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Hans India
03-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Harish Rao launches book on Kaleshwaram project
Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao on Friday said that the BRS during its nine and half years rule had provided water to over 50 lakh acres whereas the Congress during its one and half year rule had provided water to zero acres. The BRS leader was speaking in a book launch programme of former Irrigation advisor Sridhar Deshpande who had written 'Ten years journey of Telangana in Irrigation Sector and Kaleshwaram project- questions, criticisms, distortions'. The BRS leader urged all sections of people including political leaders, government employees, intellectuals and party leaders to read the books written by Deshpande which would give them the idea of what works the BRS government has done for the State. The Congress government provided water to 5.71 lakh acres whereas BRS provided water to 18 lakh acres new ayacut and stabilised 30 lakh acres, which is 50 lakh acres, he said. The BRS leader lashed out at the government for appointing Adityanath Das as advisor alleging that the person who worked against the interest of Telangana was given the post. He said that Adityanath Das was Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh and reason for Pothireddypadu. He gave a wrong affidavit in the Court and the Court had warned him of sending to jail for this. Harish Rao also said that Das's friend Kushvora, who was CWC chairman in the past, used to create hurdles for Telangana. The Congress government has appointed him as advocate on deliberations on Section 3 water sharing in the ISWR.
Hans India
30-04-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Uttam: Revival of Tummidihatti has begun
Hyderabad: As promised in its election manifesto, the Congress government is expediting the preparation of detailed project report (DPR) for Tummidihatti barrage under the revived Pranahita–Chevella Lift Irrigation scheme. State Advisor (Irrigation) Adityanath Das is reviewing the feasibility of reviving the original Tummidihatti-based Pranahita-Chevella project, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Tuesday. He said the finalization of the DPR will be the first step towards executing the Pranahita project which was scrapped by the previous BRS government. Making a PowerPoint presentation on the NDSA report on damaged Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of Kaleshwaram project, the minister came down heavily on former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for disbanding the ambitious Pranahita project for commissions through the launch of Kaleshwaram project. 'KCR reengineered and redesigned the Pranahita project as Kaleshwaram only for commissions. The scraping of the Pranahita project cost Nizamabad and Adilabad district heavily. The government is committed to revive Pranahita and address irrigation needs of the two old big districts,' the minister said. Uttam said that it was outrageous and shameful that KCR, instead of accepting responsibility, was now attacking the credibility of the NDSA and questioning its authority. 'When we recently approached the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, seeking clearance for the Sitarama Sagar project, the officials refused to consider it because our irrigation system had collapsed,' he added. Reiterating that his government will take a decision on the implementation of the NDSA recommendations in the Cabinet meeting soon, the minister said the Kaleshwaram project was not based on scientific principles but on a campaign of lies, propaganda, and false publicity. He reminded the public that the original plan was Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella Project at Tummidihatti, for which even the then TRS government had sought national project status. He pointed out that the barrages were originally designed to regulate just 2 TMC of river water. However, over 10 TMC was stored in each, driven purely by a publicity agenda, causing foundational damage and eventual collapse. 'The Kaleshwaram collapse is not a natural tragedy. It is a direct result of the BRS government's irresponsible decisions. It has dealt a serious blow to Telangana's finances and to the lives of farmers. Telangana is paying Rs 16,000 crore every year just in loan repayments for this failed project. This is public money lost due to a political stunt.'
