hyderabad telanganas financial difficulties are far from over as the estimated overall revenue shortfall is pegged at rs 60000 crore this year alone amid concerns over the dip in income generation for the fiscal year 202223 chief minister k chandrasekhar rao said the states borrowing limit had been reduced to rs 23000 crore by the centre from the proposed rs 53000 crore given that rs 30000 crore gap in borrowings will be hard to bridge the budget estimates will be drastically altered sources said the cms admission on limited borrowings are an enough indication that the centres grants are not going to exceed rs 10000 crore this year the consequent loss would be around rs 30000 crore thereby bringing the total revenue shortfall to rs 60000 crore sources said previously it was estimated that borrowings to the tune of rs 19000 crore would be reduced going by the cms assertions the loss appears to be much more as the state will have to generate its own sources of income to meet the budget estimatesironically on the day the cm spoke about the centre arbitrarily paring down telanganas borrowing limits prime minister narendra modi said at a public meeting in uttar pradesh that the youth should not fall for freebies offered by governments focus on relief efforts put politics aside bjp tells cm reacting to chief minister k chandrasekhar raos visit to floodaffected areas on sunday bjp leaders said that the cm woke up from his slumber and travelled to floodaffected areas only due to pressure created by them they also laid down a list of 11 demands to the cmin the last eight years hyderabad city witnessed many floodlike situations but never did the cm visit floodhit areas now he is out on tour and we must appreciate him but these tours should not just be for namesake necessary relief measures should be initiated said rajya sabha member and bjps former state chief k laxman in a statement laxman demanded that the trs government spell out what measures have been rendered to people whenever floods have hit in the last eight years warning that the bjp will not spare the cm if he uses the tour as an opportunity to criticise the central governmentseparately bjp goshamahal mla raja singh issued 11 floodrelated demands to the trs government he asked the cm to reveal how much the centre has been granting for disaster management saying trs government did not realise the mistake even though high court pointed out that the 1000 crore funds given by the centre was not utilised by the statethe mla also demanded that the state government help farmers in floodaffected areas by providing investment assistance supplying fertiliser and seeds at no costdk aruna the bjps national vicepresident joined both in saying that the trs government should take more effective measures in floodprone lowlying areas to avoid losses in the event of heavy rains in the next two months the trs government should put politics aside and