Hyderabad, April 12 -- Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday made it clear that the state government is determined to restore all three key barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project-Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla-at the earliest.
Chairing a high-level review meeting at the Secretariat with senior officials, design consultants and executing agencies, including L&T, the Minister directed that rehabilitation works be fast-tracked under a time-bound programme to bring the project back to full operational status.
He noted that statutory bodies such as the National Dam Safety Authority and the Vigilance Commission have flagged serious defects in the foundations, design, planning and execution of the barrages, ad...