All eyes on Cabinet's decision on Justice Ghose Commission report on Kaleshwaram project
The committee comprising secretaries of Irrigation, General Administration and Law departments had been entrusted with the responsibility of studying the Justice Ghose Commission report thoroughly and submit its report to the Government. The report and the recommendations will be discussed in the Cabinet meeting to be chaired by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao has conferred with the three-member official committee on Sunday ahead of the Cabinet meeting to discuss the study undertaken by the officials panel.
The government had constituted the Commission headed by Justice Ghose to thoroughly examine the entire proceedings right from the day the project was conceived and how it has been executed following the sinking of piers of the Medigadda Barrage of the Kaleshwaram project. The situation at Annaram and Sundilla barrages, forming part of the project too, was said to be no better. The panel accordingly conducted an exhaustive study for over 15 months examining over 100 persons involved in the project.
Those examined by the Commission included former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, who often claimed the project envisaging irrigation facilities for major part of Telangana as his brainchild, and the then Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao and Finance Minister Eatala Rajender, in addition to several top officials of the Irrigation department. The Commission submitted its report to Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja on July 31, and the government constituted a three-member official committee to examine the contents and give recommendations.
The committee is said to have made a thorough study of the close to 650-page report, submitted in three volumes, and prepared a summary of its observations. As the State Cabinet is set to examine the findings of the official committee, eyes are now on the action it will suggest against those responsible for the alleged irregularities that resulted in damages to the project infrastructure.
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