Harish Rao accuses Telangana government of failing to ensure power and water supply

BRS Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao alleged that the Congress government has failed to ensure uninterrupted electricity, drinking water and irrigation supply across Telangana.

Harish Rao conducted a surprise inspection of the Solepet Electricity Substation in Bommalaramaram mandal of Aler Assembly constituency along with former Aler MLA Gongidi Sunitha. He examined the substation logbook, interacted with electricity department staff and reviewed records related to agricultural power supply.

Speaking to the media after the inspection, Harish Rao said he had visited the constituency to console the family of a deceased BRS worker. He said local women complained that drinking water was being supplied only once every two days. He charged that despite inheriting a fully functional Mission Bhagiratha network developed by the previous BRS government, the Congress government had failed to maintain the



system.

Harish Rao claimed that people in Sangareddy, Narayankhed, Andole, Zaheerabad, Kamareddy, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Nalgonda, Mahabubnagar and several other districts were facing severe drinking water shortages, forcing women to fetch water from distant places.

He said the inspection at Solepet Substation was prompted by complaints from farmers over prolonged power cuts. According to Harish Rao, the substation operator informed him that farmers had earlier received 14 to 15 hours of electricity, but fresh government instructions had reduced agricultural power supply to 12 hours a day. He alleged that even during these 12 hours, repeated tripping disrupted the supply.

Claiming that the Congress had made several promises to farmers before the elections, Harish Rao alleged that the government was instead reducing electricity supply and cutting welfare and agricultural support.