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  • Telangana Governor, government reach truce on HC suggestion

    Telangana Governor, government reach truce on HC suggestion

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    Hyderabad: The stalemate between Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government over the state budget for 2023-24 was amicably resolved through talks on Monday on the suggestion of the High Court.

    Hearing the state government’s petition seeking direction to the Governor to approve the budget, the court suggested both sides resolve the issue through talks.

    On the court’s suggestion, the state government’s lawyer Dushyant Dave and Raj Bhavan’s lawyer Ashok Anand held talks.

    It was decided that the Governor will give a nod to the budget and the state Assembly session will begin with her address.

    The lawyers of both sides informed the court of the breakthrough after which the agreement, the government withdrew its lunch motion petition and the case was dismissed.

    A resolution to the row came after both sides softened their stand. While the government agreed to conduct the budget session with a speech from the Governor, the latter agreed to approve the budget.

    The court took up a hearing of the lunch motion petition moved by the state government. During the hearing, the division bench asked the Advocate General how the court could give notice to the governor, and also wanted to know why the court is being dragged into a controversy between the government and a Constitutional institution.

    Appearing on behalf of the government, Supreme Court lawyer Dave submitted that when the Constitution is violated, courts can intervene. He cited some judgments of the Supreme Court.

    However, the court advised the lawyers from both sides to sort out the issue through talks. They both agreed to the suggestion and it finally led to a patch-up.

    With the budget session of the state legislature scheduled to begin on February 3 and the Governor not approving the budget, the government led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao had approached the court.

    The government informed the court that the state government sent the draft budget to the Governor on January 21 but she was yet to approve the same.

    The government received a communication from Raj Bhavan if arrangements had been made for the Governor’s address on the opening day of the budget session.

    The government last year conducted the budget without the customary address by the Governor, drawing a strong reaction from her. The BRS government defended its move on the ground that it was not a new session but a continuation of the previous session.

    The Budget session of the Assembly and Legislative Council is scheduled to begin on February 3. With only four days to left and no approval of the budget coming from the governor, the government approached the High Court.

    The BRS leaders anticipated a crisis as seven Bills passed by the Assembly and Council have been languishing at Raj Bhavan since September last year.

    The government has taken exception to the Governor’s delaying approval of the budget. It argued that the Governor’s speech and the Budget presentation were unrelated matters. It also says that there is no clause in the Constitution that requires the Governor to address the Budget session.

    The BRS government cited Article 202 of the Constitution, which mandates that a Governor must give permission for presenting before the House a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditures of the state for a financial year.

    With the BRS government approaching the court, the friction between the Governor and the government had taken a new turn.

    It came close on the heels of a row over the Republic Day celebrations. The Governor was unhappy over the government arranging the main official ceremony at Raj Bhavan.

    On a petition filed by a citizen, the High Court had directed the government to hold a police parade as part of the celebration. Though the government made last-minute arrangements for the police parade, the Chief Minister and his cabinet colleagues skipped the function at Raj Bhavan.

    The Governor had slammed the government for what she called not honouring the High Court orders.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • BRS to hold public meeting in Nanded on Feb 5, its first rally outside Telangana

    BRS to hold public meeting in Nanded on Feb 5, its first rally outside Telangana

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    Hyderabad: After the success of its first public meeting in Khammam recently, the Bharat Rashtra Samithi is all set to hold its second meeting in Nanded in Maharashtra, the first meeting of the party outside Telangana on February 5, BRS sources said on Monday.

    Telangana Minister for Endowments Indrakaran Reddy and some senior leaders of the party recently visited the neighbouring state to oversee the arrangements including crowd mobilisation plans.

    “This is the first meeting of BRS outside Telangana. KCR (Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao) will address the gathering. Some of the important leaders of the Nanded region are expected to join the party,” the party sources told PTI.

    Rao is likely to visit a famous gurudwara in Nanded and offer prayers before the meeting, they further said. Nanded was chosen as the district has a sizeable population of Telugu-speaking people due to its proximity to Telangana.

    KCR had earlier told media persons that several villages in the neighbouring state want to merge with Telangana attracted by the welfare and developmental schemes being implemented by his government.

