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,” adding “in the past too these things have happened,” and referred to several past incidents at other projects, including gates at irrigation projects getting washed away, or under construction structures collapsed including at Kaddam dam, or the problems at Musi project, Prakasam or Dowlaiswaram barrages, and Gundla Vagu project. The then BRS government began impounding water at Medigadda — the last of the three Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme barrages — and the two upstream of it at Annaram and Sundilla, in 2019. While Rama Rao was not the irrigation minister in the second term of the BRS government after the BRS won the 2018 Assembly elections, it was the BRS president and the then chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao who held the irrigation portfolio for his entire second term in office, when the problems at the barrages began getting reported.

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KTR terms Governor’s address as blatant lie and misleading
2 weeks, 4 days ago

KTR terms Governor’s address as blatant lie and misleading

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. Rama Rao labelled Governor Jishnu Dev Varma’s address as a “Congress workers’ press meet” and said it was nothing but “blatant lies, half-truths, and misleading statements” reflecting the 15-month governance. Speaking to reporters at the Media Point in the Assembly on Wednesday, he alleged that the Governor should have focused on the recent protest …

BRS leaders blame Congress Govt. for withering paddy in Tungaturthy
3 weeks, 2 days 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 …

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 …

Fight for Irrigation Schemes: Harish Tells BRS Leaders
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Fight for Irrigation Schemes: Harish Tells BRS Leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader and former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao on Friday called on the party leaders and cadres from Zaheerabad, Andole, Sangareddy and Narayankhed constituencies to fight for the completion of the Sangameswara and Basaveswara lift irrigation schemes. Speaking at a meeting at his residence, attended by BRS MLAs, former MLAs and leaders from the four constituencies, he …

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 …

KLIS judicial probe to resume next week
2 months, 2 weeks ago

KLIS judicial probe to resume next week

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The judicial probe by Justice P.C. Ghose Commission into partial sinking of the Medigadda barrage and damage to Annaram, and Sundilla barrages on the Godavari river, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, is expected to resume next week. BRS leader T. Harish Rao, who was the irrigation minister in BRS' first term, held the finance portfolio in his …

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 …

Saving Kaleshwaram Barrages to Be Delayed Further
3 months, 1 week ago

Saving Kaleshwaram Barrages to Be Delayed Further

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: It is becoming increasingly clear that the National Dam Safety Authority is nowhere near to completing its much-awaited report to the state government on possible solutions to the problems at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram project. This has become evident with the Union ministry of jal shakti writing yet another letter to the Telangana irrigation department …

Kaleshwaram: KCR lied about water availability at Tummidihatti
3 months, 1 week ago

Kaleshwaram: KCR lied about water availability at Tummidihatti

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The then BRS government sought to blame the Central Water Commission by deliberately not interpreting its data correctly and thereby justified the ‘redesigned’ Kaleshwaram project at the current site, Sriram Vedire, adviser to the Union jal shakti ministry, informed the Justice PC Ghose commission of inquiry that is examining the various aspects of the Kaleshwaram project barrages. Replying to …

Medigadda damage not reported to DSC: Ex-SE
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Medigadda damage not reported to DSC: Ex-SE

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The damages caused to the pillars of Medigadda and other barrages under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme were not reported to the Dam Safety Organisation of the state government. Speaking from Seattle in the US, Murali Krishna said that despite repeated reminders, Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages were not included in the Dam Safety Act, which came into existence …

All pending projects will be completed on war footing: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
3 months, 4 weeks ago

All pending projects will be completed on war footing: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy

New Indian Express  

PEDDAPALLI: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has announced that the state government will complete all pending irrigation projects on a war footing to ensure availability of irrigation facilities for every acre. He, along with IT Minister D Sridhar Babu and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, reviewed the ongoing works at irrigation projects as well as the matters related to civil …

