Hyderabad, Feb 17: YSR Congress has demanded a white paper on the steep hike in estimates for the irrigation packages which are aimed at benefitting the contractors who are close to the Chandrababu Naidu and his coterie.
‘The cabinet decision taken to increase the package no 29 from about Rs 12 crores to Rs 110 crores is nothing short of looting public money and we demand a white paper as to how the steeply hiked figure was arrived at,’ party Deputy floor leader Jyothula Nehru told reporters here on Wednesday.
There is already a provision for hike of rates for the EPC contracts but that should match the escalation of cost of material and manpower.
‘There is no tangible hike in cost of material and manpower and how was the package no 29, which is being executed by TDP leader CM Ramesh who is close to Chandrababu Naidu, was increased so steeply. It is only to benefit him and if the cabinet decision goes unchallenged all the 40 irrigation packages will be hiked which paves way to huge corruption and kickbacks,’ he said.
We are not against the development but we will not allow such large scale loot to take place through GOs and cabinet decisions and there has been nearly Rs 6,000 crore corruption in the ongoing irrigation projects, he said adding that the decision was not approved by two Chief Secretaries but still the State has been going ahead.
We demand a white paper detailing the abnormal hike in the package number 29 and will take up the issue to an agitation path if no convincing reply is forthcoming, he said.
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