Hyderabad, Dec. 29 -- Alleging serious defects in design, construction and operations, Irrigation Minister Capt N. Uttam Kumar Reddy announced that the state government would initiate a judicial inquiry into the Kaleshwaram project and punish those responsible for the Medigadda barrage incident would have to face consequences of the law.

Uttam Kumar Reddy, along with Ministers D. Sridhar Babu, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, and Ponnam Prabhakar, MLC Jeevan Reddy, and Chennuru MLA Vivek Venkataswamy, reached Medigadda in a special helicopter to inspect the Medigadda Barrage on Friday.

Engineer-in-Chief C. Muralidhar gave a 108-page PowerPoint presentation on the Kaleshwaram project, including a detailed description of damages caused to Medigadd...