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Hans India
31-07-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
PC Ghosh Commission Submits Kaleshwaram Report to Government
Hyderabad: The PC Ghosh Commission, which investigated alleged corruption and irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, has formally submitted its report to the state government. Justice PC Ghosh, Chairman of the Kaleshwaram Commission, handed over the report—sealed in a shielded cover—to Irrigation Department Secretary Rahul Bojja at BRK Bhavan. The Commission undertook a detailed 15-month investigation, focusing on the Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages. The report is expected to outline findings on construction flaws, financial irregularities, and possible accountability lapses. Secretary Rahul Bojja is set to forward the report to the State Chief Secretary for further action. The contents of the report and the state government's next steps are now the subject of growing public and political interest.
Hans India
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
BJP slams KCR for passing the buck on engineers
Hyderabad: state BJP Vice-president and former MLA NVSS Prabhakar on Saturday alleged that former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao is trying to distance himself from responsibility regarding the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) by shifting the blame onto the engineers who testified before the PC Ghosh Commission, which is investigating irregularities and structural failures at the Medigadda barrage, as well as damages at the Annaram and Sundilla barrages. He stated that the decision to change the project site to Medigadda was purely political and received cabinet approval. During a press conference at the party's state office, Prabhakar mentioned that the BJP would wait for the final report from the PC Ghosh Commission. He insisted that there would be no escape for the leaders involved in KLIP irregularities. He reiterated the call for a CBI inquiry to uncover the truth. Prabhakar criticized KCR for ignoring warnings issued by the CAG, which indicated that undue favours were granted to contractors and raised concerns about the feasibility of KLIP. Instead of addressing these issues, Prabhakar said, KCR allowed irrigation experts to proceed with KLIP, resulting in significant financial losses.
India Gazette
12-06-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Politically motivated": BRS slams PC Ghosh Commission for delaying submission of Kaleshwaram project report
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 12 (ANI) Amid chaos over former Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao's appearance at PC Ghosh Commission in connection with the alleged irregularities in Kaleshwaram project, Bharat Rashtra Samith (BRS) leader KP Vivekanand Goud labelled the Commission as being 'politically motivated' and expressed reservations over the delay in submission of the report on the project. He informed that the PC Ghosh Commission was expected to submit the report on the Kaleshwaram project within 100 days, but it has been extending the deadline. 'Today, in connection with the PC Ghosh Commission inquiry, our leader, KCR, was called. The PC Ghosh Commission was supposed to submit the report on the Kaleshwaram project within 100 days. But it has only been extending the deadline, which clearly shows that this is a politically motivated commission. Out of 239 pillars, only two pairs required repairs. Just to defame KCR, they are dragging out the Commission,' Goud told ANI here. This came as KCR appeared before PC Ghosh Commission in connection with alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project. Heavy police deployment was witnessed at Hyderabad's BRK Bhavan on Wednesday ahead of KCR's appearance. Previously, BRS MLA and former Irrigation minister Harish Rao and BJP MP Etela Rajender, who previously served as Finance Minister in the BRS government, appeared before the commission. 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 Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). The Commission, which has been probing financial and procedural lapses in the multi-crore irrigation project, directed the three political leaders to appear for questioning in the first week of June. On June 8, 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. Speaking to ANI, Reddy said, 'Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Telangana is the world's biggest engineering blunder and it's a huge scam which ruined Telangana economically. It is one of the prime reasons that the richest state of Telangana is in such a horrible economic condition. We have a loan of Rs 8 lakh crore.' 'The present Congress government does not have money to pay salaries and run the government,' he added, blaming the ruling party for the deepening financial crisis. Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy also held that the previous BRS government was responsible for the project's failure, labelling it the 'biggest man-made disaster' since Independence and the 'most expensive engineering failure' caused by any state government in India. He said that Telangana is currently paying Rs 16,000 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. (ANI)
