BRS Will Probe HAM Road Works When it Returns to Power: MLA

Nalgonda: BRS MLA Guntakandla Jagadish Reddy on Sunday alleged irregularities in Hybrid Annuity Model (HAM) road projects and said an inquiry would be ordered if the party returns to power in the state.

Addressing a meeting attended by booth-level agents in Bhongir, he accused the Congress government led by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of collecting kickbacks from contractors on HAM road works.

He alleged that the project costs were increased many times to facilitate commissions and claimed that there was a possibility of introducing toll plazas in rural areas under the HAM model.

The MLA also accused ministers from erstwhile Nalgonda district, including N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy, of neglecting development and focusing on personal priorities. He said that there has been no significant development in the district in the last 2.5 years.

He also claimed that there were disruptions in paddy supply and stated that procurement had not yet been completed in many centers in the Yadadri-Bhongir region.

Reddy also urged representatives at the party cabinet level to ensure that no genuine voters are deleted from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision process.

Many BRS leaders were present at the meeting.