Congress government owes apology to Telangana’s farmers: KTR

He highlighted that the Congress government has allowed the once-flourishing Kaleshwaram project to fall into disrepair, leading to the drying up of reservoirs and a considerable decline in groundwater levels

Hyderabad: Launching a scathing attack on the Congress government of its gross mismanagement and negligence of the water resources leading to a severe drought conditions and groundwater depletion in the state, BRS working president KT Rama Rao said that this crisis was not due to natural factors but rather the result of poor foresight and incompetence on the part of the Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and his government.

He highlighted that the Congress government has allowed the once-flourishing Kaleshwaram project to fall into disrepair, leading to the drying up of reservoirs and a considerable decline in groundwater levels.

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“During the ten years of the BRS government, we maintained the tanks and ponds so well that groundwater levels never dipped to such alarming levels. But within a year of the Congress government, the situation has reverted to the dire state of the past,” he stated.

The plight of the farmers has been worsened by the government’s inability to address the situation, he said and criticized the administration for failing to provide any tangible solutions, instead offering empty advice to farmers not to invest in bore wells.

“The government, which should be saving the dying crops, has irresponsibly washed its hands of the matter, telling farmers to fend for themselves,” he resented.

Rama Rao also drew attention to the alarming rise in farmer suicides, attributing it to the Chief Minister’s lack of understanding of agricultural issues. “Already, 430 farmers have taken their own lives due to the mismanagement by a Chief Minister who has no grasp of agricultural realities,” he said.

He urged the government to apologize to the farmers for the sufferings caused and to take immediate action to repair the Kaleshwaram project. He called for a war footing approach to refill the reservoirs, tanks, and canals through reverse pumping to save the withering crops. “If the Congress party and the Chief Minister fail to address this issue, the farmers of Telangana will never forgive them,” Rama Rao warned.

He demanded accountability from the Congress government and immediate remedial measures to address the irrigation crisis created under its rule. He stressed the need for swift action to prevent further deterioration of the agricultural sector and to restore hope among the farmers of Telangana.