The Congress workers on Saturday held a novel protest by filling potholes with pictures of Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K. Tarakarama Rao to register their protest against bad conditions of roads in Hyderabad.
Led by GHCC Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail, Congress workers visited different areas and dumped KTR's pictures in potholes.
"We know that the potholes cannot be filled with these pictures alone. But whenever a road user passes through these potholes, he will know who is responsible for this mess. TRS Government has dumped the city after winning GHMC elections and we want the people to dump KCR and KTR into these potholes," Abdullah Sohail told reporters.
Abdullah Sohail said that the TRS Government has failed to come up with an effective Monsoon Action Plan although the weather department predicted above normal rainfall this season.
He said that the GHMC authorities should have made arrangements to handle situations like bad roads, water logging, inundation of low lying areas, spread of epidemics, etc. However, the authorities completely neglected the city and even failed to react when conditions turned worse.
“Being the Municipal Administration Minister, KTR should tender an apology for his failure to handle the situation. He should resign from his post owing moral responsibility. GHMC Commissioner Dr. B. Janardhan Reddy and other officials responsible for this condition should also be sacked,” he demanded.
Abdullah Sohail said that the Congress workers would continue their protest on daily basis until the authorities repair all roads in the city.
He said that the Congress party was also preparing an area-wise list of bad roads which would be submitted to the government for immediate action.
