Siddipet, Gajwel and Hyderabad South are in top three positions in the non-payment of electricity dues in Telangana.
While Siddipet stood first with 61.37 per cent dues followed by Gajwel (50.29 per cent dues) and Hyderabad South was in third position with 43 percent dues in payment of power bills to the power distribution companies.
This was disclosed in the state assembly by chief minister A Revanth Reddy, while intervening in the discussion on white paper on power sector in the state.
He asked Siddipet MLA T Harish Rao, Gajwel MLA and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi to take the responsibility of clearing the power bill dues in their respective constituencies.
BRS legislator and former power minister G Jagadish Reddy said that there were no power cuts in the state during the BRS regime. He claimed no farmer staged dharna for power.
But Revanth Reddy shot back at Jagadish Reddy.
“Everyone knew that farmers staged a protest and laid siege to the Electric Sub Station on September one in Kamareddy,” he pointed out.
Farmers from Nereducharla in Suryapet district took to the streets during the BRS rule. A farmer named Komurayya committed suicide due to lack of power supply and the damage of crops in the BRS rule, he recalled.
The chief minister also pointed out that the Srisailam hydel power generation tunnel exploded and nine persons were killed due to the government’s negligence.
“The Congress supported the family of Fatima who died in the accident. The then chief minister and energy minister did not even visit those affected families,” he said.
Revanth Reddy also had a piece of advice to AIMIM floor leader Akbaruddin Owaisi.
“The AIMIM did not even mention the misdeeds of the BRS government in the House. Akbaruddin is trying his best to save his old friend,” he said.
“Friendship with such people is not good for MIM. There is no need to suspect the sincerity of the Congress in the matter of minorities. Everyone is aware of who was friendly with whom from NTR's regime to KCR's rule. Let us discuss this issue another time,” the chief minister added.
