KLIS judicial probe also looking to problems at pumphouses
6 months ago

KLIS judicial probe also looking to problems at pumphouses

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The judicial inquiry into various aspects of the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram project will also be probing issues related to the three pump houses of the project as the events at the barrages and the pump houses — leakages and sinking at the barrages, and flooding of the pump houses — are linked. The Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose led Commission of Inquiry into the Kaleshwaram barrages, had earlier said that it would also need to inquire into the flooding of the pump houses, and on Monday, Justice Ghose directed the agencies that built the Lakshmi, Saraswati, and Parvati pump houses of the project to submit detailed affidavits before July 16. On Monday, representatives of two companies that built two of the pump houses, and 14 engineers deposed before Justice Ghose and expressed their views, following which they were directed to submit detailed affidavits. It is also learnt that the Commission directed the state government to submit its affidavit on the barrages, and also sought a final report from the Vigilance and Enforcement Wing.

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Sundilla Barrage Leaks: Engineers Testify to Missing Designs
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Sundilla Barrage Leaks: Engineers Testify to Missing Designs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Construction of the Sundilla barrage of the Kaleshwaram project, which sprang leaks from under its foundations and raised concerns about its safety, was completed by the BRS government without the engineers having full designs and drawings to do so. When Sundilla barrage engineers were questioned during the public hearing by the commission, they informed that Block 2A was built …

KLIS Probe Panel May Summon KCR, Harish
1 month, 3 weeks ago

KLIS Probe Panel May Summon KCR, Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The judicial probe into various aspects of planning, construction and functioning of the Kaleshwaram project’s barrages is set to resume next week with Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose judicial commission of Inquiry expected to summon several IAS officers, retired and current to questioning. It may be recalled that Justice Ghose had been conducting public hearings with former and present irrigation …

Kaleshwaram probe all set for extension
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram probe all set for extension

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The judicial probe into the construction, upkeep and the causes that led to the disrepair of the Kaleshwaram project’s barrages, could wind up by the end of this year, it is learnt. Meanwhile, Justice Ghose, who had been conducting open public hearings of questioning of present and past irrigation department officials, has been provided with a copy of the …

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme: Former Engineer's Deposition Reveals Insights into Barrage Changes
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme: Former Engineer's Deposition Reveals Insights into Barrage Changes

New Indian Express  

Former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met with the Justice PC Ghose Commission on Thursday to discuss the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. The former chief minister noted that the contracting agencies conducted investigations to change the locations of the Annaram and Sundilla barrages. He also stated that the locations of Annaram and Sundilla were changed later, and that investigation studies …

Cross-Examination of Witnesses in Medigadda Barrage Inquiry
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Cross-Examination of Witnesses in Medigadda Barrage Inquiry

Deccan Chronicle  

Justice P.C. Ghose-led commission of inquiry (CoI) will resume its cross-examination of witnesses in the construction and maintenance of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme (KLIS). The commission will also study the vigilance and enforcement (V&E) wing’s report and the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) report.

KCR, Harish to be summoned for KLIS hearing by Ghose Commission
4 months, 3 weeks ago

KCR, Harish to be summoned for KLIS hearing by Ghose Commission

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:Former chief secretary Somesh Kumar is among those who were summoned by the Justice P.C. Ghose Commission of Inquiry probing various aspects of the Kaleshwaram project but is yet to submit his deposition in an affidavit form, it is learnt. Several other officers, some current and others retired, who too were summoned for questioning, are yet to submit their affidavits …

Kaleshwaram probe panel's term extended
6 months, 1 week ago

Kaleshwaram probe panel's term extended

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The government on Saturday extended the term of the Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose-led commission of inquiry into allegations of irregularities in construction of barrages at Sundilla, Annaram and Medigadda as part of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme by two months. The commission was set up to probe the alleged irregularities and Justice Ghose has visited the three barrages and …

Action on Damage to Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project as Per Judicial Panel's Report: Telangana Minister
7 months ago

