BRS refutes CM’s allegation on Palamuru projects
2 months ago

BRS refutes CM’s allegation on Palamuru projects

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi refuted the allegation of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy that the BRS government had neglected the pending projects of Palamuru district from 2014 to 2023. Speaking at Gajwel on Sunday, senior leader of the party and former minister T. Harish Rao stated that it was the Congress and Telugu Desam Party governments for 20 years before 2014 that had kept Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Bhima and Koilsagar lift irrigation projects pending and only 26,000 acres ayacut was given water put together. However, after the formation of Telangana and K. Chandrasekhar Rao became the Chief Minister in 2014, the BRS government had completed many pending works of the four projects to take the ayacut under them to over 6 lakh acres. It was without seeking any application from the beneficiaries, the BRS government had extended support to the tune of ₹73,000 crore to the farming community for 11 crop seasons under Rythu Bandhu, Aasara social security pensions to 57 lakh persons, Kalyana Laxmi benefit to 13 lakh girls from poor families for their marriage.

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CM speaking lies on debt, Krishna water: BRS leader Harish Rao
1 week, 6 days ago

CM speaking lies on debt, Krishna water: BRS leader Harish Rao

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has alleged that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy spoke blatant lies in the matter of State’s debt, borrowings, Krishna water, crop loan waiver and other issues in the Legislative Assembly and Council on Saturday. Citing Reserve Bank of India statistics, Mr. Harish Rao said the total loans borrowed under FRBM limits till March 31, 2024 were …

BRS leaders blame Congress Govt. for withering paddy in Tungaturthy
3 weeks ago

BRS leaders blame Congress Govt. for withering paddy in Tungaturthy

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD Former minister and Suryapet MLA G. Jagadish Reddy and former MLA of Tungaturthy G. Kishore Kumar, along with other Bharat Rashtra Samithi leaders of the two constituencies, visited the withering paddy fields in Nuthankal mandal on Saturday, blaming the government failure to give Kaleshwaram project water to the area. The BRS leaders alleged that the government was denying Kaleshwaram …

BRS allowed A.P. 512 tmc ft share in Krishna water: Uttam
3 weeks, 3 days ago

BRS allowed A.P. 512 tmc ft share in Krishna water: Uttam

The Hindu  

Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy accused BRS leader Harish Rao of making false allegations and held the BRS government responsible for Telangana’s water crisis. In an informal chat with reporters at Gandhi Bhavan on Wednesday, he alleged that the BRS government’s ‘mismanagement’ of Krishna and Godavari water is causing severe hardships to farmers now. He accused …

Telangana paying heavy price for BRS' sins on Krishna: Uttam
1 month, 1 week ago

Telangana paying heavy price for BRS' sins on Krishna: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Telangana’s water woes are a creation of the BRS regime, particularly with reference to projects on River Krishna, as the then government did not take any steps to complete 16 reservoirs, which, between them, could have stored up to 100.541 tmc ft of water, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said. “By adding 2.468 tmc ft capacity of the …

CM distorting truth on Palamuru: Harish slams Revanth
1 month, 1 week ago

CM distorting truth on Palamuru: Harish slams Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS leader and former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao on Friday slammed Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for what he alleged were “misleading statements, distortions to cover up his government’s failures” with respect to the Palamuru Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme. Harish Rao, in a statement said “instead of taking action against Andhra Pradesh’s blatant diversion of Krishna river waters, …

BRS blames BJP govt. at Centre, Congress govt. in State for helping AP draw excessive water
1 month, 1 week ago

BRS blames BJP govt. at Centre, Congress govt. in State for helping AP draw excessive water

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has blamed the NDA Government at the Centre led by Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress party’s Government in the State for “large-scale water diversion and excessive drawal of Krishna water than its allocation by Andhra Pradesh”. Jagan Mohan Reddy Government and the present N. Chandrababu Naidu Government in Andhra Pradesh had been diverting Krishna water …

BRS betrayed Telangana on Krishna waters for 10 years: Uttam
2 months, 1 week ago

