Union Minister for Tourism, Culture and Development of Northeast G. Kishan Reddy accused the TRS government of not releasing 50% matching grants for the Smart Cities Mission for Warangal and Karimnagar even after the Centre released ₹392 crore out of the allocated ₹1,000 crore.
The Telangana government released only ₹210 crore of the ₹392 crore of its matching State share and this too was done last year when the Central government has been releasing funds for the project since 2015-16, he said, in a statement released to the media on Wednesday.
While a timely release of matching state share contribution would have ensured Warangal and Karimnagar to have better drainage and sewerage facilities to cope with the recent floods better, the State government released funds after a severe lag that too due to “pressure from the Centre”, he said.
