KCR Vowes to Attain ‘Golden Telangana’

kcrTelangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao promised to transform the newly-bifurcated Telangana state into a golden state by incorporating many welfare and development schemes in four years.

While addressing the plenary of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Hyderabad, the CM said the welfare of all weaker sections, who constitute an overwhelming majority of the state, was the objective of his government.

Mr Rao reiterated that TRS will not seek votes in the next elections if it failed it supply drinking water to every house. He also promised to complete all pending irrigation projects in four years.

Assured the working class that the government will stand by them, he also promised all help to farmers, whose crops were damaged due to unseasonal rains.

At the plenary, the first after TRS came to power in the newly created state in June last year, Mr Rao highlighted the achievements of his government, especially its success in overcoming electricity shortage, ongoing programmes like Mission Kakatiya to revive lakes, Water Grid to supply water to every household, social security pensions for different sections of people and waiver of farm loans.

He said the party was implementing all its poll promises including land distribution among landless Dalits, pensions to widows, old-aged people, handicapped, beedi workers, and schemes to provide financial assistance of Rs. 51,000 each for the marriage of women from economically backward classes.

The chief minister said the government was taking steps to produce 24,000 Megawatt power in two-and-half years.

The government increased the salaries of government employees though this put an additional amount of Rs. 6,000 crore on state exchequer. He assured unemployed youth that one lakh vacancies in the government will be filled in two years.

The TRS chief told the plenary that farm loans to the tune of Rs. 17,000 crore were waived.

The day-long plenary passed 12 resolutions on various issues, hailing various development and welfare schemes launched by the government.

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