Chief Minister, Jagan Mohan Reddy, has been imposing taxes after taxes on the common man but neglecting the major issue of providing basic amenities, said TDP general secretary, Nara Lokesh, on Sunday.
When the villagers of Totada and nearby areas in Yelamanchili Assembly segment met Lokesh during his Yuva Galam pada yatra and brought to his notice various problems they are facing in their daily life, he said that Jagan is more interested in looting the State’s assets than solving the people’s problems. Immediately after the TDP-Jana Sena combine forms the coming government, all their problems, including building an underpass and roads repair problem in their areas will be solved on a war-footing basis. The villagers complained that since the underpass is not available hundreds of people died in ghastly road accidents while crossing the national highway.
Terming the Jagananna Bhooraksha as Bhoobaksha, Lokesh felt that the scheme is meant only to illegally occupy the lands of the poor. “This is a master plan designed to loot the vacant lands of the SCs, STs, BCs and other poorer sections of society besides the government and endowment lands,” Lokesh remarked after visiting the survey stones laid at Totada in the Yelamanchili Assembly segment.
When the villagers of Sirasapalli and Venkatapuram in a memorandum complained that they are facing several problems as the roads are not widened since long, Lokesh said that the condition of roads in the State is so bad that even repairs are not undertaken leave alone laying new roads. The contractors are not coming forward to take up the works as bills for over Rs 2 lakh cr have been pending payment since long, he added. The highway passing through Anakapalle, Totada and Parvada will be widened once the TDP is back into power in the coming polls, Lokesh told the villagers.
The victims of LG Polymers personally narrated the troubles they are facing like heavy pollution in their area and are suffering from various kinds of diseases as they are inhaling poisonous gas, Lokesh said that in another three months the TDP-Jana Sena government is going to be formed and immediately RO Plants will be set up to permanently solve their problems.
The LG Polymers-affected also informed Mr Lokesh that of the 1,100 persons affected with the gas leakage, only a few are paid the compensation for which Mr Lokesh assured them that once the TDP-Jana Sena government is formed all their issues will be addressed. The Jagan Mohan Reddy government has sanctioned permission for this LG Polymers under the provisions of the Essential Commodities Act after it was closed for 45 days during Corona lockdown even without inspecting the unit, Lokesh said.
Lamenting that the State Government has totally neglected the promises made to the affected persons, Lokesh said that within three months the TDP-Jana Sena is going to come to power and soon after that health cards will be issued to all the affected villagers and jobs will be provided to the youth in pollution-free companies.
Lokesh’s Yuva Galam pada yatra entered the Pendurthi Assembly segment where he is given a warm welcome and at Paravada he interacted with the villagers. Stating that he is aware of the problems being faced by the villagers of Panchagramalu, Lokesh said that they do not have the right to sell their own lands due to which they are facing difficulties even to bear medical expenses, perform the weddings of their children and other issues.
Recalling that Chandrababu Naidu as the chief minister of the State tried to regularise their lands by issuing necessary GOs but the YSRC Legal Cell members got a stay from the court on the implementation of these GOs, he said. “Soon after our government is back in power all your issues will be addressed and the disputes on houses and farmers will also be resolved,” Lokesh told the villagers.
