Hyderabad, Dec. 29 -- Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday, December 29, said the Congress government is committed to completing the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) with its original water allocation of 90 TMC, a day after Bharat Rashtriya Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao (KTR) accused the ruling party of pushing the project back "into distress."

Speaking to the media, Reddy said the ruling Congress is adhering to the government order (GO) issued by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government on August 18, 2022, which proposed 90 thousand million cubic feet (TMC) of water for the project. The GO stated that 45 TMC water will come from savings in minor irrigation scheme...