BRS betrayed Telangana on Krishna waters for 10 years: Uttam

The Hindu  

Irrigation Minister, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has said that the BRS leaders, who have ignored the fight to increase the share of Krishna waters in Telangan for 10 years, are now preaching ethics. He said it was the Congress government that convinced the need for increased share for Telangana, and the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal agreed to review it due …

Committed to provide irrigation to every acre: Uttam
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Committed to provide irrigation to every acre: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday announced the government’s commitment to provide irrigation facilities to every acre of cultivable land in the state by completing pending and new irrigation projects. He was speaking at a public meeting after laying the foundation stone for the ₹54.27 crore Manchukonda Lift Irrigation Scheme. Highlighting the government's focus on cost-effective irrigation …

Palamuru project will be complete in three years: Bhatti
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Palamuru project will be complete in three years: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Thursday stated the Congress government would complete the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme within three years which would make the hitherto-drought affected Mahbubnagar district a rice bowl with irrigation water in every corner of the district. Bhatti also announced the government’s commitment to implement the farm loan waiver and asked eligible farmers to …

Palamuru project will be ready by Dec 2026: Uttam
3 months, 1 week ago

Palamuru project will be ready by Dec 2026: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday informed the Legislative Council that the state government will complete the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme by December 2026, and described the project as a ‘top priority’ for the government. Answering a question on the project during the Question Hour, Uttam Kumar Reddy said Rs 32,305 crore was spent on the …

Revanth Reddy mortgaging Telangana's future for loans: K Kavitha on Musi project
3 months, 1 week ago

Revanth Reddy mortgaging Telangana's future for loans: K Kavitha on Musi project

India Today  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi MLC K Kavitha accused the Revanth Reddy-led Congress government in Telangana of providing false and contradictory statements about the Musi Riverfront Development Project. Kavitha highlighted discrepancies in the government’s claims, pointing out a timeline of events: on September 19, the government submitted a proposal to the World Bank, referencing a Detailed Project Report, on October 4, it …

HYDRAA, Musi and more for Hyderabad City
3 months, 3 weeks ago

HYDRAA, Musi and more for Hyderabad City

The Hindu  

The enormous focus Hyderabad has received from the Congress government since it got onto the saddle in December last year, is proof of the inexorable pull of the urban-centric development in the present day and time irrespective of the party in power. It became more apparent with the constitution of Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency as an independent …

Bhatti Derides BRS Leaders, Flaunts Govt’s Farmer-Centric Schemes
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Bhatti Derides BRS Leaders, Flaunts Govt’s Farmer-Centric Schemes

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka took a dig at the BRS for its unfounded criticism of the Congress government in the state. Addressing the "Rythu panduga" farmer's meeting at Mahabubnagar on Saturday, Vikramarka highlighted the Congress government's swift implementation of farmer-friendly policies and developmental initiatives in its very first year in office. He underlined the significant achievements in …

Seethakka slams BRS for blocking growth
4 months, 1 week ago

Seethakka slams BRS for blocking growth

Deccan Chronicle  

Yadadri-Bhongir: Panchayat raj and rural development minister D. Anasuya, popularly known as Seethakka, on Friday accused the opposition BRS of obstructing the state government’s development programmes and welfare schemes. During the foundation stone laying ceremony for the ₹210 crore Mission Bhagiratha pipeline project at Yadagirigutta, Seethakka alleged that BRS leaders are relying on false propaganda to undermine the Congress government …

Palamuru, Other Project Completion a Priority: Uttam
6 months ago

Palamuru, Other Project Completion a Priority: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The state government is committed to completion of the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme on a priority while also focusing on the speedy completion of the Gattu, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters at the Nagarkurnool district collectorate along with tourism minister Jupally Krishna Rao, following their visit to the …

Telangana Govt Debunks BRS Claims on Sita Rama Project Progress
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Govt Debunks BRS Claims on Sita Rama Project Progress

