The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), in response to the letters by the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Telangana to eight political parties in the state seeking their views on 11 issues, has demanded a Rs 4.1 lakh crore compensation package for reconstruction of Telangana. The party faxed its response to the GoM, signed by party president K Chandrasekhar Rao, on Sunday. The TRS has argued that the “plunder and total diversion” of Telangana’s wealth amounts to 4.1 lakh crores. This is just the financial aspect. “In economic terms, loss of productivity of agriculture due to neglect of its irrigation sources is estimated at Rs 4,53,392 crore. To top it all, denial of public employment opportunities to at least 2.5 lakh ...

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