Karimnagar’s long-pending dumping yard project is being taken up with ₹97 crore from AMRUT and the Urban Challenge Fund, Union minister of state for home affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar said on Monday, while alleging that political opposition was delaying the works after tendering had begun.
Speaking in Karimnagar alongside Telangana minister Ponnam Prabhakar during the launch of several development works, Bandi said certain political forces were creating “unnecessary controversies” to obstruct projects in the city. He urged political parties and public representatives to cooperate with development works, particularly when no elections were due.
According to Bandi, ₹17 crore has been provided under AMRUT for work linked to the dumping yard problem, while a further ₹80 crore has been allocated under the Urban Challenge Fund. He alleged that attempts were being made to stall the project even after the tendering process had started. The minister did not provide details of the specific objections, agencies involved or the tender schedule in the statement reported by the Times of India.
The dumping yard issue is one of Karimnagar’s long-standing municipal infrastructure challenges. Bandi alleged that the previous BRS government had failed to address it and had not allocated funds for its resolution. He also claimed that funds sanctioned by the Centre for several development projects during the BRS tenure had lapsed because the state government did not provide matching grants.
Bandi said the Centre and the Telangana government were now working together by combining central funding with state matching grants. The arrangement places implementation responsibility across multiple levels of government, with project progress dependent not only on the availability of sanctioned funds but also on tendering, compliance with prescribed procedures and the release of the state share.
He directed officials to follow the prescribed rules while handling tender-related matters. The instruction comes as the minister’s remarks linked the progress of the dumping yard project to disputes that had emerged after the tendering process began. No details were provided on whether the tenders had been awarded, whether construction had started or when the facility would become operational.
Bandi also announced that internal roads in every locality under the Karimnagar Municipal Corporation would be taken up and completed within a year. The statement did not specify the total length of roads, estimated cost, contractor arrangements or the sequencing of works across the corporation’s localities.
The announcements combine two immediate municipal priorities: resolving waste-related infrastructure constraints and improving neighbourhood road connectivity. Their delivery will depend on the next stages of tender processing, inter-governmental funding and compliance with procurement rules. The authorities’ stated milestone is completion of the internal road works within one year.
