Complaint Lodged Against KTR in ORR Toll Lease Case

Hyderabad: BRS party working president and former minister KTR), who is already reeling under difficulties in the Formula E-car Race case, received another big shock. In a fresh development, The ACB received another complaint against him about the huge irregularities committed in ORR toll lease tenders.

The president of the BC Political JAC Yugandhar Goud handed over a written complaint to the ACB officials against KTR in the issue and demanded a thorough probe by the ACB into the irregularities of the ORR tenders immediately.

In his complaint, he alleged that there was a quid pro quo deal in the ORR toll lease tenders. Yugandhar Goud has also lodged a complaint with the ED against KTR and former CM KCR in the same issue and urged it to inquire into the irregularities

The leasing out of the maintenance of the (Hyderabad Nehru Outer Ring Road) for a period of 30 years for a mere Rs7,380 crore created a political stir at during the BRS Party regime. At that time, the opposition parties slammed the BRS Government by saying that it was illegal for the Ministry of Municipal Administration, Urban Development and HMDA to enter into agreements with IRB Golconda Express Ltd company without disclosing the initial estimated value of the IECV (Initial Estimated Concession Value). Several leaders have slammed the BRS government for the agreement signed by the government on May 28, 2023 to maintain the 158-km ORR in the Toll Operate Transfer mode, which is completely against the Constitution and the principle of public trust. The ORR lease issue came to the fore again with the complaint filed by Yugandhar Goud.