Hyderabad, April 29 (IANS) Telangana’s irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy asserted on Wednesday that the state government is committed to the construction of the Pranahita–Chevella Project. He said proposals have been prepared in line with the assurance given in the manifesto. The government is making determined efforts to divert water from Tummidihatti to Yellampalli to provide irrigation to lakhs of acres, while also examining alternative proposals for the same alignment.RV Associate…
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Hyderabad, April 27 (IANS) The Telangana government has decided to exert pressure for a CBI probe into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project. Acting on the advice of legal experts, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has directed the officials to write a letter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) requesting that an immediate inquiry be initiated into the project. According to the Chief Minister’s Office, the Chief minister instructed the ministers to see…
Hyderabad, April 23 (IANS) The Telangana government will constitute a Cabinet sub-committee to discuss and decide the next course of action on the case relating to alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy told media persons after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday that the government has not yet taken a decision on the next step in the case.He said that it has been nine months since the state government wrote to the Central Bureau o…
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Telangana’s Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Wednesday that the High Court has not given a clean chit to anyone in its verdict on the report of Justice P.C. Ghose Commission, which probed the alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project.Reacting to the High Court order on the petitions of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), former minister T. Harish Rao and two others, Uttam Kumar Reddy said …
Hyderabad, April 22 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former Minister T. Harish Rao said on Wednesday that the Telangana High Court’s order, barring the state government from taking any action against him and BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on the basis of the P.C. Ghose Commission report, has exposed the political conspiracies of the Congress party.”Truth always prevails”, was how Harish Rao reacted to the High Court orders on their petitions challe…
Hyderabad, April 21 (IANS) Union minister of state for home affairs, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, on Tuesday accused Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy of making every possible effort to cover up the alleged corruption by the family of former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). He said during the 2023 elections Revanth Reddy had alleged that corruption worth Rs 1 lakh crore had occurred in the Kaleshwaram project built by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government but after becoming the Ch…
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Monday declared that the state government will not spare those responsible persons for the ‘unbridled multi-crore corruption’ in the construction of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. After a visit to the Medigadda barrage, a part of the project in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district, the Chief Minister said that all the culprits would be brought to justice.He told the media that the government would move forwa…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) A three-member team of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders is in Delhi to hold consultations with legal experts on the party’s next course of action in cases related to alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project and the disqualification of BRS MLAs who allegedly defected to the Congress.On the direction of former Telangana Chief Minister and BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR), the three-member team left for the national capital on Monday.The t…
Hyderabad, April 17 (IANS) Telangana Irrigation Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Friday that the state government will undertake the repair and restoration of three barrages, part of the Kaleshwaram project, scientifically and transparently. He met National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) Chairman Anil Jain in Delhi on Friday and discussed the state government’s action plan for the repair and restoration of the Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages.The minister explained the precautionar…
Hyderabad, Feb 22 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday dismissed the allegations of BRS President and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and former minister T. Harish Rao that he is supporting Andhra Pradesh to divert river waters and made it clear that there will be no compromise on the state’s water rights. He urged the BRS leaders not to politicise issues related to people and water by making cheap allegations.In his remarks at a meeting to review the Devadula …