Dream of train service to Siddipet comes true because of CM KCR: Harish Rao

Hyderabad: The dream of a train service to Siddipet has come true and all the credit goes to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, said Minister for Finance T Harish Rao.

Speaking to the media in Siddipet on Tuesday to mark the occasion of commencing the inaugural train service between Secunderabad and Siddipet which has been flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually from Nizamabad, Minister Harish Rao said that the successive governments in the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh had ignored the demand of train service to Siddipet and opposition parties also made false promises on several occasions stating that the train facility would  bring to Siddipet but in vain.

Harish Rao said the railway line to Siddipet was sanctioned in 2006 when K Chandrasekhar Rao was the union minister in the UPA government and after the formation of Telangana State, the BRS government had paid its 33 percent share in the execution of the project.

He also criticised the BJP leaders for taking the credit of coming the train to Siddipet town and also found fault with the union government for not displaying a photo of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao during the inaugural function even though the State government had paid its 33 percent share in the project.

Harish Rao further said that the BRS government had paid Rs. 310 crores for acquiring 2,508 acres of land under the project and also paid Rs.330 crores its share for the execution of the project.

“The BRS has worked tirelessly for the Siddipet railway, but it is shameful that the BJP leaders are taking the credit in this regard,” Harish Rao lambasted.