Union minister of tourism and culture G. Kishan Reddy has alleged that the family of Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar is lying blatantly on Smart Cities funds released by the Centre to Telangana. He claimed that of more than Rs 1,000 crore allocated for Smart Cities Mission in Telangana, the Centre has released Rs 392 crore. Kishan Reddy stated that a 50 percent matching state share of the Government of Telangana has still not been released for the Smart Cities of Warangal and Karimnagar.
To date, the Government of Telangana has released only Rs 210 crore of the Rs 392 crore of its matching state share. While the Centre has been making Smart City fund releases in Telangana since the financial year of 2015-2016, the Government of Telangana released its matching state share for the first time 6 years late in the previous budget of 2021-2022 after pressure from the Centre.
Mr. Kishan Reddy said Health, Medical and Family Welfare, Irrigation, Land and Revenue, Commercial Taxes, Mining, Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Information Technology, and Electronics and Communication are handled by members of one family. “Never before have so many ministerial and administrative powers been vested on so few for so long despite such poor performance.”
The Union Home Minister for State alleged that the State Government’s Ministry of Finance and Municipal Administration and Urban Development Ministries seem to be giving conflicting information on Smart Cities. He said the KCR family was deliberately propagating misinformation and lies through social media. “The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) falsely claims that the Government of India did not release even 1 rupee in the last 3 years for Smart Cities in Telangana. However, when one ascertains the facts, it becomes clear that this blame should squarely lie on the State Government of Telangana which did not allocate its share as a part of the matching grant for the Smart Cities projects in Telangana.”
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