Archive · 21 Sep 2026
Harish Rao Challenges Congress Over Farm Power Supply
T. Harish Rao is a leader from the BRS party in Telangana.
He says farmers are not receiving enough reliable electricity for their farms.
He claimed some farmers near Motakondur were getting about six hours of power, with interruptions and low voltage.
He challenged Congress lawmakers to visit substations and villages at night to check the situation themselves.
Rao also said officials did not show him electricity logbooks that record supply and outages.
He criticized the government for blaming El Niño and said available project water was not being used properly.
He also complained that some farmers’ lands were placed on a prohibited list.
The Congress government’s response to these allegations was not included in the article.
BRS MLA T. Harish Rao alleged undeclared power cuts and interruptions for agricultural connections.
He challenged Congress MLAs and MPs to visit local substations and villages to assess electricity supply.
Rao claimed farmers near Motakondur were receiving about six hours of power with low voltage and repeated interruptions.
He accused the Congress government of hiding electricity logbooks and criticized its explanations involving El Niño and irrigation shortages.
Rao also raised concerns about prohibited-land listings and urged action against Congress leaders’ properties in Full Tank Level areas.
- Who
- BRS MLA and former minister T. Harish Rao, Congress MLAs and MPs, farmers, and the Telangana government.
- What
- Harish Rao challenged Congress lawmakers to investigate alleged agricultural power cuts and raised concerns about irrigation and prohibited land listings.
- When
- Sunday; the article does not provide a specific date.
- Where
- At the Motakondur substation and surrounding villages, with the report also referring to Alair and Bhongir mandals and Telangana.
- Why
- Rao said farmers were facing limited, interrupted and low-voltage electricity, and he wanted Congress lawmakers to verify the situation.
Harish Rao and BRS allegations
Congress government position
Agricultural electricity supply
Harish Rao and BRS allegations
Harish Rao alleged that farmers were receiving only about six hours of electricity, with repeated interruptions and low voltage, rather than reliable round-the-clock supply.
Congress government position
The Congress government is described by Rao as claiming to provide 24-hour electricity to agriculture, but the article does not include a direct government response.
Electricity records
Harish Rao and BRS allegations
Rao said officials hid substation logbooks because they would reveal the actual duration of agricultural power supply and outages.
Congress government position
No explanation from the Congress government or officials about the logbooks was included in the article.
Irrigation and power generation
Harish Rao and BRS allegations
Rao argued that the government was blaming El Niño and failing to use available project water, and said power plants had been stopped on the pretext of coal shortages.
Congress government position
The article reports the government’s El Niño and coal-shortage explanations as characterized by Rao, but provides no direct response from the government.
- Main speaker
- T. Harish Rao, BRS MLA and former minister
- Reported farm supply
- About six hours of electricity, according to people cited by Rao
- Reported problems
- Repeated interruptions and low voltage affecting borewell-based cultivation
- Disputed records
- Electricity logbooks recording supply timings, tripping and three-phase service
- Past generation claim
- Rao said power generation reached 21,000 megawatts during the BRS term in Telangana
- Plants mentioned
- Yadadri, Bhadradri and Kothagudem power plants, whose combined 3,500-megawatt generation he said had stopped
- Land concern
- Rao said farmers’ and poor people’s properties were included in the 22-A prohibited lands list