Delay in beginning pushkaram works

• TDP leaders given a chance to earn the contracts through nomination system
• Low quality work with high boasting
• Chandrababu’s coterie rob crores of rupees

Vijayawada: With just a few more hours till the commencement of Krishna pushkarams, the work that needs to be done is still incomplete. The work at primary ghats is not yet over. The arrangements for devotees’ stay also have not been done. Beautification and electrification work also seems to be lagging. The changing rooms for women re also incompletely built. The highways that lead to Punnami, the VIP ghat, are not ready. Toilets at any ghat are not constructed completely. This is the situation in Vijayawada, the primary centre of pushkarams.

Durga Ghat

CM command control room is still being worked on at Durga Ghat. Highway work is still lagging behind. Tile work at the ghats has not yet been started. The computers and other technical equipment intended for supervision by the CM have not yet been installed. Drinking water provision also is unavailable yet.

Krishnaveni Ghat

At Krishnaveni Ghat, even the cement work is still going on. Supply of electricity and CC cameras are dysfunctional. The officials responsible for barricading are totally unresponsive. Footpath still needs to be constructed at the park constructed near the ghat. 

Gollapudi – Sacred merge

Gollapudi ghat’s construction is complete. Tiles have been placed on half of the area. Same is the case with Guntupalli ghat too. The ghat built at Tumamlapalem got damaged. Vehicle parking facility and provision of drinking water are incomplete. Endowments department failed to provide even one-third of the requirements asked for Sacred Harathi Ritual.

Padmavathi Ghat

There are no toilets in Padmavathi Ghat. Even for the few toilets that were installed, provision of pipelines and power connection are not done. The staircase that needs to be constructed didn’t still take shape. No point for drinking water has been established.

Deliberately planned mistakes

Most of the work has not been started till the end, thereby successfully putting aside tendering system. TD leaders managed to earn contracts through nomination system. They showed favouritism and gave away as much money as demanded. Hundreds of crores of rupees have been swallowed. Officials are least bothered to question the inefficiency of the work going on.