Hyderabad, June 16 -- Telangana Roads and Buildings (R&B) Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Tuesday, June 16, assured clearance of pending dues for builders and contractors and asked them to call off their 'Chalo Hyderabad' protest scheduled for June 18.

He expressed concern over the suicide of six contractors over pending dues and said that the government is working sincerely to resolve their problems.

The Minister said the government is paying dues of thousands of crores pending from the previous government in phases. There are dues of Rs 4,000 crore in the R&B department itself, he said.

He said that since Congress came to power, bills of more than Rs 3,000 crore have been released to contractors, and about Rs 2,500 crore are sti...