Old City.