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The state government on Tuesday trashed the BRS’ claims that 90 per cent of the work on the Sita Rama lift irrigation project was completed by the previous BRS led government, with irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy revealing that the previous regime had completed just 39 per cent of it. Addressing a press conference along with his Cabinet …

Irrigation minister says only 65 tmfct water utilised from Kaleshwaram project in five years in Telangana
8 months, 1 week ago

Irrigation minister says only 65 tmfct water utilised from Kaleshwaram project in five years in Telangana

New Indian Express  

KARIMNAGAR: Stating that water released into Godavari was more than what was pumped from the river, Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that only 65 tmcft of water from the Kaleshwaram project was utilised in the five years. The state government has sought an inquiry report on condition of pump houses of Kaleshwaram Lift …

BRS rebuts CM’s comments on Palamuru, terms them arrogant
11 months, 1 week ago

BRS rebuts CM’s comments on Palamuru, terms them arrogant

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi leader and former minister Singireddy Niranjan Reddy hit back at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy for his comments on Palamuru, BRS and its president K. Chandrashekhar Rao. Terming the Congress party as the curse of Palamuru for being responsible for migration of 14 lakh people from the district and denying water for drinking needs and irrigation despite …

BRS demands ₹25,000 per acre relief to ryots who suffered crop loss this season
1 year ago

BRS demands ₹25,000 per acre relief to ryots who suffered crop loss this season

The Hindu  

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi has demanded that the Congress government in Telangana announce a relief of ₹25,000 per acre to farmers whose crops have withered and were abandoned due to lack of water for irrigation despite efforts to protect crops by sinking new borewells as also those suffered crop loss due to untimely rain, hails and gales. Several farmers of …

Uttam Kumar Reddy ridicules BRS for suggestion on repairing Medigadda Barrage, terms ‘Chalo Medigadda’ a political gimmick
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttam Kumar Reddy ridicules BRS for suggestion on repairing Medigadda Barrage, terms ‘Chalo Medigadda’ a political gimmick

The Hindu  

Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the Bharat Rashtra Samithi has no moral right to criticise the Congress government with regard to its attempts to revive the damaged Medigadda Barrage, part of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, terming it a disaster thrusted upon the State by the BRS government. Addressing a press conference at Jala Soudha on Wednesday, Mr. …

I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems
1 year, 1 month ago

I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday said he could not answer questions on the then BRS government’s specific responses and action when it began receiving reports from irrigation engineers and contracting companies about problems arising at the Medigadda and other barrages of the Kaleshwaram project. He maintained there was “no negligence as such but things do happen,” …

BRS accuses Congress Govt of having a conspiracy motive behind delay in Medigadda rehab
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS accuses Congress Govt of having a conspiracy motive behind delay in Medigadda rehab

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Opposition party Bharat Rashtra Samithi has accused the Congress Government in Telangana of having a criminal conspiracy motive behind the delay in taking up restoration work on the damaged Medigadda Barrage of Kaleshwaram project. With visits, presentations and press conferences, the Congress Government explained their version on Kaleshwaram project, Mr. Rama Rao said. CBR won’t apply On the …

Rs 1 lakh crore spent, not even one lakh acres irrigated: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
1 year, 1 month ago

Rs 1 lakh crore spent, not even one lakh acres irrigated: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

New Indian Express  

MEDIGADDA: After inspecting the damage to the Medigadda barrage, a key component of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Tuesday declared that KLIS didn’t create ayacut of even one lakh acres despite close to Rs 1 lakh crore being spent on it. Given the current situation of the project, Irrigation authorities are not storing …

Kaleshwaram: Rs 94,000 cr spent but irrigation not provided equal amount of acres
1 year, 1 month ago

Kaleshwaram: Rs 94,000 cr spent but irrigation not provided equal amount of acres

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy invited former CM and BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao to the Assembly on Wednesday to discuss about the Medigadda barrage. Highlights Telangana people’s funds were wasted for KCR’s Kaleshwaram project According to the official figures, Kaleshwaram project, of which Medigadda barrage is a component, has failed to provide irrigation water to at least 97,000 …

