KTR Slams ‘Musi Lootification’, Accuses CM Revanth Reddy of Lies, Corruption and Anti-Poor Agenda

Hyderabad (Maxim News): Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Working President K.T. Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, accusing him of misleading the Assembly on the Musi River rejuvenation project and using it as a cover for what he termed the “biggest corruption conspiracy in Telangana’s history.”

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In a strongly worded statement, KTR alleged that the Chief Minister had no genuine vision to clean the Musi and was instead driven by anger against those questioning his alleged illegal wealth and opposing the project in its present form. He said the language used by Revanth Reddy in the Assembly was “more foul-smelling than the polluted Musi itself.”

Questioning the credibility of the government’s claims, KTR asked how the Chief Minister could announce expenditure figures touching ₹1.5 lakh crore when the Detailed Project Report (DPR), by the government’s own admission, would take at least another year to be prepared. “If the DPR is not ready, how were such massive estimates announced?” he asked, also questioning why bulldozers were deployed to demolish poor people’s houses even before statutory approvals and planning processes were completed.

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Allegations of Corruption and Corporate Nexus

KTR alleged that under the guise of Musi “beautification,” the Congress government was preparing for a massive financial loot. He accused the government of attempting to hand over key aspects of the project to Mainhardt, a firm he claimed was blacklisted and facing Red Corner Notices. “How can a company with such a background be entrusted with a project of this scale?” he asked, calling it a deliberate conspiracy to facilitate corruption.

He further charged that the Chief Minister had effectively declared plans to demolish the houses of over one lakh people living along the Musi, rendering them homeless. This, he said, exposed the true character of the Congress government. “Congress rule means demolitions, not construction,” KTR remarked, alleging that while illegal guest houses of ministers near Himayat Sagar and Osman Sagar were spared, poor families were being evicted without compassion.

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Blame on Congress-TDP Legacy

Holding the Congress and TDP responsible for decades of neglect, KTR said it was these parties, which ruled the united state for nearly 60 years, that polluted the Musi and reduced it to a sewage drain. He pointed out that Revanth Reddy himself had been associated with both parties and could not disown their legacy.

He also referred to the prolonged suffering of Nalgonda district due to polluted water and fluoride contamination, asserting that it was only under BRS rule and Mission Bhagiratha that the fluoride menace was effectively addressed.

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Godavari Water and Kaleshwaram Question

KTR challenged the Chief Minister’s claim of bringing 20 TMC of Godavari water to the Musi, asking him to clearly state whether that water was sourced from the Kaleshwaram project.

“If it is, he should bow his head and admit it,” KTR said, accusing Revanth Reddy of spreading false propaganda against Kaleshwaram while silently depending on it for Musi rejuvenation.

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Real Estate Agenda Alleged

The BRS leader alleged that the real objective behind the Musi project was large-scale real estate exploitation. He accused the government of forcibly evicting poor and middle-class residents from valuable lands in central Hyderabad to benefit benamis and loyalists. “For this Chief Minister, governance has been reduced to real estate dealings,” he alleged.

Recalling the BRS government’s record, KTR said global tenders were earlier invited at minimal cost for Musi rejuvenation, with nine reputed companies submitting detailed designs. A comprehensive master plan was prepared at an estimated cost of about ₹16,000 crore. “With ready designs in hand, restarting the process makes sense only if commissions are the motive,” he alleged, pointing out that project estimates were being arbitrarily escalated from ₹50,000 crore to ₹75,000 crore and now to ₹1.5 lakh crore even before execution began.

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KTR highlighted that during the BRS regime, 36 sewage treatment plants were built to treat 2,000 MLD of sewage entering the Musi, the Musi River Front Development Corporation was established in 2017, and development works were carried out in stretches such as Nagole–Uppal without displacing the poor.

He concluded by asserting that the Congress government’s alleged corruption would be exposed thoroughly in the public domain, and that BRS would firmly stand with the people affected by the Musi project.

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