Rebuilding Andhra after 5 years of destruction between 2019-2024 is cumbersome task: Guv

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh governor, Abdul Nazeer said that the damage and losses during the period 2019-24 have been more severe compared to State re-organisation in June 2014 and its huge challenge for the current government to rebuild Andhra Pradesh.

Addressing the joint session of the state legislature on the day one of sessions on Monday, Nazeer said the massive destruction which resulted in huge loss of the natural resource base and human value system, really makes the reconstruction process difficult and time consuming one. To assess the complete loss, plan for resource mobilization and development, is a cumbersome task.

“In fact, the damage and losses during the period 2019-24 have been more severe compared to State re-organisation in June 2014. It has become difficult for the new government to meet even the essential committed expenditure with the reduced revenue of the state.

"The overall debt has more than doubled in the last 5 years, with huge outstanding payments of salaries and pensions, debt repayments for the debt burden of about Rs. 10 lakh crore, payments for power sector dues, civil supplies and other liabilities has become challenging.

"The compound annual growth rate of the state's Own Tax Revenue slipped from 12.8 per cent to 8.1 per cent during this period. On the other hand, the revenue expenditure increased from 7.8 per cent to 10.5 per cent, whereas the capital expenditure growth declined steeply from 26.4 per cent to 3.4 per cent, he said.

YSRCP MLA Tatiparthi Chandrasekhar slammed TDP Coalition Government for Its blatant lies and deception through the Governor's speech in State Assembly.

Speaking to the media, MLA stated that the government falsely glorified their administration while criticizing the previous YSRCP government with unfounded claims.

He said the coalition government is using the Governor's speech to blame the previous administration and praise themselves, while completely ignoring pressing public issues. He criticized the government for not outlining their plans for the people.

High drama

The Andhra Pradesh assembly sessions began on Monday on a stormy note. Terming the ceremonial joint address by Governor Abdul Nazeer was a bunch of lies YSRCP members walked out of the House.

YSRCP's MLAs and MLCs reached assembly premises wearing black scarves, raising and carrying placards with 'Save Democracy' slogans. YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had gotten into a heated argument with police, who snatched placards from YSRCP members.

Naidu gives roadmap to NDA MLAs, MLCs

Chief Minister, N Chandrababu Naidu, gave a roadmap to all the MLAs and MLCs of the TDP-led ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Monday.

After the Governor's address to the combined session of legislature, the Chief Minister had a detailed meeting with the MLAs and MLCs which is attended by the Deputy Chief Minister, Pawan Kalyan, and all the ministers. Naidu mainly focused on the issues to be discussed on the floor of the Council and the Assembly like various sections of people, the results that followed the decisions taken by the NDA Government, the style of functioning of the members of both the Houses along with their responsibilities.

"The people have handed over the power to us by reposing immense faith in us. We should, thus function by providing good governance and should maintain the trust," the Chief Minister told the MLAs and MLCs. Regretting that the previous government has completely destroyed the systems, Naidu said that this has pushed the financial condition of the state into a very bad position. Perhaps this kind of situation does not exist in any other State. The previous government has brought the economic condition of the State to such a pass that funds can not be spent from the exchequer even for emergency purposes.

All the systems got completely crippled while the bureaucratic setup too has gone off the track due to the incompetent and inefficient ruling of the previous government. "There are now several challenges before our government and by resolving all these issues we have to take up welfare and development," the Chief Minister added.