Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy came down heavily on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, saying huge land scam was involved in cancelling the GO 111 pertaining to 84 villages in Vikarabad district and huge money was changing hands. He said that about 80% lands in this area were benami holdings. He wondered why the BJP leaders were silent on the issue and why they not lodging a complaint with Central investigating agencies.
“The previous rulers like Nizam, British and Andhra did something that is useful for the city. They have laid a path for development. But Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao has ruined all this by lifting GO 111 thereby opening space for construction of concrete jungles. This will be catastrophic for Hyderabad and for next generations. Hyderabad will be flooded with rains that take place in 84 villages which includes some forest area. There are some environmental issues also involved,” said Mr. Revanth Reddy while speaking to reporters at Gandhi Bhavan here on Monday. Stating that both Osman Sagar and Himayat Sagar were constructed to arrest flooding from up-streams, he said that from both these reservoirs the city had been getting water with gravity.
Former PCC president V. Hanumantha Rao, TPCC working president Anjan Kumar Yadav, Malreddy Rangareddy, G. Vinod, former minister Mohd. Shabbir Ali, former minister Balaram Naik, and Kisan Cell All India vice president M. Kodanda Reddy were present.
