BRS checks the plants; Congress checks the gates
BRS teams visited or tried to visit Telangana’s thermal plants on September 24, alleging power cuts and coal shortages. Police restrictions are corroborated; the wider claims remain contested.
BRS teams sought access to several Telangana thermal plants on September 24; reports said police restricted entry at multiple gates.
The BRS took its power-cut campaign to Telangana’s thermal plants on September 24, with six teams visiting or attempting to visit Yadadri, Kothagudem, Bhadradri, Kakatiya, Jaipur and Singareni headquarters. The programme followed working president K.T. Rama Rao’s call for a fact-finding exercise. The promised inspection arrived before the promised report.
BRS leaders alleged that farmers in some areas were receiving around six hours of supply, that coal shortages were reducing generation and that Singareni was owed between Rs 50,000 crore and Rs 55,000 crore. Those figures and claims remain party allegations, not independently verified facts. KTPP chief engineer Prakash Rao reportedly told the delegation that the plant had four days of coal. Yadadri officials separately said the plant could use lower-grade G13 coal, though in larger quantities.
Reports from several locations say police stopped or restricted BRS teams at plant gates, including at Yadadri, Kothagudem, Bhadradri and KTPP. A report also alleged preventive arrests in Mahadevpur and the erstwhile Warangal region; police confirmation was not located. The Congress government has not publicly explained the restrictions in the material reviewed. Telangana’s power plants were inspected where the gates allowed it. The rest remained a matter of official silence.