The fate of the promises made by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for development of urban and rural local bodies in the run-up to the previous Assembly elections is in a jeopardy.
Mr. Rao has assured release of huge funds to municipal corporations, municipalities and panchayats for their all-round development months before the elections, and the Finance Department issued orders accordingly. But works reportedly did not keep pace with the promises.
For instance, the former Chief Minister, during a meeting he addressed in Mahbubabad on January 12 last year, announced ₹50 crore to Mahbubabad town and ₹25 crore each to Thorrur, Maripeda and Dornakal urban bodies in addition to ₹10 lakh each to gram panchayats in the constituency. Similarly, he announced ₹40 crore each for taking up developmental works in Kothagudem and Paloncha municipalities and ₹25 crore each to Yelladu and Manuguru municipalities.
