YSRTP president Y.S. Sharmila alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was responsible for the flooding of Bhadrachalam town by not completing the construction of karakatta (bund) to river Godavari. She said that the foreign conspiracy and cloud burst was nothing but diverting public attention.
“A Minister in Mr. Chandrasekhar Rao’s Cabinet is telling that increasing the height of Polavaram was the reason for the submergence of Bhadrachalam. Why the issue of increasing the height was not there in their mind in the past? Why did not they speak about it with neighbouring State’s Chief Minister when he was invited here?” she asked stating that the people in the submerged area of Bhadachalam are not ready to shift to hilly areas where Chief Minister proposed to construct a colony.
Mr. Sharmila visited several parts of the State from Kaddam to Bhadrachalam during last week and interacted with people who faced the floods and lost every thing. She also interacted with podu farmers who were lathicharged by police.
