Municipal Minister and TRS working president KTR on Sunday slammed the Modi government for being partial towards the BJP-ruled States in extending financial support during the natural disaster.
The KTR said that Prime Minister Modi turned a deaf ear to the requests from Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao to provide financial support towards rehabilitation relief measures in flood-hit areas of Hyderabad.
KTR also said “Prime Minister Modi sanctioned Rs 669 crore within four days after Karnataka witnessed floods recently and In 2017 prime minister Modi he personally visited Gujarat during floods and released Rs 500 crore. But despite Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao writing a letter and seeking the release of Rs 1,350 crore as an immediate relief measure, there was no response from the Central govt,”
Govt of India granted ₹500 Cr INTERIM RELIEF to Gujarat immediately & ₹670 Cr ADDITIONAL RELIEF (within 4 days) to Karnataka
ZERO funds to TS till date despite CM #KCR garu requesting PM 3 weeks ago
హైదరాబాద్ చేసిన తప్పేంటి?అక్కడ వరదలొస్తే తక్షణ సాయం
ఇక్కడ మాత్రం బురద రాజకీయం pic.twitter.com/52DsPHOVfE— KTR (@KTRTRS) November 8, 2020
Speaking to media in Telangana Bhavan the municipal minister and TRS working president KTR termed floods as a man-made disaster and blamed previous governments in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh for not taking notice of the encroachment of Nalas, Tanks and unauthorized constructions“We are not trying to wash off our hands and have already started making efforts to improve the conditions. But it will take a few years for us to clear the wrongdoings by the previous governments,” the minister said.
the Minister also said the state govt was committed to extending financial support to every victim of the recent floods in Hyderabad. He assured that if there is any shortfall in funds, he would personally take it up with Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and ensure that help is extended to all the flood victims. He also pointed out that the Chief Minister has released Rs 550 crore as immediate relief measure which was the highest for any State in India to take up relief measures in any major metro city.
