K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, the Chief Architect of the Quid-Pro-Quo scams

The main beneficiary of the Quid-Pro-Quo scams during the tenure of the late Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy is Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy. However, the brain behind the methodology and the strategy was Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, the close confidante of Y.S.R. He is alleged to have drafted an elaborate plan to enable YSR and his family amass massive wealth if he were to become a Chief Minister in 2004. The grandness and scope of the plan was such that it kept only a single term in mind for execution of the plan to amass wealth that would enable YSR and his family/friends to live in a grand manner for countless generations. The reward he got for this grand plan was a cut/hafta/commission in every deal to the tune of 25%. He even advised YSR to share the spoils with the powers to be in the Congress office in New Delhi so that they don't cause any problems with their plans. He arranged timely transport of suitcases and briefcases to New Delhi whenever there was a need for funds. It is alleged that these suitcases and briefcases came in handy during the 1-2-3 nuclear agreement vote as payoffs. With this intimate knowledge of how much money was sent to New Delhi and to whom it was handed off to, KVP has the power to bring down the Congress higher ups. Hence, he is being protected from prosecution in this scam which is his brainchild.

EAST COAST ENERGY Pvt. Ltd. - Another tale in the YSR corruption saga

K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao, who is a crony and close pal of the late Y.S.R, is another living example of a rags to riches story. Back when YSR was not in power, KVP could not afford much. After the first term of YSR as CM, he is flush with money. He is the man behind the company called EAST COAST ENERGY Pvt. Ltd.

East Coast Energy Pvt Ltd in the Santhabommali mandal of Srikakulam was the first to storm the ecologically fragile Naupada swamps. Work on its “super-critical technology” plant—the 2,640- MW Bhavanapadu Thermal Power Plant on 2,050 acres—has already commenced, to the chagrin of local farmers, fisherfolk and agitating environment NGOs.

Filling and raising of marshland in the project area is changing the character of the Naupada swamps and causing irreversible ecological damage. Barely three km away from the site is the Telineelapuram bird sanctuary which the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) and Birdlife International recognise as a globally Important Bird Area (IBA).

In an apparent rush to seek environmental clearance for the East Coast Energy project, AP’s special chief secretary (environment, forests, science and technology) in February 2009 submitted a CRZ (coastal regulatory zone) demarcation report and NOC from the AP government to the Union ministry of forests and environment. The report listed the legal status of quarry land and detailed drainage plan. However, what it conveniently ignored were reports on the ecological value of the wetland and migratory bird breeding in Telineelapuram.