Sustain Telangana’s growth momentum, CM KCR tells officials
Telangana had emerged number one in the country on multiple counts, including per capita income and per capita power consumption, said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao
Hyderabad: Though Telangana has emerged number one in the country on multiple counts, including per capita income and per capita power consumption, it is not yet time to relax or to rest on one’s laurels, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said, insisting that the growth momentum should be neither diluted nor lost.
Addressing district officials and government employees after inaugurating the newly built Integrated District Offices Complex (IDOC) and the District Police office at Jogulamba Gadwal on Monday, the Chief Minister said the momentum of growth had to be sustained for the next five to 10 years.
In fact, the current momentum was not enough, he said, calling for a greater ascent in the growth rate of the State.
“We want to sustain it at a good level. Telangana will soon top the list of States in every development indicator. Punjab was earlier the number one grower of paddy. Today, Telangana has taken the place of Punjab as the largest grower of paddy with over 56.40 lakh acres under the crop,” he said.
Announcing that Gadwal would soon get a medical college, he said the district, which was undergoing a massive transformation, would be no less than a nugget of gold once the Gattu Lift Irrigation Scheme too was completed, he said.
Strengthen BRS for growth propellers to continue
Addressing a mammoth public meeting later, the Chief Minister, who earlier inaugurated the Bharat Rashtra Samithi district office, hailed the unique success mantra of the BRS that ushered in a reign of prosperity in Telangana.
If State-sponsored initiatives that served as growth propellers were to continue, the people should shoulder the responsibility of emboldening the BRS with continued support, he said adding that schemes like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima, Dalit Bandhu and uninterrupted power were not being implemented for the sake of creating vote banks. They were all intended to revive the fortunes of the people of the land, which had dwindled because of the neglect by erstwhile rulers.
In a short span of time, the State had witnessed a major transformation. The Palamuru region, which was once known for poverty, malnutrition and migration, now has people migrating from Raichur, Kurnool, Bihar and Jharkhand to work in farm lands here. People who deserted their villages had returned to take up agriculture.
Once the projects in construction were completed, the farmers would be able to grow crops in over 20 lakh acres in the limits of the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district. Projects such as Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Koilsagar and Bhima had helped in bringing about a big change.
Crucial role by Dharani
The success of State initiatives like Rythu Bandhu, Rythu Bima and paddy procurement owed largely to the implementation of the Dharani portal system that had freed the farmers entirely from the crutches of middlemen. They were able to get their benefits directly into their bank accounts.
Coming down heavily on the Congress Party for discrediting Dharani, he said those against Dharani should be taught a lesson. As he asked the crowd whether Dharani was useful, they responded positively. Stating that people in Adilabad, Karimnagar and Nirmal where he had asked the same question too had responded with a loud yes, he wondered why the Congress wanted Dharani to be scrapped when people were keen on continuing it.
The erstwhile Mahabubnagar did not have even a single medical college before the formation of the State. Today, it had five medical colleges coming up. Chandrashekhar Rao also announced Rs 50 crore for the development of the Gadwal municipality and Rs 25 crore each to three other municipalities in the district. He also announced Rs 15 lakh each for 12 mandal centres and Rs 10 lakh each for the development of 255 villages.
