Hyderabad: Stepping up his attack on the state govt, president of the BJP’s Telangana unit, N Ramchander Rao, on Thursday wrote to chief minister A Revanth Reddy alleging that several pressing public grievances across Telangana had gone unaddressed.In the letter, Rao said the hardships of people across the state had not reached the chief minister. He alleged that poor and middle class families were being displaced due to demolitions linked to the Musi beautification and Gandhi Sarovar projects. Raising concerns about agriculture, Rao said farmers were facing severe distress. He alleged that the promised 15,000 assistance under the Rythu Bharosa scheme had been reduced to 12,000 and had not been released fully for several seasons. He claimed that lack of irrigation water had resulted in crop losses, rising debt and farmer suicides.He also said the govt had failed to fulfil promises of filling two lakh jobs and issuing a job calendar, adding that teachers were worried about possible salary cuts. The BJP leader further alleged that retired govt employees were struggling to receive pending retirement benefits amounting to about 12,000 crore.
