Hyderabad, August 18: The Telangana Rashtra Samithi on Saturday demanded that the State Government supply seven hours of power to farmers in the Telangana region. A delegation of TRS leaders also submitted a memorandum to the AP Genco chairman K Vijayanand at Mint Compound in this regard.
Talking to media persons later, TRS Floor Leader Etala Rajender said that the delegation has appealed to the CMD not to resort to frequent power cuts in the rural areas. He accused the power utility of showing discrimination towards the Telangana region in the supply of power compared to Seemandhra region.
He said that the farmers, students and other small and medium industries have been suffering from many problems due to frequent cuts.
Etela Rajender said that the Managing Director had assured the delegation that the department would take all steps to supply seven hour of power to farmers. He warned that the power utility would face serious consequences if the CMD fails to honour his promise. He said that the power utilities have to bear the burden of crop loss if they fail to supply quality power to farmers.
The TRS leader demanded that the details of power purchase from Vemagiri and Lanco Project be made public under the Right to Information Act.
TRS Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao demanded that the government withdraw fuel surcharge imposed on the power consumers as it would put huge burden on them. He said that the TRS would intensify its agitation if the government fails to revoke surcharge. He also asked the government to complete gas-based power projects of Nedunuru, Shankarpalli, Bhupalpalli and Ramagundum on war foot to tide over the power crisis in the region.
Earlier, the TRS delegation staged a dharna in front of AP Genco Office and raised slogans against the Managing Director.
MLAs Gampa Goverdhan, Somavarapu Satyanarayana, Ravindra Reddy and others took part in the dharna.
- INN
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