The Congress has blamed Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhara Rao for delay in the Metro Rail project and said his arrogance against Metro Rail project during the agitation has put an additional burden of ₹3,000 crore on the people of Telangana.
Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and senior leaders Shabbir Ali, Danam Nagender, Sarve Satyanarayana and others told media persons that the Chief Minister who demanded re-alignment of the project at Sultan Bazaar and in front of the Assembly during the agitation and delayed the work was going ahead with the same design that Congress party approved and initiated when it was in power.
The Congress including K. Jana Reddy and Anjan Kumar Yadav leaders inspected the ongoing Metro work.
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The police refused permission to the leaders at Lakdikapul to go upstairs leading to heated arguments.
Mr. Reddy said that because of CM’s arrogance and blind opposition, Telangana people now were having to pay an additional ₹3,000-odd crore as the delay had escalated the project cost. Moreover, the project was also delayed by three years due to KCR’s short sightedness and arrogance, he alleged. The TPCC Chief said that the role of TRS Government in the Metro Rail was nil and the CM should explain to the people why he demanded changes in the project during the agitation and was now going ahead with the original design.
He also took objection to the police refusing permission to the Congress leaders to inspect the ongoing work.
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He warned the police officials objecting to their visit and charged them with working as party activists than Government servants. He also charged that Metro Rail MD N.V.S. Reddy’s behaviour was objectionable.
Mr. Shabbir Ali said that the TRS did not have the skills to run a Government and questioned why the Metro Rail was not going through old city as originally planned.
Hyderabad developed only during the Congress rule and IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao had failed to allocate even a single rupee for the city, he alleged.
Mr. Danam Nagender and Sarve Satyanarayana said that the credit for Metro Rail project goes to Congress party alone and the TRS had only obstructed its construction. Mr. Nagender demanded that the entire 72-km stretch be inaugurated at once.