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday slammed the opposition BRS, accusing the previous BRS government of “permanently damaging” Telangana’s prospects on claims to Krishna River water by repeatedly agreeing to not only hand over projects to KRMB, but also by letting Andhra Pradesh drain the river and watch silently, in 10 years of its rule. Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar …

Revanth To Head Medigadda, KCR To Dig In at Nalgonda
1 year, 1 month ago

Revanth To Head Medigadda, KCR To Dig In at Nalgonda

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A day after the Congress government put the BRS on notice over the issue of the handing over of projects on Krishna river to the Krishna River Management Board, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is all set to launch a new front on Tuesday against the Opposition party by visiting the partially collapsed Medigadda barrage of Kaleshwaram project, that …

FM Says BRS Irrigation Policy Suited to Contractors, Probe On
1 year, 1 month ago

FM Says BRS Irrigation Policy Suited to Contractors, Probe On

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The irrigation sector is in “very serious trouble” with the BRS government pursuing a policy of benefiting contractors. Instead of making “rapid strides in irrigation sector in the last ten years… the ill-conceived policies of the past government” has not seen in happen in the state which should have “flourished with lush green fields,” said Deputy Chief Minister and …

BRS, Congress Pick Rivers for Water War
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS, Congress Pick Rivers for Water War

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Two political parties. And gearing up for this and to drown one another with each side ready with bucket loads of charges and counter charges, and evidence, are the Congress, and the BRS, both of which have chosen February 13 for the showdown On the one side, gathering its troops at Nalgonda, to be addressed by party chief K. …

Uttam: Keen on Narayanpet-Kodangal LI Scheme
1 year, 2 months ago

Uttam: Keen on Narayanpet-Kodangal LI Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday assured a delegation of leaders from the erstwhile united Mahbubnagar district, including MLAs, that the Congress government will consider taking up the Narayanpet-Kodangal lift irrigation scheme. Reddy’s assurance came during a meeting with MLAs Vaketi Srihari Mudiraj, Chittem Parnika Reddy, Yennam Srinivas Reddy, G. Madhusudan Reddy and former Kalwakurthy MLA and …

BJP slams BRS govt over Medigadda, Kaleshwaram project
1 year, 4 months ago

BJP slams BRS govt over Medigadda, Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP on Friday mounted a frontal attack on the BRS government on the Kaleshwaram project with BJP state president and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying the project has become a “hallmark” of “corruption, failed projects, leakages” of the Telangana state government. Today, 10 years after its formation, Telangana, under the BRS government headed by KCR, after spending …

Revanth, Bhatti Slam BRS Government for Failing to Deliver on water, Funds and Jobs
1 year, 4 months ago

Revanth, Bhatti Slam BRS Government for Failing to Deliver on water, Funds and Jobs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy and CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Wednesday hit out at the BRS government for failing to deliver on water, funds, and jobs to the people of Telangana state in the last nine years. Addressing public meetings in Mahbubnagar district on Wednesday, they appealed to the people to give one chance to the Congress, …

BJP Spreading Half-Truths on Krishna River Water Share: BRS
1 year, 6 months ago

BJP Spreading Half-Truths on Krishna River Water Share: BRS

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The dispute over Krishna river water sharing between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh has led to a war of words between the BJP and BRS, with both parties accusing each other of being responsible for Telangana's smaller share of the river's water. Rama Rao criticised the BJP for suggesting that the Centre was holding back Telangana's demand for a 50-50 …

Palamuru ignored, KTR questions Modi's TS visit
1 year, 6 months ago

Palamuru ignored, KTR questions Modi's TS visit

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS working president and minister K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no moral right to visit Mahbubnagar district after denying national project status for the recently inaugurated Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme which is meant to provide irrigation for the region. “We demanded 575 tmc ft and withdrew our case in the Supreme Court in …

