External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj receiving applause from all corners for her spontaneous response on her Twitter to rescue any Indian from a crisis situation, out-side the country. Even while on a hospital bed, preparing for a major surgery also she rescued some.
In the same way, Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao is now becoming familiar as `WhatsApp Minister’, who is ready to reserve any one in problem, particularly from his constituency Siddipet. A recent incident makes reveal his alertness in attending suffering people.
Earlier as an MLA he was known as a `coin box MLA’. If anyone from a coin box spending a rupee calls him, he used to attend immediately on their problems. As nowadays coin box are disappearing he is using WhatsApp. A simple posting on his WhatsApp, even mid-night time he responds immediately.
Last Sunday a family from Siddipet went for bath in river Godavari to Dharmapuri. While returning back at about 11.15 pm they were met with a road accident in Jagtial mandal.
After knowing about this accident, a local newspaper reporter messaged the same to Harish Rao on his WhatsApp. Immediately the minister alerted Collector, Area Hospital Superintendent and directed them to ensure appropriate medical care. Even he contacted some doctors, requesting them to provide them emergency medical care.
Immediately, officials shifted injured persons to Government Hospital in Siddipet and saved their lives. They were returning in a tractor and all 12 of them were injured, of which condition of four persons were serious.