Action on Damage to Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project as Per Judicial Panel's Report: Telangana Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government would take action to fix accountability with regard to the damage at the barrages of Kaleshwaram project after the judicial commission submits its report, state Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Friday. The minister, who reviewed the progress of works at the barrages as per the interim measures suggested by the National Dam Safety …

Expert Committee for Kaleshwaram Scheme Probe Set to be Established
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Expert Committee for Kaleshwaram Scheme Probe Set to be Established

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A four-member expert committee, sought by Justice P.C. Ghose, who heads the Judicial Commission investigating irregularities in the execution of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, will soon be established. The engineer-in-chief of the Irrigation and Command Area Development department has written to the government, indicating that five experts, as requested by the Judicial Commission, have been identified and urged …

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose to submit detailed Medigadda report
8 months ago

Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose to submit detailed Medigadda report

New Indian Express  

BHUPALPALLY: Former Supreme Court judge, Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, on Tuesday conducted an inspection of the damaged piers of the Lakshmi Barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. The former judge was accompanied by special secretary, Irrigation, Patil Prashant Jeevan, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district collector Bhavesh Mishra, officials from the Irrigation department and L&T, the contracting company. Interim measures ahead of …

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme panel open to summoning ‘anyone’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme panel open to summoning ‘anyone’

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Uncertainity looms over whether former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be summoned by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, heading a judicial commission investigating the irregularities and corruption allegations in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. When TNIE posed the same question to Justice Ghose, who commenced his work at the BRKR Bhavan on Thursday, he shot back: “Do you want …

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The CAG said that design faults resulted in the damages — that began in November 2019 — to the Medigadda barrage, as well at the Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme. The CAG said that after the gates of the barrages were closed after the 2019 floods, it was found that the reinforced cement concrete …

Telangana HC seeks update on plaint seeking probe into Medigadda sinking
11 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC seeks update on plaint seeking probe into Medigadda sinking

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to furnish a written update on the action taken regarding a complaint seeking probes by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Serious Fraud Investigation Office into the sinking of the piers of the Medigadda barrage. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, was adjucating …

CBI to HC: Ready to Investigate Alleged Irregularities in Kaleshwaram Project
11 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI to HC: Ready to Investigate Alleged Irregularities in Kaleshwaram Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The CBI has submitted its willingness to the Telangana High Court to investigate alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project if it was directed by the High Court. He filed his counter-affidavit responding to a writ petition filed by advocate Rammohan Reddy before the High Court stating that CBI did not respond to his complaint …

Kaleshwaram project: Incriminating material seized from irrigation offices
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram project: Incriminating material seized from irrigation offices

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Officials from vigilance and enforcement departments completed searches in the offices of the irrigation department in the erstwhile Warangal and Karimnagar districts on Thursday and seized important documents pertaining to Kaleshwaram project. In Karimnagar, the searches were conducted for two days at the irrigation office near LMD Colony in Thimmapur mandal, under the supervision of Vigilance SP Venkatramana Reddy …

Kaleshwaram pumphouses to be restored by Oct-end, contractor to bear expenses: Harish
2 years, 4 months ago

Kaleshwaram pumphouses to be restored by Oct-end, contractor to bear expenses: Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Finance minister T. Harish Rao said that the pumphouses of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project which were submerged during the recent Godavari floods will be restored by the end of October. Participating in a short discussion in the Legislative Council, Harish Rao lashed out at Opposition parties for trying to project natural calamity as human error and failure of …

Corruption exceeded all limits in execution of KLIS project: Union minister
2 years, 4 months ago

Corruption exceeded all limits in execution of KLIS project: Union minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Union Jal shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat alleged that “corruption had exceeded all the limits” in the execution of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme. Speaking to media persons in Delhi, he said the project lacked statutory clearances and the designs were technically flawed due to which pump houses in three barrages of the KLIS were submerged in recent heavy …

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
2 years, 5 months ago

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as court was told that the Telangana government was going ahead with the expansion of the project without any environmental clearance. The Telangana government which completed the project works for impounding 2 tmc ft of water has taken up expansion works including land acquisition …

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