State Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy has assured that the government is taking all measures to ensure uninterrupted supply of electricity to the people in Telangana state. He clarified that the government is vigilant to prevent any power shortage.

After participating in the Gandhi Jayanti celebrations on Friday, the minister spoke to the media at his camp office in Nalgonda. Despite the lack of rain in the state, he revealed that more than 19,000 megawatts of electricity is being purchased from other states so that the people do not face any difficulties. He

said that the cabinet meeting held on Thursday discussed the electricity and drought conditions in detail for about five hours. On this occasion, he recalled that when he checked the logbooks of the substations in the past, some operators had admitted to the discrepancies in the power supply.

The minister said that efforts are being made to make the Yadadri Thermal Power Plant fully available. He said that special attention should be paid to resolving the problems of Singareni coal linkage and Naini block quickly and restoring coal supply.

The minister assured that the government is giving special priority to the development of Nalgonda constituency and that 5,000 Indiramma houses will be sanctioned to the constituency through the Chief Minister. He criticized the opposition parties for expressing political happiness over the drought situation in the state. Komatireddy expressed confidence that Congress candidates will win the upcoming Graduate MLC elections.