Medigadda Barrage Dysfunction Revives Hope for Sironcha Farmers
4 months ago

Medigadda Barrage Dysfunction Revives Hope for Sironcha Farmers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Around 20,000 people from 25 villages in Sironcha taluka in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district are rejoicing the failure of the Kaleshwaram scheme as their fortunes have been revived by the Medigadda barrage’s dysfunction. Though the barrage helped people of Sironcha to save a detour of over 18 km to reachKaleshwaram in Telangana, they had to lose productive agricultural land.Devendra Verma …

KLIS Probe Panel May Summon KCR, Harish
4 months, 2 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
4 months, 2 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
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the monsoon season half gone and plans for repairs of the Kaleshwaram project barrages yet to take a final shape, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday directed the department officials to pursue with the National Dam Safety Authority on the issue of receiving a final report on the way forward on the barrages. The minister, who …

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Serious questions have been raised from within the irrigation department over the competence levels of its Central Designs Organisation, the department’s independent division, which provided designs that were used for the construction of the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme at Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda — all of which are now in dire need of permanent repairs. …

Two Telangana irrigation schemes yet to come into operation
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Two Telangana irrigation schemes yet to come into operation

Hindustan Times  

Two major lift irrigation projects, taken up by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government in Telangana at a cost of more than ₹1.25 lakh crore in the last 10 years, have failed to justify the expenditure incurred on them, according to the reports tabled by the present Congress government, during the budget session of the state assembly session. While the …

KTR, BRS party workers threaten to forcibly release Godavari water
8 months ago

KTR, BRS party workers threaten to forcibly release Godavari water

Hindustan Times  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao on Friday threatened that his party, along with 50,000 farmers would storm the Lakshmi pump house of Kaleshwaram project at Medigadda and forcibly start the pumps to release Godavari water to the command area, if the state government does not act on it by August 2. He sought …

BRS Pumping Up KLIS Issue, a Likely Ploy to Insulate KCR
8 months ago

BRS Pumping Up KLIS Issue, a Likely Ploy to Insulate KCR

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS, haunted by the near-disaster that the Kaleshwaram project has turned into under its watch, appears to be desperately trying to up the ante accusing the Congress government of inaction and not putting the project to appropriate use. Rama Rao on Thursday and Friday leading a party MLAs’ visit to the project’s Kannepalli ‘Lakshmi’ pump house and the …

With 50,000 farmers, BRS will start water pumping after August 2: KTR
8 months ago

With 50,000 farmers, BRS will start water pumping after August 2: KTR

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: If the state government does not release water to fill the reservoirs of the Kaleshwaram project by August 2, the BRS leaders will visit Medigadda along with 50,000 farmers to switch the pumps to release water into canals, warned BRS working president K.T.Rama Rao. A team of BRS public representatives led by Rama Rao inspected the water flow at …

Decision on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after NDSA-Uttam meeting
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Decision on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after NDSA-Uttam meeting

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy will meet officials of National Dam Safety Authority in Delhi on Saturday and discuss repairs to the damaged Medigaddda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages, all critical components of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. Meanwhile, in an informal chat with reporters here on Wednesday, Uttam said that the Irrigation department would prepare a route map …

Irrigation sector regressed by 20 years in YSRC regime: Nimmala Ramanaidu
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Irrigation sector regressed by 20 years in YSRC regime: Nimmala Ramanaidu

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Water Resources Development Nimmala Ramanaidu said during the previous YSRC regime, the irrigation sector regressed by 20 years, and several projects, including Polavaram suffered serious damage. Participating in irrigation expert and Padma Bhushan recipient KL Rao’s 122nd birth anniversary celebrations in Vijayawada on Monday, he said under the previous regime, both irrigation and drinking water resources had …

Irrigation Minister Uttam warns of further action post Medigadda judicial report
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Irrigation Minister Uttam warns of further action post Medigadda judicial report

New Indian Express  

BHUPALPALLY: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the government would take further action against officials concerned for the sinking of piers of Medigadda after the judicial commission submits its report. Uttam said that making optimum use of resources to get maximum new ayacut under irrigation is the motto of the Congress government. “Whether old or new …

