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Hyderabad: Revanth Reddy slams KCR over ACD charges in open letter

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Hyderabad: TPCC president A Revanth Reddy on Wednesday wrote an open letter to state chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on his decision to ‘burden the common man’ with Advance Consumption Demand (ACD) charges.
Revanth alleged that the state government was ‘extorting’ money from the common people to make up for a ‘bankrupt treasury’.
Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) said that 7.16 lakh consumers who failed to pay their bills will be subjected to Advance Consumption Demand (ACD) charges.
The power distribution company’s chairman and managing director A Gopal Rao on Thursday said that the pending bills in Telangana totalled about Rs 305 crore.
“The decision was in line with the guidelines issued by the Telangana Electricity Regulatory Commission (TSERC) and notices regarding ACD charges were issued in January,” remarked the director.
“At a time when people are suffering due to the impact of COVID-19, the state government is imposing an additional burden on citizens who are already forced to pay education taxes, green taxes, development taxes, and so on,” the TPCC chief said.
Revanth Reddy stated in the letter that the state government would witness a repeat of the Basheerbagh protest of August 2000 if the government didn’t withdraw this decision.
“Why are the power companies suffering losses of Rs 60,000 crore when KCR claims to provide a 24×7 power supply to farmers?” he asked.

He pointed out that ACD charges were only imposed on customers in north Telangana.
“The state government has taken up the Yadadri power project for the commission’s sake, resulting in an additional burden of Rs 40,000 crore on the people,” he alleged.
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 26, 2023
We will win 14 out of 14 seats in Palamuru: Revanth Reddy

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Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Revanth Reddy said that the Congress party will win 14 out of 14 seats in Palamuru.
Addressing the Dalita Girijana Atmagaurava Sabha held at Bijinepally here on Sunday he said, “It is my responsibility to win 14 out of 14 seats in Palamuru and raise the Congress flag in the state. It is my responsibility to carry whoever the party gives them a chance on my shoulders and make them sit on the chair. All the leaders will work together. Dalit, Tribal, Adivasi and weaker sections should come together and make the Congress win.”
Taking Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge as an example, Revanth said that Congress never shies away from considering Dalits or minorities for a post. Recalling that Palamuru has a history of standing up for the oppressed section of society, he said, “The Congress party will not sit back and watch if the peasants are being attacked on such soil.”
On the Markandeya project, Revanth attacked chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao for making false promises. “The foundation stone was laid in 2019. So far, there has not even been a knock on the soil. Even after four years, the project to be built here has not taken a step forward,” Revanth said.
He further said, “If the aristocrats have Bharat Janata Party and the capitalists have the Bharatiya Janata Party, then the Dalits and tribal community has Congress. We stand for them.”
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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 22, 2023
Shift warehouses to city outskirts: Kishan Reddy on recent fires

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Hyderabad: Union tourism minister G Kishan Reddy on Friday urged the Telangana government to shift godowns and warehouses operating in residential areas without necessary permissions to the city outskirts.
Keeping in mind the fire incident reported at Ministers Road at Secunderabad in a sports store (which continued for over a day and resulted in a death), Kishan Reddy asked the government to check buildings and other structures in Hyderabad to follow basic fire safety standards.
Reddy said that “learning a lesson” from such an incident will be beneficial in the future. He also spoke to the residents of the colony who were affected by the fire accident.
The union minister instructed officials from the Fire department to make sure that people who were living in fear of the same building collapsing after the fire incident to be provided with all sorts of necessities like food and shelter. The minister also said to arrange a medical camp for the people to check the impact of the toxic fumes that evolved during this incident.
BJP leader and former vice-chairman of the national disaster management authority Marri Shashidhar Reddy a day earlier also wrote to Telangana chief secretary A Santhi Kumari and requested her to go into detail about the incident including the efforts made to douse the flames.
Going through this detail in bringing the fire under control, Shashidhar Reddy said that officials had found it difficult to get water tankers to fill up the empty fire engines. He added that there is an immediate need to make a committee of experts to make a comprehensive study, document response actions, identify defects, shortcomings, and make recommendations for prevention and better preparedness- all in a time-bound and transparent manner.
Observing the incident that took place on January 19, Shashidhar Reddy said it was the third major incident that broke out in 10 months in Secunderabad, which left 19 people dead in the first two incidents. He felt that except for the people’s representatives making photo-ops and giving statements every time, investigations into the causes of such accidents weren’t made public.

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( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

January 21, 2023