Hyderabad, March 22 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former chief ministerK Chandrashekhar Raoon Saturday lashed out at the ruling Congress government for the state's worsening water crisis by allegedly reducing irrigation and drinking water.

Addressing the party cadre at hisErravalliresidence, KCR said, "Water once abundant under the BRS rule has now disappeared under the Congress regime. Why has theKaleshwaramproject, which brimmed with water last year, dried up today?" KCR asked.

The BRS chief criticized the Congress for neglecting water management, contrasting it with his government's initiatives that stabilized agriculture, ensured irrigation, provided free electricity, procured paddy, and introduced schemes like Rythu Ban...