Action on Damage to Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project as Per Judicial Panel's Report: Telangana Minister
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The state government is likely to construct a cofferdam above the seventh pier of the Medigadda barrage to divert water from the Godavari river for the Kharif season. “Once, we receive the report, the chief minister will take the final call on how to go about the damaged Medigadda barrage,” sources in the government said. Though there were reports …

CPI(M) Urges CM Revanth Reddy for White Paper on Water Crisis
11 months, 3 weeks ago

CPI(M) Urges CM Revanth Reddy for White Paper on Water Crisis

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: A team of the Communist Party of India that visited the Medigadda barrage has written to Chief Miniter A. Revanth Reddy seeking a White Paper on the water situation in the state’s reservoirs and alternative arrangements to save farmers' crops. They sought action on those responsible for the damage to the barrage after the judicial inquiry, and said this …

‘Incompetent’ Cong. govt. thrusting manmade calamity on farmers: KCR
11 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Incompetent’ Cong. govt. thrusting manmade calamity on farmers: KCR

The Hindu  

Bharat Rashtra Samithi president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has launched a ‘stinging’ attack on all those who are at the helm in the Congress government for “sheer incompetence that nullified the benefits given to farmers during the BRS rule and imposed a manmade calamity on them.” “The enormity of the ‘artificial’ calamity presently gripping Telangana is much …

Kaleshwaram water released to save standing crops
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram water released to save standing crops

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD/KARIMNAGAR/NALGONDA: Ahead of BRS president and former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao’s visit to dried crop fields on April 5, the state government on Monday released water from the Gayatri pump house of Kaleshwaram project to save the standing crops in erstwhile Karimnagar district. The state government reportedly directed irrigation officials to divert available water from Yellampalli project through Gayatri …

Uttam Kumar Reddy: Committtee to start inspection of Kaleshwaram project from March 6
1 year ago

Uttam Kumar Reddy: Committtee to start inspection of Kaleshwaram project from March 6

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday said that the expert committee constituted by the NDSA is scheduled to arrive on March 6 for a thorough examination of the Kaleshwaram project. Uttam said that the committee was formed following a request for a comprehensive investigation into the sinking of Medigadda barrage piers and potential damage to the Annaram …

Medigadda row: KTR brazens it out, standing at leaking barrage
1 year ago

Medigadda row: KTR brazens it out, standing at leaking barrage

Deccan Chronicle  

Rama Rao on Friday visited the Medigadda barrage, built amid great fanfare by the BRS government but which sank at the end of its tenure, and the Annaram barrage which sprang a leak. With these structures as the backdrop, Rama Rao claimed that he had gone there to fend off the "false propaganda" being made against the Kaleshwaram project. Let …

BRS Built Kaleshwaram on Foundation of Lies, Says Uttam
1 year ago

BRS Built Kaleshwaram on Foundation of Lies, Says Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday dismissed the visit to the Medigadda barrage by the BRS, calling it “laughable.” He also asked if BRS working president K.T. Uttam Kumar Reddy declared, “Our government will take criminal action against those responsible as per law.” The Vigilance & Enforcement Wing had been tasked with fixing responsibility for various lapses, …

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. …

KTR's Medigadda Solution of Cofferdam Dangerous, Reckless: Expert
1 year, 1 month ago

KTR's Medigadda Solution of Cofferdam Dangerous, Reckless: Expert

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former chief minister and BRS president K. Chandrashekar Rao had famously claimed while in power, many times, that he “designed” the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after a “lot of study” and consultations with experts. In fact, the solution is fairly simple, claimed Rama Rao at a presser on Tuesday, declaring that all that was required was to build a …

Uttam: KCR, Aides Must Say Sorry After Dam Visit
1 year, 1 month ago

Uttam: KCR, Aides Must Say Sorry After Dam Visit

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday said the state government will make all arrangements needed for BRS leaders visiting Medigadda on March 1 for a visit to the damaged key barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. Once Medigadda collapsed, he stopped talking about irrigation, Uttam Kumar Reddy said. On Rama Rao’s demand for building a cofferdam …

BRS claimed Medigadda was a boon, but it has turned into a blot: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy
1 year, 1 month ago

BRS claimed Medigadda was a boon, but it has turned into a blot: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday asked BRS leaders to tender an apology for the mistakes that occurred in the construction of the Medigadda barrage and give confessional statements when the state government-ordered probe by a retired judge gets underway. The chief minister said that even the five-member committee of retired engineers constituted by the then BRS government …

Annaram also leaks now, BRS govt to be blamed for damages to barrages: Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
1 year, 1 month ago

Annaram also leaks now, BRS govt to be blamed for damages to barrages: Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday said that leakages were observed even in Annaram barrage on Friday and noted that the state government has requested the National Dam Safety Authority to visit the project. While tabling the white paper on irrigation and also giving a PowerPoint presentation on the damaged Medigadda barrage in the State Legislative Assembly, …

White Paper says BRS Govt Left Irrigation Sector Crumbling
1 year, 1 month ago

White Paper says BRS Govt Left Irrigation Sector Crumbling

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government on Saturday declared that harsh punishment was in the offing for everyone, irrespective of their standing or stature, for their role in leading Telangana’s irrigation sector into a disastrous situation, and participating in this process. What the then BRS government had done during its nearly ten-year rule of the state, Uttam Kumar Reddy said, left …

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Expert panel of NDSA officials to probe KLIS, says Telangana Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
1 year, 1 month ago

Expert panel of NDSA officials to probe KLIS, says Telangana Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday said that the state government will order a probe into the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme by an expert committee comprising officials of the National Dam Safety Authority. I was told by engineers that KCR took them in a helicopter and showed them where to construct the barrages one, two and three,” …

TS govt seeks NDSA probe of Kaleshwaram barrages
1 year, 1 month ago

TS govt seeks NDSA probe of Kaleshwaram barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government wrote to the National Dam Safety Authority seeking an inquiry into the condition of Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme and suggest measures on the future course of action. In informal conversations with media persons at his chambers in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy slammed …

L&T Must Repair, Revive Medigadda at Its Cost: Uttam
1 year, 1 month ago

L&T Must Repair, Revive Medigadda at Its Cost: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Medigadda: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday made it clear that the government had told Larsen & Toubro that it was its responsibility to conduct all the required studies to ascertain the reasons for the sinking of the Medigadda barrage piers, and also take up repairs at the company’s cost. “As part of the action taken so far, …

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 …

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 …

Medigadda Barrage Fiasco: Govt Accepts Muralidhar Rao’s Resignation
1 year, 1 month ago

Medigadda Barrage Fiasco: Govt Accepts Muralidhar Rao’s Resignation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former engineer-in-chief of the irrigation department, C. Muralidhar Rao, is no longer in service with the government accepting his resignation from the post. It may be recalled that irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy had directed Rao to put in his papers on February 7 as part of the government’s clean-up of the department, after the Medigadda barrage fiasco …

Congress Prepares for Legislative Battle, Aims to Expose BRS Irrigation Project Failures
1 year, 1 month ago

Congress Prepares for Legislative Battle, Aims to Expose BRS Irrigation Project Failures

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government is likely to release a White Paper on irrigation projects in the Legislative Assembly on Monday, ahead of the visit to the disaster-hit Medigadda barrage on Tuesday, highlighting the corruption and failure of the BRS government in constructing and maintaining the projects. In the Powerpoint presentation held at the Mahatma Jyotirao Phule Praja Bhavan on Sunday, …

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. …

Medigadda Saga Raises More Doubts About BRS's Intentions
1 year, 1 month ago

Medigadda Saga Raises More Doubts About BRS's Intentions

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: More and more skeletons are tumbling out of the former BRS government’s closet over the sinking of a portion of the Medigadda Barrage, a key component of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. As reported in these columns earlier, the contract entered into with L&T by the irrigation department for the construction of the barrage included a brief that the …

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