Telangana CM blames previous BRS Govt's 2016 coal import MoU for projected Rs 1 lakh crore burden

Hyderabad, Oct. 15 (UNI) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Thursday night blamed the previous BRS government's 2016 memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MSTC for coal imports for the additional financial burden on the Yadadri Thermal Power Plant, which he said could reach Rs 1 lakh crore over the next 25 years. Addressing a press conference at the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat, Reddy alleged that the previous BRS government led by K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) had entered into an MoU with Metal Scrap Trade Corporation Limited (MSTC) in December 2016 for importing seven million tonnes of G9-grade coal…