Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Saturday assured the Telangana Legislative Council that there will be no power cuts in the State after May this year.
Replying to the issues raised by Leader of the Opposition D Srinivas in Legislative Council during debate on State Budget, the Chief Minister claimed that the era of power cuts was coming to an end. He said there would be some cuts from 25th March to 25th April in view of Rabi season. Since May onwards, there will be no power cuts in the State.
The Chief Minister alleged that the power situation had worsened in Telangana as the Andhra Pradesh denied Telangana its share of 53.80% in Hinduja and Krishnapatnam power projects. He said that AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu did not even following the instructions issued by the Centre on the issues. However, he said that the State Government has worked out several alternatives to overcome the shortage of powers. He said the recent allocation of KG Basin gas to Telangana is likely to improve the situation further.
KCR reminded that the government was forced to impose power cuts during the same period last year. However, this year, the situation is not so worse. He also claimed that the industries, which were earlier planning to shift to other states due to power shortage, have stayed in Hyderabad. He said by 2017, Telangana will not have any power crisis. He said he was personally monitoring the power situation on minute-to-minute basis.
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