The Telangana government headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao is said to have wasted nearly Rs 1,000 crore on the construction of a power project at Manuguru in Khammam district, permission for which was rejected by the Centre.
According to the Telangana Congress party, the government had wasted precious time and money by opting for sub-critical technology to execute the 4x270 Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant of 1080 MW capacity in Manuguru.
TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy slammed the TRS government saying that the government’s lack of vision and awareness on the issues has put a burden of Rs. 1,000 crore on the state exchequer.
“Compared to super-critical technology, sub-critical technology requires high usage of coal and cause more pollution. It also results in generation of power at higher cost. Although we pointed out this issue during discussion in the Assembly, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao went ahead with the decision of using outdated technology,” he said.
Uttam Kumar Reddy said that various policies of the TRS government had put a huge burden on the state exchequer.
He said that the TRS government had always claimed to be surplus revenues state but its mishandling has pushed the state into debt trap.
He said that the state government was now claiming that it has no revenues to pay its employees, which shows the wrong priorities set by the TRS government in handling the state finances.
