Hyderabad, April 29 -- Quoting from the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) report on structural damage to the Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages-constructed as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy delivered a detailed presentation on Tuesday, 29 April, in Hyderabad.

Calling out the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government's false claims regarding the unavailability of water at Tummidihatti, the originally proposed site for the project, Reddy said a five-member committee of retired engineers had recommended against shifting the project to Medigadda. However, the then BRS government not only ignored the recommendations but also suppressed the report, which...