Hyderabad, Jan. 2 -- Former minister and BRS senior leader T Harish Rao demanded that the state government release a white paper on the total expenditure and estimates for the Musi river beautification project.

During the Question Hour in the Telangana Legislative Assembly, he criticised the government for making "contradictory" statements about the project's cost, saying, "At one point, the chief minister said it would cost Rs 1 lakh crore; at another, Rs 1.5 lakh crore. The government must clarify the actual figure."

Harish Rao questions priorities of state govt

Harish Rao questioned how the government could allocate such a massive budget for this project while citing a lack of funds for essential welfare schemes.

"When scholarships...