Reddy said his government will table the report in the assembly for a thorough discussion and to decide on course of action based on the recommendations.
The irrigation project saw ‘rampant & brazen procedural and financial irregularities’, it says. Telangana Cabinet will review report and decide further course of action.
The entire idea of the Kaleshwaram project is to avoid water wastage. The geniuses in the government must understand that public projects like this simply cannot be junked.
Hyderabad-based firm which only takes up govt projects donated Rs 966-cr — Rs 1,186-cr including Rs 220-cr of Western UP Power Transco — in electoral bonds to various parties in last 5 yrs.
CAG report tabled in Telangana assembly says cost of lift irrigation project likely to exceed Rs 1,47,427 crore, as against Rs 81,911 crore projected by former KCR govt.
State had set up a Special Purpose Vehicle for the Rs 1 lakh crore Kaleshwaram irrigation project, which raised loans worth Rs 87,449.15 crore. The rest has to be repaid over next 12 years.
Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, of which Medigadda barrage is a part, was a showpiece endeavour of ex-BRS govt. Over 4 yrs after launch, 6 of Medigadda's 86 piers sank 1.2 m last yr.
The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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