On the 23rd of February, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, inaugurated Mallanna Sagar Reservoir.
During the address to people, KCR said, “Not just in the state, for the country to progress on all sides, we also need a government at the centre that works according to Dharma. By analyzing and becoming aware of the issues, the government has to take the country forward. Hyderabad wouldn’t be what it is today if we lit up fires in the name of Caste and Religion. It is dangerous. This cancer has to be stopped and should be driven away out of this country.”
Taking a dig at the opposition, Mr. K. Chandrashekar Rao said, many attempts were made to stop the progress of the Mallanna reservoir project, but all of them were “thwarted” by the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) Government.
The TRS President further said, “More than 600 cases have been filed against this project by these dark forces. Harish Rao was the Irrigation minister back in the first term. They have troubled him a lot. In spite of all that, in a disciplined manner, we have built the project with zero corruption. This is not Mallanna Sagar, this is the ocean of the heart for the People of Telangana. It will make sure Famine never returns to the state.”
According to sources, the Mallanna Sagar project has been developed considering the needs of framers in Medak and its neighbouring districts. It has been built at a cost of Rs. 6.805 crores between Thoguta and Kondapak Mandals. Furthermore, it is in a hilly area and has a storage capacity of 50 TMC feet out of which 30 TMC feet will cater to Hyderabad’s drinking water needs and remaining 16 TMC feet will be catered to industrial needs.
The Telangana Rashtra Samithi Government said that the project would help farmers and residents, as it would provide water to 8.35 lakh acres of new ayacut under KLIS Package 12 to 19.
Along with stabilising the ayacut under existing irrigation projects such as Singur, Nizam Sagar and Sriram Sagar phase-1, which will propel the total ayacut under the project to 15.71 lakh acres.
The CM attacked the opposition parties by saying that they are criticising the project with zero knowledge of the subject. He said that people who have lost land due to the project should and will be compensated. He said, “They have sacrificed a lot. I appeal to Harish Rao and officials to meet them up personally, and even if it costs us another 100 crores, it’s ok. Everybody should be happy.”
He asked Finance Minister Harish Rao to convert the project into a tourist spot. “Permissions for shootings should be given. Lights should be placed. Tourists from Singapore should come to visit us and not vice versa,” he said.
The Chief Minister later visited the Komuravelli Mallikarjuna Swamy temple and participated in the rituals.
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