Hyderabad, May 25 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Monday promised that if voted back to power, BRS would ensure a 24-hour safe drinking water supply to every household in Hyderabad.

Addressing a meeting of party cadres in Kukatpally, he said the BRS government had earlier transformed Telangana from a state plagued by severe power shortages into one with uninterrupted 24-hour electricity supply and would similarly guarantee round-the-clock drinking water supply to Hyderabad in the future.

Recalling the conditions before the formation of Telangana, KTR said the region had suffered under decades of Congress rule, with people forced to face long power cuts and drinking water scarcity. He stated that protests and agitations for electricity and water were common during the undivided state era. However, after Telangana was formed, the government led by K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR) successfully implemented an uninterrupted 24-hour power supply and launched Mission Bhagiratha to provide piped drinking water to households across the state.

KTR said the same determination shown by KCR in ensuring uninterrupted electricity supply would now be directed towards providing a 24/7 drinking water supply in Hyderabad.

“The person who gave a 24-hour power supply to Telangana is KCR, and the person who will provide a 24-hour drinking water supply to Hyderabad is also KCR,” he asserted. He added that he would personally take responsibility for ensuring the successful implementation of the programme after the BRS returns to power.

Launching a sharp attack on the Congress government, KTR alleged that the party had cheated every section of society with unrealistic promises during the Assembly elections. He said Congress had failed to fulfil promises ranging from enhanced pensions to monthly financial assistance for women. According to him, despite being in power for nearly two-and-a-half years, the Congress government had failed to spend even a single additional rupee for Hyderabad’s development.

KTR accused Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of taking false credit by inaugurating projects built during the previous BRS regime, including flyovers, hospitals and major infrastructure facilities. He alleged that Congress leaders were merely cutting ribbons for projects constructed under BRS governance while falsely portraying them as their own achievements.

The BRS working president also challenged the Congress government to prove that it had constructed even one double-bedroom housing project in Hyderabad during its tenure. He declared that he would retire from politics if the government could establish that a single double-bedroom housing unit had been built in the city under Congress rule.

–IANS

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