Will strive for Telangana’s development till my last breath, says KCR

Hyderabad: Affirming that promises made on June 2, 2014 in rebuilding Telangana were delivered, Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said Telangana had to scale new heights and assured that he would strive hard in ensuring the State’s further development till his last breath.

An assurance was made to people that Telangana would be rebuilt in such a way that the nation would learn a great deal from it. It has become a reality in a span of nine years. Today, Telangana emerged as a role model for other States, Chandrashekhar Rao said.

The Chief Minister unfurled the tricolour at Dr BR Ambedkar Secretariat after paying floral tributes to the Telangana Martyrs at Gun Park as the decennial celebrations of the Telanagna State Formation Day took off to a colourful start. Extending Formation Day greetings to the people, the Chief Minister said Telangana model had emerged as the most sought after development model with people in different States demanding replication.

The progress achieved so far owed to only six years of success. The covid pandemic had left the progress scuttled every way for three years. Despite covid and demonetization challenges, Telangana had recorded a growth rate of 155 percent, he said. “I had assured to supply piped drinking water to each household, failing which I would not seek votes. The promise is fulfilled,” Chandrashekhar Rao reminded.

Telangana is the first State to provide safe and clean drinking water to each household, while West Bengal was at the bottom of the chart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home State Gujarat was third in the list.