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.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Wednesday took part in the Telangana Jagruthi Maha Dharna against the notices issued to BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao by the Justice PC Ghose Commission probing the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwar
He confirmed that the current Congress-led state government had constituted a commission to investigate the alleged corruption in the Kaleshwaram project. Goud emphasised that KCR and others involved in the alleged corruption should explain their version of events.
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
Reddy stated that Telangana is currently paying Rs16,000 crore annually in interest and instalments on high-cost loans borrowed during the BRS regime for this "faulty" project, thereby placing an enormous burden on the state's finances and its farmers.
Speaking to ANI, he said that on one side there is the Kaleshwaram project and on the other side there is the power project-inquiry. He questioned how the Congress government was going to pay the pending bills to the contractors.
The minister disclosed that the committee, led by J Chandrashekar Iyer, former chairman of the Central Water Commission, would investigate the reasons behind the sinking of Medigadda barrage pillars and any observed distress in the two upstream barrages, Annaram and Sundilla.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader N Ramchander Rao on Friday demanded the state government to immediately hand over the Kaleshwaram issue investigation to the CBI.
Congress Telangana in-charge Manikrao Thakare on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence on the controversial Kaleshwaram project reflects that BJP is trying to help the ruling party Bharat Rashtra Samithi in winning the Telangana assembly elections so that they can re
Union Minister and Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party president, G Kishan Reddy, visited the site of the Medigadda Barrage of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project on Saturday and demanded a judicial inquiry or CBI probe into the alleged lapses in the project.