Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- Congress MP from Bhuvanagiri, Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy, today accused BRS Working President K T Rama Rao of misleading the public with false claims about the Hyderabad Development and Regulation Authority (Hydra) to gain votes in the Jubilee Hills by-election.
Addressing the media at Gandhi Bhavan, Kiran Kumar Reddy said KTR was "trying to portray Hydra as a demon" despite its significant role in protecting government lands, ponds, and canals that were encroached upon during the decade-long BRS rule.
He pointed out that, according to a report by the union Ministry of Jal Shakti, 75 percent of ponds and canals in Telangana and Hyderabad were encroached upon under the previous government. "Hyderabad once had 600 ponds,...