BRS agreed to fix agri meters, says Revanth

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday presented documents to state that the previous BRS was making false and misleading claims regarding its stance on installing meters on agricultural pump sets. During a general discussion on the Budget, responding to comments by BRS member T. Harish Rao, Revanth Reddy stated that a tripartite agreement was signed between the Centre, the state government and the distribution companies for installing meters on agricultural pumps by June 30, 2017. However, our chief minister rejected the offer as the state government was against installing meters for agricultural connections," Harish Rao said, referring to Chandrashekar Rao. Revanth Reddy said that a looming crisis threatens the Telangana electricity distribution companies as the state government faces potential action from the Centre if the tripartite agreement to fix meters was not implemented.