Telangana govt. giving less than 8 hours power supply with interruptions to farm needs: Harish Rao
Former Telangana minister T. Harish Rao has accused the state's Congress government of failing to provide the promised eight hours of uninterrupted power supply to the agricultural sector. He cited logbook data from a local substation and reports of withered crops as evidence of the government's mismanagement of energy resources and irrigation projects.
Why it matters
The allegations highlight growing political tension in Telangana regarding agricultural infrastructure and the state's ability to manage power distribution and irrigation, which are critical to the livelihoods of the rural population.
Former minister and Deputy Leader of the BRS Legislature Party T. Harish Rao has alleged that the Congress government is not giving even eight hours of power supply to the agriculture without interruptions, and the logbook maintained at the Gattu substation in Jogulamba-Gadwal district is a testimony.
During a visit to the substation on Wednesday, he went through the power supply details recorded in the logbook and it had clearly stated that the farm connections were given power for 7 hours 50 minutes with three interruptions in between on October 13.
He stated that the consumers in urban areas and those of industrial category were being given sufficient power supply, while farmers were giving only a few hours of supply, that too with low-voltage. Earlier, Mr. Harish Rao along with the party leaders visited farm fields where standing crops dried due to erratic power supply.
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