    Asserting that the BRS’ slogan in the run-up to 2024 general elections would be ‘Ab ki baar kisan sarkar’ (This time, a government for farmers), KCR recently said Maharashtra continues to witness the highest number of farmers’ suicides despite being one of the richest states.

    According to political analysts, the focus of Rao’s speech would be on farmers’ issues in the Nanded meeting.

    BRS will also be holding a public meeting at the Parade Ground in Secunderabad and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin, his Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, JD(U) National President Lalan Singh as representative of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar and Dr B R Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar among other dignitaries would attend it, Telangana Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashant Reddy had said in a release last week.

    Before the public meeting, the leaders would also be attending the inaugural ceremony of the new secretariat complex of Telangana here on that day.

    The building named after B R Ambedkar will be inaugurated by KCR between 11.30 am and 12.30 pm on February 17, an auspicious time suggested by Vedic pundits, Reddy said.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana: 15 BRS leaders including deputy mayor arrested for gambling

    Telangana: 15 BRS leaders including deputy mayor arrested for gambling

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    Hyderabad: Fifteen leaders of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) including a deputy mayor and six corporators’ were arrested for allegedly gambling by the Rachakonda Special Operations Team at Medipally on Sunday evening.

    Acting on information, the police raided the office of Peerzadiguda municipal co-opt member Jagdishwar Reddy office and found deputy mayor K Shivakumar Goud and six corporators’ playing three card game and gambling. Six others are builders.

    The police seized huge cash, playing cards, mobile phones and other articles from the spot.

    The leaders tried to pressurize the police to let them off.

    However as the news went viral the police higher-ups directed the local police to immediately register a case.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana Congress offers support to beedi workers in the state

    Telangana Congress offers support to beedi workers in the state

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    Hyderabad: Former Minister and ex-leader of opposition in Telangana Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Sunday assured the beedi workers that the Congress party would provide all required assistance to protect their livelihood, health and survival.

    As part of the ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ Abhiyan, Shabbir Ali held an interactive session with beedi workers, thekedar and others related to the industry at Kamareddy District Congress Committee.

    Speaking on the occasion, Shabbir Ali said that nearly seven lakh workers were employed by 14 major Beedi industries in Telangana. However, the BJP government at the Centre and the BRS Govt in the State did nothing to eradicate poverty among beedi workers or address their health concerns.

    Referring to a recent study done on the condition of beedi workers of Telangana, he said the workers were getting poor wages, facing exploitation by middlemen and they have no social security. He said lakhs of workers were forced to continue with the Beedi industry as they do not have any alternative means of livelihood.

    Shabbir Ali said the workers, mainly women, were dependent on Beedi rolling for their livelihood. He said most of the beedi workers were suffering from serious health problems. However, he said they have no access to medical facilities. At least there is no ESI hospital for Beedi workers anywhere in the country, including Kamareddy.

    The Congress leader slammed the BJP at the Centre for imposing 28 per cent GST on the Beedi industry. He said that the move was intended for crippling the entire industry although it employs lakhs of people. Further, he alleged that the Modi Govt was targeting the poor Beedi workers in the name of discouraging tobacco.

    “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, had a detailed interaction with the Beedi workers to understand their problems. He had promised that the next Congress government will remove the GST from the Beedi industry.”

    Shabbir Ali said that the Beedi workers work hard for nearly 19 hours hour every day to earn their livelihood. Despite so much hard work, due to rising inflation, most of them do not even get a proper meal every day.

    The Congress leader said that the Central collects about Rs 100 crores annually from the Beedi industry in Telangana state in the form of cess. But there are no schemes to help the workers when they are in trouble. He demanded that the Center fix proper wages for the Beedi workers and provide PF cards to all workers attached to the Beedi industry. He said the Minimum Wages Act should be implemented and the wages of Beedi workers should be increased.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana: It’s a do-or-die battle for a demoralised, divided Congress

    Telangana: It’s a do-or-die battle for a demoralised, divided Congress

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    Hyderabad: When the Congress-led Central government bifurcated Andhra Pradesh in 2014, it was hoping to reap the political benefit of the move in the newly created Telangana but nearly a decade later, the party’s position appears to have gone from bad to worse.

