Musi project cost escalation: KTR accuses Cong Govt. of looting public fund

HYDERABAD

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao has accused the Congress government, led by CM A. Revanth Reddy, of looting public funds under the guise of the Musi Riverfront development project, and slammed the cost escalation.

Addressing the media on Thursday, he reminded that it was the previous K. Chandrasekhar Rao government that brought Godavari river water to Kondapochamma Sagar, near Hyderabad, through the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) after approving a proposal with a budget of ₹1,100 crorein 2022.

While the KCR government prepared a master plan and a detailed project report (DPR) with an estimated cost of ₹16,000 crore, the Congress government has now inflated the estimates to an astounding ₹1,50,000 crore, the former minister alleged.

KTR warned that BRS would expose and prevent this ‘scam’. He accused the Congress government of rushing the project to secure its position by bribing officials in Delhi, all under the “guise of urban development.”

He also criticised the Congress leaders for “spreading lies” that the Kaleshwaram project has collapsed, while simultaneously announcing plans to use water from the same project for the Musi project.