The Hindu 08.10.2010
‘Drainage work for development'
Staff Reporter
KARIMNAGAR: Karimnagar Congress leaders said that the people of the town should bear the brunt of the ambitious underground drainage works, which had caused damages to all the roads, as it was aimed for the development of the town.
“We are trying to chisel out a beautiful portrait of the town. Initially, we should undergo some problems and once the picture is complete, Karimnagar will look on par with any other metro,” they claimed.
Talking to newsmen here on Thursday, Karimnagar agricultural market committee chairman Akarapu Bhaskar Reddy, town Congress president Kanne Krishna, town Mahila Congress president Gugilla Jayashree, Karimnagar urban bank chairman Karra Rajashekhar, national film censor board member Venkat Ramana and others have said that the completion of underground drainage works would naturally transform the town on all fronts.
Alleging that the TRS town unit leaders were staging a “drama” by organising 48-hour dharna programme for political gains, they flayed the TRS leaders for making allegations against Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, J. Krishna Rao and MP Ponnam Prabhakar for not taking up any developmental works in the town. When queried about the poor quality about underground drainage works in an unscientific manner and an open public debate by the TRS leaders, they evaded a direct reply and said that they were ready for a debate in Huzurabad Assembly segment represented by TRS legislator Etala Rajender and expose the poor development works in the segment.
The Congress leaders alleged that TRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao had never strived for the development of Karimnagar Parliament constituency during his tenure as MP. They alleged that the TRS was known for elections and collections and neglect of the public issues. They said that the Karimnagar MP Ponnam Prabhakar was striving for the allocation of more funds for the development of the town.
