Hyderabad, Jan. 1 -- Telangana Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, accusing it of committing a "major blunder" by shifting the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) from Jurala to Srisailam, a move he said that gravely undermined Telangana's water rights and escalated project costs.
Addressing MLAs, MLCs of the ruling Congress party and cabinet colleagues through a detailed PowerPoint presentation, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the exercise was aimed at equipping legislators with facts ahead of discussions in the Legislative Assembly on irrigation and river water sharing. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy was present during the presentat...