HYDERABAD: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao while addressing a meeting in the Bhadrachalam area said that he suspected a "foreign conspiracy" behind the recent cloudburst in the Godavari valley, which led to heavy flooding in the Godavari river.
In Bhadrachalam, the worst affected area on Sunday, Rao said: "a new method called cloudburst has come. It is said that there are some conspiracies. We do not know how far it is true. It is said that there are some conspiracies behind this.
"It is said that foreigners intentionally create cloudbursts. They did the same in Leh and Uttarakhand in the past. We heard that now the foreigners are creating cloudbursts in Godavari river valley. We have received gloomy, gloomy information on this," Rao said, NIE reported.
However, climate change will lead to such disasters, he added. The Chief Minister assured that the state government would find a permanent solution for the people of Bhadrachalam and Burgampad areas who suffer from Godavari floods every year.