He said even the Planning Commission of India declared all areas except Hyderabad as backward areas and people started asking how Telangana could develop without water and electricity.
Updated – 05:21 PM, Sunday – 4/30/23
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that the overwhelming development of Telangana over the past nine years is a slap in the face to those who oppose the formation of a new state, adding that the transformation and development that the state has undergone in various sectors is the key to Telangana” Reconstruction” symbol.
Speaking after the unveiling of the BR Dr Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat building here on Sunday, the Chief Minister said that during the Telangana movement, many people expressed concern about the future of the country and even predicted that it would be backward and dark if a separate state was formed.
He said even the Planning Commission of India declared all areas except Hyderabad as backward areas and people started asking how Telangana could develop without water and electricity.
“People used to ask us. What does ‘Telangana rebuild’ mean? Are you going to destroy the whole of Telangana and rebuild it? Today they got the answer,” he said.
The Chief Minister pointed out that it is time to tell all those who do not understand the concept of “Telangana reconstruction” about the achievements of the newly formed state, and he listed how the country was reconstructed. From the revival of all the Kakatiya era water bodies, ponds and lakes in the state to the stage where the lakes and ponds are overflowing even in summer and the largest water lifting scheme in the world in the form of the Kaleshwaram project, all of this is It is a reconstruction of Telangana.
“The total area of rice planted during Yasangi in the country was 9.4 million acres, of which 5.6 million acres were in Telangana alone. This green revolution is also ‘Telangana reconstruction’,” he said, going on to cite developments in the state in several areas.
Earlier, the purnahuti was offered at the Yagashala set up at the new Secretariat premises by the Chief Minister after Sudarshana Yagam and Chandi Homam, traditionally welcomed by Vedic scholars and priests. He then reached his room on the sixth floor of the building where, after a short puja, he chaired the chief minister at 1.32pm. He then signed multiple documents presented to him by Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari, Secretary CM Smita Sabharwal and other officials.
All other ministers and officials also took office after a brief puja and signed their first documents.
