Etela Rajender, the Health Minister of Telangana, on the 4th of August, praised the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) for providing 24 hours power supply to the farm sector of the State.
He said with the help of 24X7 power supply, the farm sector grew and all the problems of the farmers are solved.
Mr. Rajender inaugurated a kV 33/11 substation worth Rs. 2 crores in Kotla Narasimhulupalli village, Gangadhar Mandal, Karimnagar, Telangana. During the inauguration, Etela appreciated the efforts of the TRS for working toward the development of the State and its people.
Rajender said earlier, when the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh were one, the residents and farmers used to suffer due to poor power supply, but after the bifurcation, Telangana started growing. He praised K. Chandrashekar Rao, the Chief Minister of Telangana, for the growth and said KCR understood the problems faced in the State and took steps to provide 24 hours of power supply to farms, industries and households.
Rajender said, “For this very reason, the Telangana State has become a model for other states in the Country. After the completion of Kaleshwaram project water will also available for 24 hours and will flow in all the canals across the State along with giving much needed boost to the farming sector.”
Highlighting these facts, Prabhakar Rao, the Chief Managing Director of Transmission Corporation of Telangana (TS Transco,) said after the TRS came to power, the State produces 29,000 MVA electricity, whereas previously it produced 14,000 MVA. The TRS spent approximately Rs. 23,000 crores on this.
Kanumalla Vijaya, the Zilla Parishad chairperson, Sunkari Ravi Shankar, the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Choppadandi, sub inspector Madhava Rao, sub station land donor Ramesh Kumar, Zilla Parishad Territorial Councils (ZPTCs,) Mandal Parishad Territorial Councils (MPTCs) and Sarpanches were present at the event.
