Hyderabad, March 15 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) alleged that the Congress government's proposed Musi River project was not a genuine beautification initiative but a massive land grab scheme targeting valuable lands along the river.

Addressing a programme titled "Musi Rejuvenation - PowerPoint Presentation vs Public Point" held at Himayat Sagar on Saturday, KTR stated that the Musi can be developed without causing harm to the public. He recalled that the previous BRS government had already developed nearly six kilometres of the Musi river stretch in Uppal and Nagole successfully without demolishing a single house.

KTR said the earlier BRS government had prepared a comprehensive Musi development pla...