Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy ordered a judicial inquiry on the previous Government’s power purchase with Chhattisgarh and also into alleged corruption in Bhadradri and Yadadri thermal power projects.

He made the announcement in Assembly on Thursday while accepting a challenge thrown by former Energy Minister Jagdish Reddy during a debate on energy sector after the Government tabled a white paper in the house.

CM said that the BRS Government entered agreement with Chhattisgarh for 1,000 MW power supply and the Government is incurring the burden of Rs 1,362 crore due to agreement. BRS Government entered the Chhattisgarh agreement without tenders, he added.

We were thrown out of the house by marshals for fighting on Chhattisgarh agreement. An official was demoted and posted in the remote area for releasing the facts on Chhattisgarh agreement, he said.

BRS Government signed an agreement with BHEL to establish the Yadadri thermal power project. The company used the expired sub-critical technology and the Government incurred huge losses, he said.

CM also said that thousands of crores of corruption also took place in Bhadradri power project. The BRS Government did not disclose the facts in the house in its nine and half year rule. The Congress Government scanned the entire Energy Department and is presenting the facts in the house.

The Government will constitute a fact-finding committee comprising representatives of all parties on 24-hour power supply. CM said that the BRS Government had spent Rs 9.7 crore for the construction of infrastructure to generate one MW thermal power, while Jharkhand achieved it at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore. As a result of escalation of costs, the government suffered a loss of Rs 4,538 crore in the Bhadradri plant and Rs 9,384 crore in Yadadri, he added.