Hyderabad, Aug. 31 -- Telangana Irrigation Minister Capt N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday submitted the Justice P C Ghose-led Kaleshwaram Commission report to the Legislative Assembly, marking the beginning of a debate on irregularities and failures in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
Presenting the report, Uttam Kumar Reddy recalled the history of irrigation initiatives taken up in undivided Andhra Pradesh, including the Dr B R Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project, which was later re-engineered into the Kaleshwaram project. He pointed out that the earlier Congress governments had secured central clearances and funding for these projects, but the subsequent BRS government abandoned the Pranahita-Chevella scheme after spending nearly Rs...