Former Minister and senior BRS MLA T Harish Rao launched a scathing attack on the Congress government for its failure to address the water crisis in Khammam district, leading to withering of crops. Holding the Congress government responsible for the crisis, he demanded the State government to compensate the farmers with Rs 25,000 per acre on par with farmers whose crops were destroyed due to recent floods.
Addressing the media persons at Telangana Bhavan here on Monday, Harish Rao expressed deep concern over the drying up of crops in Khammam district, despite the Krishna River being in full flow. He stated that though the Palair reservoir canal got breached on September 1, the Congress government left it unattended for the past 22 days which led to wastage of water and massive crop loss.