Former MP Vinod Kumar urges Congress govt to expedite Medigadda repairs

Former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar welcomed the High Court direction on the Kaleshwaram report and urged the Telangana government to stop vendetta politics. He called for urgent repairs to Medigadda barrage, warning of water scarcity risks

Hyderabad: Welcoming the High Court’s direction barring any action based on the Justice PC Ghose Commission report on the Kaleshwaram project, former BRS MP B Vinod Kumar urged the Congress government to stop its vendetta politics. He appealed to Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy to expedite the repair of the Medigadda barrage.

Addressing a press meet at Telangana Bhavan, Vinod Kumar said his arguments that the Commission’s findings would not stand judicial scrutiny due to violations of natural justice were proved right. He said key responses and technical aspects were ignored during the inquiry, rendering the report flawed.

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The former BRS MP stressed the strategic importance of the Kaleshwaram project, warning that any delay in repairing the Medigadda barrage could have serious consequences, especially with forecasts of weak monsoon conditions due to El Nino. “Without Medigadda, North Telangana risks severe water scarcity,” he cautioned.

Vinod Kumar dismissed the Congress government’s claims that the project had collapsed, asserting that the barrages remain structurally sound. He reminded that Kaleshwaram was a massive irrigation network, not limited to a single structure. He credited former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for conceptualising and executing a large-scale water management system across the Godavari basin.

He urged the Congress government, especially Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, to stop a negative approach towards the project and act in the larger interests of Telangana, failing which it would prove detrimental to farmers of the state.