Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao has announced that Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) will ensure 24×7 safe drinking water supply to every household in the city after returning to power in the state.Addressing a meeting of party cadre in Kukatpally on Monday, KTR said the BRS govt had earlier transformed Telangana from a state plagued by severe power shortages into one with uninterrupted 24×7 electricity supply and would similarly guarantee round-the-clock drinking water supply to Hyderabad in the future.“The person who gave 24-hour power supply to Telangana, KCR (K Chandrashekar Rao), will provide 24×7 drinking water supply to Hyderabad,” he asserted. He added that he would personally take responsibility for ensuring successful implementation of the programme after BRS returns to power.Recalling the conditions before Telangana’s formation, 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 in the united AP. However, after Telangana was formed, the KCR govt had successfully implemented uninterrupted power supply and launched Mission Bhagiratha to provide piped drinking water to households across the state.Criticising the Congress govt, 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 govt had failed to spend even a single additional rupee for Hyderabad’s development.The BRS leader accused CM A Revanth Reddy of taking credit by inaugurating projects built during the 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.KTR declared that he would retire from politics if the govt could establish that a single double-bedroom housing unit had been built in the city under Congress rule.KTR further stated that the people of Hyderabad were fully aware of Congress governance and therefore did not elect the party even in a single constituency in the city. He alleged that Hyderabad’s real estate sector was severely damaged due to Congress policies, leading to a major slowdown in construction activity and loss of employment for lakhs of construction and centring workers.
