Hyderabad, June 7 -- Former irrigation minister T Harish Rao reiterated that the design of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) was shifted from Tummidihatti to Medigadda for two primary reasons: inadequate availability of Godavari water at the original site, and objections raised by the then Maharashtra government on the project construction.

The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader gave a presentation at Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad on Saturday, June 7, where he said he will represent his points before the PC Ghose Commission, which is investigating the irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Project.

"The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project created a new ayacut of 20 lakh acres of land, and stabilised an ayacut of another 30 la...