    Series of defections after 2014 and 2018 elections, humiliating defeat in by-elections and infighting has left the grand old party demoralised in its former strongholds.

    With Assembly elections a few months away, the party appears to be in a disarray with BJP seeming to have occupied the space as principal contestant for ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

    Despite the defeats in two Assembly elections even after claiming credit for carving out Telangana, the Congress party failed to learn the lessons and remains a divided house. Repeated interventions and warnings by the party’s central leadership also failed to set the house in order.

    In both 2014 and 2018, the Congress was at least the main rival for BRS but this time the party will be facing the polls even without this status.

    Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra and his earlier visit to the state and his advice to the party leaders to remain united failed to yield the desired results.

    The recent revolt by a group of senior party leaders against state Congress chief A. Revanth Reddy has come as the latest setback for the party even as he was trying to revive party’s fortunes by taking up people’s issues.

    The BJP’s emergence as the strong opponent to BRS has pushed the Congress to the third place.

    Political observers point out that the Congress is not visible in the mainstream media or even the social media. It’s either BRS or BJP. “The BJP has succeeded in building a narrative of BRS versus BJP as such a narrative suits them,” said observer Palwai Raghavendra Reddy

    Series of defections, a string of defeats in by-elections, disastrous performance in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) elections and continued infighting have weakened the party.

    The resignation of sitting MLA from Munugode constituency Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy and his defection to BJP to force by-election late last year dealt another blow to the Congress. It faced more embarrassment with its candidate finishing a poor third and forfeiting the deposit.

    This was not all. Rajagopal Reddy’s brother and Bhongir MP Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, the star campaigner of Congress party, stayed away from campaigning for Munugode. A video clip of Venkat Reddy predicting Congress party’s defeat during the campaigning left the party leaders red faced.

    After dividing Andhra Pradesh by granting statehood to Telangana in 2014, the Congress was hoping to reap the political dividend by claiming credit for carving out the separate state.

    However, K. Chandrasekhar Rao dashed its hopes by rejecting the proposal to merge his party with Congress. He decided to maintain the identity of TRS (now BRS) as a political party.

    In 2014, the Congress party could win 22 seats in 119-member Telangana Assembly and was completely wiped out in Andhra Pradesh due to the public anger over bifurcation. In Telangana, several party leaders including legislators defected to TRS.

    In 2018, Congress faced another disaster. It could win just 19 seats, though it had forged an electoral alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the Left parties and some smaller parties.

    Even before Congress could gear up for Lok Sabha elections in 2019, it had lost as many as 12 MLAs to the ruling party. Though the party salvaged some pride by winning three Lok Sabha seats, with the reduced strength in Assembly, it lost the status of main opposition to All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), a friendly party of TRS.

    The party suffered a huge embarrassment a few months after Lok Sabha as it failed to retain Huzurnagar Assembly seat, where by-election was necessitated with the resignation of Uttam Kumar Reddy following his election to Lok Sabha.

    The BJP wrested the Dubbak Assembly seat from the TRS in 2020 by-election to consolidate itself. The saffron party, which hardly had any presence in the constituency, pushed Congress party to third position.

    The Congress suffered another humiliation the same year as it could win just two seats in 150-member Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC).

    Owning moral responsibility for the defeat, Uttam Kumar Reddy resigned as the party chief.

    The Congress party was pinning its hopes on by-election to Nagarjuna Sagar to revive its fortunes in the state. Its senior leader and former minister K. Jana Reddy lost the contest by over 18,000 votes to TRS candidate.

    The appointment of Revanth Reddy as the new state president by the central leadership in 2021 after ignoring several seniors and strong contenders triggered open revolt by a section of leaders, who saw Revanth as an outsider as he had defected to Congress from TDP just before 2018 elections.

    The change of guard also could not bring any change in the party’s fortunes. Several seniors started openly attacking Revanth Reddy for sidelining them.

