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KCR left irrigation damaged: Uttam
6 months, 2 weeks ago

KCR left irrigation damaged: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

MEDIGADDA: The Congress government on Friday set a deadline of ten days for completing the National Dam Safety Authority ’s recommended measures at the Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda barrages with irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy making it clear that not only must the works be completed in a week to a maximum of ten days, but every measure that …

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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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Monsoon protection work on Medigadda may be limited to lifting gates
7 months, 1 week ago

Monsoon protection work on Medigadda may be limited to lifting gates

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Monsoon protection works at the Medigadda barrage of the Kaleshwaram project are anticipated to commence, primarily focusing on the lifting of gates in Block 7 – the most severely affected section of the barrage, according to sources. The irrigation department has reportedly instructed L&T, the company responsible for constructing the barrage, to initiate work promptly based on recommendations from …

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No use in repairing Medigadda barrage: NDSA panel report
7 months, 2 weeks ago

No use in repairing Medigadda barrage: NDSA panel report

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The interim report of the expert committee constituted by the National Dam Safety Authority stated that there would be no use, even if repairs were carried out to the damaged piers of Medigadda. In order to avoid/minimise hydraulic forces on gates as well as structure, all gates of Block 7 shall be lifted to fully opened position before onset …

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Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose to submit detailed Medigadda report
7 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda
8 months, 1 week 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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We will Chase You, Play Football with You: KCR Tells Congress Govt
8 months, 2 weeks ago

We will Chase You, Play Football with You: KCR Tells Congress Govt

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS president and former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Friday launched a no-holds barred attack on the Congress government and issued a warning that his party would not hesitate to turn the state into a battlefield if such a situation was warranted. Referring to what he described as failures of the Congress government with respect to irrigation, supply …

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Ryots suffering, start supplying water, says KT Rama Rao
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ryots suffering, start supplying water, says KT Rama Rao

New Indian Express  

KARIMNAGAR: BRS working president KT Rama Rao on Thursday said that farmers were suffering due Congress government’s reluctance to repair the damaged piers of Medigadda barrage. During his visit to Karimnagar to oversee the arrangements being made for the BRS Kadana Bheri public meeting scheduled for March 12, Rama Rao also visited farms where the crops are going dry due …

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Uttam Kumar Reddy: Committtee to start inspection of Kaleshwaram project from March 6
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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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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BRS accuses Congress Govt of having a conspiracy motive behind delay in Medigadda rehab
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Annaram Leak Drowns Inspection Works at Medigadda
10 months ago

Annaram Leak Drowns Inspection Works at Medigadda

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The question of who will pay for the repairs to the Medigadda barrage, or for that matter for the work being done to test the extent of the damage and prepare the affected portions for full inspections by the National Dam Safety Authority, has once again raised its head. L&T said the release of water laid to waste 15 …

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Damaged Portions of Block 7 at Medigadda Barrage May Have to Be Rebuilt
10 months ago

Damaged Portions of Block 7 at Medigadda Barrage May Have to Be Rebuilt

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The news from Medigadda barrage — the lynchpin of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme – where tests are being done to determine weaknesses, cracks and other damage, is not very encouraging, with sources saying it is very likely that up to six piers, the gates between them, and the rest of the barrage structure in the worst-hit Block 7 …

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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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Cong Stubbing Our Voice: Harish Rao
10 months, 1 week ago

Cong Stubbing Our Voice: Harish Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: BRS leader T. Harish Rao claimed that the Congress government was denying him an opportunity to rebut the arguments of ministers in the Assembly. Speaking on the Medigadda barrage issue, he claimed: “The sinking of one or two pillars is being blown out of proportion.” He said the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme involved three barrages, 15 reservoirs, 19 substations, …

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Telangana: Vigilance officials to submit preliminary report on Medigadda barrage to state govt next week
11 months ago

Telangana: Vigilance officials to submit preliminary report on Medigadda barrage to state govt next week

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : The Vigilance and Enforcement officials are likely to submit their preliminary report on the sinking of the piers of Medigadda barrage to the state government next week. The government ordered a probe into the sinking of Medigadda barrage two weeks ago. The officials reportedly felt that the loss to the exchequer due to the sinking of piers of …

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Vigilance probe holds L&T responsible for Medigadda Barrage damage
11 months ago

Vigilance probe holds L&T responsible for Medigadda Barrage damage

The Hindu  

The Vigilance and Enforcement inquiry going on into the damage suffered on the Medigadda Barrage, a key component of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, following sinking of about half-a-dozen piers on the evening of October 21 last has fixed the primary responsibility on L&T, the agency that constructed the 1.632 km long structure. Enquiries with the engineers who were part …

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Rahul Gandhi visits Medigadda barrage, alleges poor quality of construction
1 year, 1 month ago

Rahul Gandhi visits Medigadda barrage, alleges poor quality of construction

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Intensifying the Congress’ focus on the alleged quality issues in the construction of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao’s prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme project, former AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday inspected the Medigadda barrage, where some of the pillars sank. Accompanied by Telangana state Congress president A. Revanth Reddy and engineering officials of the irrigation department, Rahul Gandhi …

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