Book launch on Kaleshwaram project tomorrow
Hyderabad: A book 'Kaleshwaram –Vastavalu Vakrikaranalu' (Kaleshwaram- Facts and Distortions) written by the Telangana irrigation experts Sridhar Deshpande will be released by BRS senior leader T Harish Rao at 5 pm at Telugu University Auditorium on May 2.
'The book would be launched under the auspices of Telangana Vikasa Samithi,' said Samithi General Secretary Erroju Srinivas in a statement on Wednesday.
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