    In Huzurabad by-election held towards end of 2021, the Congress party’s performance was disastrous. Its candidate secured only 3,012 votes and lost the deposit. It was a big slump for the party, which had secured 47,803 votes in 2018 to finish runners-up.

    The continuing slide raised new questions on the leadership of Revanth Reddy, whose style of functioning also irked some seniors. Recently when he packed the party panels with his loyalists, the senior raised a banner of revolt and launched a movement to save the party. They called it a fight between real Congress leaders and migrants from other parties.

    The allegation by seniors that AICC in-charge Manickam Tagore is siding with Revanth Reddy forced the central leadership to intervene and replace him with Manikrao Thakare.

    The new in charge last began his efforts to put the house in order. It will be an acid test for Manikrao.

    Political observer Raghavendra Reddy believes that this will be the final opportunity for Congress in Telangana. “If the Congress fails to win big numbers, it will be the end of the road for the party. The Congress party’s record across states show that it never made a comeback after losing the status of opposition,” he said citing the instances of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Riding on ‘Telangana model’, TRS eyes hat-trick but challenges remain

    Riding on ‘Telangana model’, TRS eyes hat-trick but challenges remain

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    Hyderabad: Two decades after it was floated by K Chandrasekhar Rao to revive the Telangana movement, the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) turned a new chapter last month by being renamed the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).

    Projecting the Telangana model of development before the country, BRS is looking to expand to other states.

    KCR has succeeded in making the country take note of the Telangana model and is now pitching an alternate agenda before the nation.

    Aiming to play a key role in national politics, KCR looks to expand the party’s base to other states. In less than a month, BRS managed to attract a few leaders from other parties in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

    While the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be the target of the BRS, its immediate goal will be to retain power in its stronghold Telangana.

    Political observers believe that the emergence of the BJP as a key force with two wins in Assembly by-elections has put pressure on the BRS.

    According to K. Nageshwar, after the BJP’s victory in two Assembly by-elections (Dubbak in 2020 and Huzurabad in 2021) and its good show in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, the BRS is under pressure.

    “Because the Congress was weakening, BRS thought it would have no opposition. Interestingly enough, they got a new opponent and a strong opponent in the form of the BJP,” said Nageshwar.

    KCR, as Rao is popularly known, succeeded in claiming credit for achieving the goal of a separate state by winning the public mandate in 2014. In the elections held just before formal bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, TRS won 63 seats in the 119-member Telangana Assembly.

    KCR consolidated the party by attracting leaders and legislators to the TRS. Though the TRS won a huge mandate by bagging 88 seats in 2018, KCR made about a dozen MLAs from the Congress to defect to the TRS. A few legislators from other parties also switched loyalties to take the TRS tally to a whopping 103. He virtually decimated the Congress party but political observers believe that by doing so KCR indirectly helped the BJP to occupy that space.

    However, unfazed by the BJP gaining strength, KCR is confident that the BRS will win the next elections hands down. The chief minister said all the surveys he had commissioned gave a favourable report about the BRS. “In the December 2018 elections, our party won 88 assembly seats. This time, the number will go up to 95. We are going to come back to power for the third consecutive time,” he told a meeting of party leaders recently.

    His son and BRS working president K. T. Rama Rao believes that KCR will become South India’s first chief minister to assume the post for the third consecutive time.

    The TRS in recent months witnessed infighting in some districts. Rama Rao, however, downplayed the infighting between the party leaders terming it as an indication of strong leadership and people’s acceptance of the party.

    KTR believes that none of the Opposition parties are strong enough to compete with TRS in all the constituencies. “Neither the Congress nor the BJP has a strong presence in most of the constituencies. Hence, it is not sensible to name one of them as our main opponent,” he said in a recent media interaction.

    Despite the bravado displayed by the BRS leaders, challenges remain for the party. The opposition parties are mounting an attack over the promises it failed to keep.

    Family rule, corruption and the state’s huge debt burden are the issues being raised by the BJP and other opposition parties.