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water
1 year, 6 months ago

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal chaired by Justice Brijesh Kumar has turned down the interlocutory application filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking stay on G.O.246 dated August 18, 2022 issued by Telangana for utilising 90 tmc ft water for Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme from out of 75% dependable flows from Srisailam reservoir. issued by Telangana in August last year, the …

Palamuru will turn south TS green: KCR
1 year, 7 months ago

Palamuru will turn south TS green: KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao said that the state government had started the construction of irrigation canals for Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation project soon it cleared the major obstacle of getting environmental clearances from the Centre. He said that Opposition parties had exposed their “vexatious mentality” by filing cases in green tribunals to halt the project which was designed …

BRS Swindled Rs 9K Cr in 2BHK Scheme: BJP
1 year, 8 months ago

BRS Swindled Rs 9K Cr in 2BHK Scheme: BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state BJP on Wednesday said it will hold ‘public hearings’ with applicants of the state government’s two-bedroom housing scheme and also launch an agitation, highlighting the BRS government’s failure to deliver on its promise of housing for the poor. Party state vice-president Kasam Venkateswarulu and former Khairatabad MLA Chintala Ramachandra Reddy told reporters that the Telangana government …

Congress Will Honour All Promises: Revanth
1 year, 8 months ago

Congress Will Honour All Promises: Revanth

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: TPCC chief A. Revanth Reddy said that the Congress will ensure that it delivers on all key promises, including Rs 4,000 monthly pension to senior citizens, widows, physically challenged, artists, seriously ill-patients, among others. Speaking a day after the Telangana Jana Garjana event, where the party made the promise, Revanth Reddy said, “The Cheyutha scheme is workable if the …

BRS Failed to Secure Krishna Water Share: Bhatti
1 year, 10 months ago

BRS Failed to Secure Krishna Water Share: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress Legislature Party leader Bhatti Vikramarka on Saturday slammed the BRS government for failing to secure Telangana's share in the Krishna river water. Bhatti, who was inspecting the Vattem project works in Bijinepalli mandal of Nagar Kurnool constituency, said that the BRS government had been "utterly useless" in its efforts to secure Telangana's share in the Krishna river water. …

Only Rahul Gandhi can unseat BRS and BJP from power: Uttam
2 years ago

Only Rahul Gandhi can unseat BRS and BJP from power: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

BHAINSA: Former TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that it was only the Congress, and its leader Rahul Gandhi, that can only throw out BRS from the state and BJP from the Centre. CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka said that Sonia Gandhi had granted Telangana state for the welfare and development of the people but the Chief …

Telangana asked to submit DPRs of irrigation projects to KRMB
4 years, 8 months ago

Telangana asked to submit DPRs of irrigation projects to KRMB

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board on Thursday asked the Telangana government to furnish the detailed project reports of new projects that require clearance from KRMB and the Central Water Commission and the sanction of the apex council consisting of Union minister for Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. These projects include the Palamuru Rangareddy …

SC Directs Centre And Karnataka To Clarify Doubts Over Forest-Environment Clearance For Kalsa-Bhandura Project in Western Ghats
7 years, 7 months ago

SC Directs Centre And Karnataka To Clarify Doubts Over Forest-Environment Clearance For Kalsa-Bhandura Project in Western Ghats

Live Law  

The Supreme Court’s Green Bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, today directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the State of Karnataka to file affidavits, within one week, as to whether the State has filed an application for forest and environment clearance in relation to the Kalsa-Bhandura project in Western Ghats, and if so, …

SC Directs Centre And Karnataka To Clarify Doubts Over Forest-Environment Clearance For Kalsa-Bhandura Project in Western Ghats
7 years, 7 months ago

SC Directs Centre And Karnataka To Clarify Doubts Over Forest-Environment Clearance For Kalsa-Bhandura Project in Western Ghats

Live Law  

The Supreme Court’s Green Bench of Justices Madan B.Lokur and Deepak Gupta, today directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and the State of Karnataka to file affidavits, within one week, as to whether the State has filed an application for forest and environment clearance in relation to the Kalsa-Bhandura project in Western Ghats, and if so, …

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