Tadepalle, Oct. 2 -- In a scathing attack, YSR Congress Party President and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of gross negligence over the Karnataka government's decision to increase the height of the Almatti Dam -- a move Jagan claims will severely jeopardise Andhra Pradesh's irrigation and drinking water needs.

Taking to the social media platform X, Jagan slammed the Naidu-led government for its silence and inaction, even two weeks after the Karnataka Cabinet approved a major project to raise the Almatti Dam's storage level from 519 metres to 524.256 metres. The project, with an estimated budget of Rs.70,000 crore, will nearly double the dam's capacity from 129.72 T...