    An alliance among like-minded opposition parties may add to the problems for KCR and his party. With elections still 10-11 months away, new political formations and permutations may make the poll scenario in Telangana more complex.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana: As Sharmila prepares to resume walk, she emerges a challenger

    Telangana: As Sharmila prepares to resume walk, she emerges a challenger

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    Hyderabad: Till a few weeks ago, political pundits in Telangana were hardly taking note of Y. S. Sharmila but today she has emerged as a serious player who can no longer be ignored.

    The alleged attack by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) activists to stop her state-wide padyatra in November shows that the YSR Telangana Party (YSRTP) has become a thorn in the flesh for the ruling party.

    Sharmila’s detention after the attack on her padyatra, her subsequent attempt to stage a protest at Chief Minister KCR’s residence in Hyderabad, her dramatic arrest with a car with Sharmila sitting inside being towed away by the police and her hunger strike to protest hurdles being created by the BRS government in the resumption of her padyatra all helped her to capture public attention.

    Political observers say Sharmila succeeded in gaining sympathy in some sections by portraying herself as a woman who is at the receiving end for questioning the KCR government.

    The daughter of former chief minister of undivided Andhra Pradesh, Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy has drawn the ire of the BRS by launching a bitter attack on its ministers, MLAs and MPs during the padyatra. Her verbal attacks provoked BRS leaders, triggering strong protests and even physical attacks.

    When Sharmila, sister of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy floated the YSRTP in 2021, not many took her seriously. The BJP and the Congress had dubbed her the arrow of KCR to divide the anti-incumbency votes, especially the votes of the powerful Reddy community.

    Interestingly, Sharmila’s foray into Telangana politics was not liked by her brother who wants to confine himself to Andhra Pradesh. She, however, received support of her mother Vijayamma, who last year resigned as the honorary president of the YSRCP.

    Last month, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan condemned the manner in which Sharmila was arrested and several BJP leaders expressed solidarity with her.

    There were reports that Prime Minister Narendra Modi called her but she refused to answer queries about it. All this prompted the BRS leaders including KCR’s daughter K. Kavitha to dub her a BJP plant in the state.

    Sharmila, however, claims that the YSRTP is the only party that is fighting on behalf of the people of Telangana. She said both the Congress and the BJP failed to expose the failures and corruption of KCR.

    The YSRTP leader even submitted ‘documentary proof’ of corruption in the Kaleshwaram project to the Central Bureau of Investigation.

    “YSR Telangana Party is today a threat to KCR and his BRS and they have bitterly turned against us. If you are not scared of the changing public mood and the growing strength of our party, why these attacks,” she asked.

    In October 2021, she embarked on a padyatra like her late father YSR, who had undertaken a walkathon in then united Andhra Pradesh in 2003 and led the Congress party back to power in 2004.

    She has been constantly reassuring people that Rajanna Rajyam or the golden era welfare of the late YSR would be brought back, if the party was voted to power.

    Sharmila has already covered over 3500 km and is set to resume the walkathon this week from Warangal district where it was stopped by BRS supporters on November 28, 2022.

    The YSRTP is yet to attract major leaders from other parties. A couple of days ago, former MP from Khammam and BRS leader Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy met her, triggering speculation that he will switch loyalties to the YSRTP.

    Sharmila has already announced that she will contest elections from Palair, one of the Assembly segments of Khammam Lok Sabha constituency. Ever since launching the YSRTP, she has been focusing on Khammam district, which is located on the border with Andhra Pradesh.

    According to political analysts, she chose Palair as it is considered a soft seat for a debut. The party will be looking to capitalize on the advantages Khammam district offers with the strong social and cultural influence of Andhra Pradesh.

    As her evangelist husband Anil Kumar hails from Telangana, Sharmila calls herself a daughter-in-law of Telangana to counter those calling her non-local.

    However, analysts say as Telangana sentiment is not going to be strong this time and the TRS itself becoming BRS to expand to other states including Andhra Pradesh, Sharmila and her party may not face any adverse campaign by those who see it as an Andhra party.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Telangana minister KTR faces heat from NSUI leaders in Nizamabad

    Telangana minister KTR faces heat from NSUI leaders in Nizamabad

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    Nizamabad: A few leaders of the NSUI, the student wing of the Congress party showed black flags and attempted to stop the convoy of Telangana Minister for Municipal Administration and Urban Development, IT and Industries KT Rama Rao.

