KTR penalises partymen Rs.1 lakh each for flexis

Yellandu (Kothagudem): Yellandu Municipality Chairman D Venkateswar Rao and Khammam corporator and TRS town wing president Kamartapu Murali learnt it the hard way that ruling party leaders are no exception when it comes to applying rules. Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister K T Rama Rao on Sunday asked the two to cough up Rs One lakh each towards penalty for putting up plastic flexi-banners welcoming him.

Both had erected huge flexies at the venues of the Minister’s public meeting in Khammam and Yellandu. Stressing the need to show determination to address the menace of plastic, Rama Rao said the rule applied to all, whether they were party leaders or the common



public. 

“The public have to take responsibility to prevent use of plastic. No one will be spared if they break the rule. If the public fail to act, they will also have to pay penalty,” Rama Rao cautioned.

In his address, the Minister, responding to an appeal by Yellandu MLA B Haripriya, urged her to take measures to revive the past glory of Yellandu, the birth place of SCCL. The issue would be taken to the notice of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao, he said.

He assured the gathering of addressing issues of reviving railway connectivity to Yellandu, setting up bus depot and podu farmers.