Congress govt changed the life of poor, says Uttam Kumar Reddy

Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy announced that water will be provided to an additional two lakh acres in the Nizamabad Rural Assembly constituency. 

He was speaking at an event where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy laid the foundation stones for several development works in the constituency on Friday. 

The minister said that after the Congress came to power, welfare and development activities had gained momentum, and he urged the people of Nizamabad to



recognise this progress.

He noted that in the final phase of BRS rule, during the kharif season, the then government spent Rs 923 crore to procure 4.2 lakh metric tonnes of paddy, whereas in the current kharif season, the Congress government spent Rs 2,000 crore, including and minimum support price and bonus for fine varieties, to procure 7 lakh metric tonnes of paddy. 

He said that the fine rice distribution programme initiated by the Congress government was historic.