    Minister KTR visited Nizamabad to inaugurate several developmental projects.

    “Few people from NSUI showed black flags to the convey of Minister KTR. They tried to stop the convoy but we took them into custody. Around 5 to 6 people including Congress corporator Gadugu Rohit have been taken into custody,” Nizamabad Commissioner Nagaraju said.

    Hitting out at the minister, Congress corporator Gadugu Rohit had warned that he and his supporters would stop KTR from entering the city.

    “Tomorrow Minister KTR is visiting Nizamabad for a few inaugurations and party programs. We are questioning him, how can you come to Nizamabad? Why did you do for Nizamabad? You have not given double-bedroom houses to anyone in Nizamabad urban. You are just playing with the innocent Muslim community. Kavitha who stays here has not brought any money to the municipal corporation. If you have any shame, do not step into Nizamabad. On behalf of the Congress party, we will stop your program tomorrow by any chance. We have the people’s support for this,” Rohit said in a video released by him.

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  • Telangana: Singareni’s 5MW floating solar plant becomes operational

    Telangana: Singareni’s 5MW floating solar plant becomes operational

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    Hyderabad: Singareni Collieries Firm Limited (SCCL) celebrated a milestone in solar power generation on Saturday by launching a 5 MW floating solar plant built by the company in the reservoir of the Singareni Thermal Power Plant (STPP) in Jaipur’s Mancherial district.

    Singareni Company’s solar power capacity now stands at 224 MW. D Satyanarayana Rao, Director (E&M), dedicated the 5 MW floating solar project to the state.

    Officials said the business was planning to build another 10 MW floating solar plant on the same reservoir within three months.

    Singareni chairman and managing director N Sridhar said that steps are being taken to build 300 MW of solar power plants in three stages.

    As part of this, eight plants with a combined capacity of 219 MW were built in the Manuguru, Kothagudem, Yellandu, Ramagundam-3, and Mandamarri districts in the first two phases. So far, these solar plants have produced over 540 million units of power, assisting the corporation in saving almost Rs 300 crore.

    Meanwhile, the tender process for the construction of 81 plants in the third phase has already been finished. As part of the proposal, 15 megawatts of floating solar plants would be built on two ponds on the Singareni Thermal Power Plant grounds.

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  • Telangana: Amshala Swamy, face of Nalgonda fluorosis passes away

    Telangana: Amshala Swamy, face of Nalgonda fluorosis passes away

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    Hyderabad: The face of the Nalgonda fluorosis crisis Amshala Swamy passed away at his residence at Shivannagudem of Marriguda Mandal in the district on Saturday morning.

    Swamy, 37, fell from his battery-operated wheelchair while climbing the ramp of his double-bedroom house on Friday. He seems to be normal earlier but he vomited blood the next day and died a few hours later.

    Swamy was a part of the long-drawn protest by the Jala Sadhana Samithi and became known across the country in 2002 after a photograph of him emerged lying on a table in front of the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The agitators met to highlight the severity of the issue.

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    Swamy was also part of several delegations of fluorosis victims who met several chief ministers to submit representations for a solution to the issue.

    Recently Swamy was in the news when the minister for municipal administration and urban development K T Rama Rao sanctioned funds for his two-bedroom house and a salon. Swamy had lunch with KTR during the latter’s visit to Munugode for the by-elections in November last year.

    KCR, KTR offer condolences

    Upon hearing Swamy’s demise, the Telangana chief minister’s office remembered Amshala Swamy’s fight against the dreaded disease. It said that Swamy was an inspiration to provide fluorosis-free purified drinking water in the state through the Mission Bhagiratha scheme.

    KTR also took to Twitter to offer his condolences.

    “My Heartfelt condolences to the family of Sri Amshala Swamy Garu who passed away today. He was a fighter who championed the cause of Fluorosis victims & an inspiration to many. He will always remain close to my heart. May his soul rest in peace,” KTR tweeted.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )