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Social Justice, Equality, Welfare Bedrock of Cong Govt: Uttam
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Social Justice, Equality, Welfare Bedrock of Cong Govt: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: There are absolutely no doubts whatsoever as to who is responsible for the plight of the Kaleshwaram project, and it is former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and his then BRS government that should bear responsibility for the disasters that the Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages have turned into, irrigation and civil supplies minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said. …

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Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages
4 months, 2 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. …

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BRS Pumping Up KLIS Issue, a Likely Ploy to Insulate KCR
4 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages
7 months ago

Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad The Telangana government will take up temporary repairs to the damaged portions of Medigadda barrage of Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme on Godavari river on war footing to ensure that the command area under the project would get irrigation during the upcoming monsoon. Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages A decision to this effect was taken …

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Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme panel open to summoning ‘anyone’
7 months, 4 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 …

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Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda
8 months 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 …

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CPI(M) Urges CM Revanth Reddy for White Paper on Water Crisis
8 months, 2 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 …

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KCR expresses concern over power cuts, water shortage in TS
9 months, 1 week ago

KCR expresses concern over power cuts, water shortage in TS

Deccan Chronicle  

Former chief minister and BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday said the people had begun experiencing the adverse effects of the Congress rule within a short time.Rao expressed concern over power cuts and shortage of water for drinking and irrigation purposes in recent months. “People had never faced such problems during our 10-year rule,” Rao said.Addressing the ‘Karimnagar Kadana …

Congress Telangana Minister Rao Karimnagar Brs Telangana State
TS pushes Centre for early NDSA visit to Medigadda
9 months, 3 weeks ago

TS pushes Centre for early NDSA visit to Medigadda

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the state government was expecting the National Dam Safety Authority to submit its report within one month after its team visits the Medigadda barrage. Speaking to reporters here, he said that the government would take further action as soon as it receives the NDSA report on the sinking …

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BRS Built Kaleshwaram on Foundation of Lies, Says Uttam
9 months, 3 weeks 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, …

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Uttam Kumar Reddy ridicules BRS for suggestion on repairing Medigadda Barrage, terms ‘Chalo Medigadda’ a political gimmick
9 months, 3 weeks 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. …

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Uttam: KCR, Aides Must Say Sorry After Dam Visit
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems
9 months, 3 weeks 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,” …

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

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Telangana: Let Revanth quit, I will become CM and repair Medigadda, says BRS MLA Harish Rao
10 months, 1 week ago

Telangana: Let Revanth quit, I will become CM and repair Medigadda, says BRS MLA Harish Rao

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Finding fault with the state government for not taking up repairs to the damaged piers of the Medigadda barrage, BRS MLA and former irrigation minister T Harish Rao dared Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to step down. “If Revanth Reddy steps down, I will become chief minister and repair the Medigadda barrage,” Harish Rao told reporters here on Wednesday. …

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A few piers sinking is no big deal, can be repaired: Harish
10 months, 1 week ago

A few piers sinking is no big deal, can be repaired: Harish

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BRS on Tuesday sought to dismiss the partial sinking of the Medigadda barrage as a very minor problem. Former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao said that the mere sinking of a few piers was being portrayed by the Congress government as if the entire project was a write off. Harish Rao accused the Congress government of using the …

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Medigadda barrage sinking: Union Minister Kishan Reddy dares Congress to seek CBI probe
10 months, 1 week ago

Medigadda barrage sinking: Union Minister Kishan Reddy dares Congress to seek CBI probe

New Indian Express  

HANAMKONDA/RAJANNA-SIRCILLA: Accusing Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy of staging a “political drama” in the name of the Medigadda barrage sinking, BJP state president and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday sharply criticised the Congress government for the trip to the barrage amid the Budget session of the Assembly. Speaking to the media here, Kishan claimed that Congress lacked the …

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

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Air of gloom hangs over Medigadda
10 months, 1 week ago

Air of gloom hangs over Medigadda

Deccan Chronicle  

Medigadda: The hot afternoon sun reflecting waves of heat from the carriageway on Medigadda on Tuesday, and the equally hot sand banks of the Godavari river bed, in some ways mirrored the intensity of the problem at the barrage, the lynchpin of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme. Even as officials made elaborate arrangements for Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's visit …

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L&T Must Repair, Revive Medigadda at Its Cost: Uttam
10 months, 1 week 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, …

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Kaleshwaram: Rs 94,000 cr spent but irrigation not provided equal amount of acres
10 months, 1 week 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 …

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Telangana CM leads delegation to take stock of Medigadda barrage
10 months, 1 week ago

Telangana CM leads delegation to take stock of Medigadda barrage

India TV News  

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and MLAs on Tuesday left for Medigadda barrage whose piers had "sunk" last year. The chief minister said the irrigation minister would present a white paper on irrigation during the next couple of days in the assembly and a visit to the Medigadda barrage would help the MLAs, many of them …

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Revanth To Head Medigadda, KCR To Dig In at Nalgonda
10 months, 1 week 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 …

Congress Brs Kaleshwaram Head Medigadda
Medigadda Barrage Fiasco: Govt Accepts Muralidhar Rao’s Resignation
10 months, 1 week 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 …

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