Hearty welcome: TPCC president Uttam Kumar Reddy, working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and other Congress being received at Bhadrachalam of Bhadradri Kothagudem district on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: G_N_RAO more-in Sand mafia is ruling the roost in the entire Bhadrachalam division with the patronage of the ruling TRS leaders and they are minting crores of rupees by plundering the valuable natural resource in the Agency areas, said Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy. The illegal sand trade has been going on unabated from Bhadrachalam to Wajedu and Burgampadu to Eturunagaram spanning the length and breadth of the Agency areas at the behest of the ruling party leaders, he charged, deploring that the sand mafia spread its tentacles to the famous temple town of Bhadrachalam bringing disrepute to the holy town. He was speaking to mediapersons in Bhadrachalam on Wednesday after offering prayers at the historic Sri Sitaramachandra Swamy temple. The TPCC president made a transit halt in the temple town en route Wajedu in neighbouring Jayashankar Bhupalpally district as part of the State-wide “Praja Chaitanya” bus yatra. Launching a scathing attack on Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, Mr. Reddy alleged that nothing has happened even after more than two years since the announcement made by the Chief Minister to develop the renowned Bhadradri temple at an estimated cost of ? 100 crore. “Leave alone ? 100 crore not even ? 100 has been released till date. The promise made by Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao to give a facelift to the Bhadradri temple met with a fate similar to that of numerous unfulfilled promises made to various sections,” Mr. Reddy charged. Bhadrachalam constituency remained grossly neglected under the TRS dispensation, he said taking a dig at the Telangana Rashtra Samithi government for totally failing in delivering its promise to provide two-bedroom houses to all homeless people in the State. The previous Congress government had initiated massive infrastructure development works, including bridges and roads, in Bhadrachalam Agency in undivided Andhra Pradesh. Over 10,000 houses were sanctioned to Bhadrachalam constituency during the previous Congress regime, he noted. After coming to power, the Congress will sanction ? 1 lakh non-refundable grant to each of the 6 lakh women self-help groups and also extend ? 10 lakh interest free loans to each group to revitalise the women groups in the State, he announced. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee working president Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, leader of Opposition in Legislative Council Md. Shabbir Ali, and others were present.

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