Vinod Kumar demands TS Govt to release Rs 200 crore worth pending bills by March 14

BRS leader and former MP B Vinod Kumar demanded that the government release Rs 200 crore of pending bills of weavers by March 14. He warned to stage Maha Dharna along with thousands of weavers in Sircilla on March 15 if the government failed to clear pending bills. BRS working president KT Rama Rao will participate in the dharna, Vinod Kumar informed while addressing a press conference in Sircilla on



Friday.

Earlier, weavers used to migrate to Sholapur, Surat, Bhiwandi and other places in the search of employment. In order to provide employment to weavers, the BRS government gave Rs 3,400 crore worth orders in ten years. Suicides among weavers were rampant from 2001 to 2008. In order to extend support to weavers, Rs 50 lakh was collected in Pochampalli and handed over to weavers by constituting a trust in 2008.