Reacting to the suspension of K Kavitha from the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), Congress MP Kiran Kumar Chamala on Tuesday said she had admitted that the party, under KCR's leadership, "looted Telangana in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project," and urged her to approach the CBI or other
KTR maintained that Kaleshwaram, the world's largest lift irrigation scheme, is an "engineering marvel" and a boon to lakhs of farmers. "We will not allow any attempt to sabotage this project. If necessary, we will take the fight to the people through a mass movement," he warned.
"The decision to construct the barrages at Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla (of the Kaleshwaram Project) was the sole and individual decision of the Minister (Irrigation) and the Chief Minister. There was no formal decision of the Government in this regard," the report read, adding that K
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament Konda Vishweshwar Reddy described the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Telangana as the "world's biggest engineering blunder" and termed it a "huge scam" that has severely impacted the state's economy.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Raghunandan Rao dismissed BRS MLC K Kavitha's call for a "Maha Dharna" at Indira Park as a political attempt to remain in public view. The protest, scheduled for June 4, comes in response to a notice issued by the PC Ghose Commission to her father and Telangan
Justice PC Ghose Commission on Tuesday issued summons to former Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), former Minister Harish Rao, and BJP MP Etela Rajender, who also served as a minister during the BRS regime in the ongoing investigation into alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Li
BRS leader KT Rama Rao on Friday accused the Congress government in Telangana of neglecting the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, resulting in a decrease in water availability for farmers in the state.
Telangana's Civil Supplies and Irrigation Minister, Uttam Kumar Reddy along with other irrigation department officials on Friday visited the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project to carry out an inspection.
BRS Working President and MLA Kalvakuntla Taraka Rama Rao alleged on Tuesday that the Congress-led government in the state is showing a criminal conspiracy over the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) and wants Medigadda to be washed away in the rains.