From Rahul to Revanth to Uttam, here’s the Congress U-turn on Kaleshwaram ahead of polls

As the Congress government invites bids to repair the Medigadda barrage ahead of local body elections, its leaders revisit years of criticism against the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project. From Rahul Gandhi’s corruption allegations to Revanth Reddy’s calls for reconstruction and Uttam Kumar Reddy’s scathing remarks on financial waste, the KLIP remains a political flashpoint in Telangana’s irrigation narrative.

Hyderabad: The world’s largest multi-stage lift irrigation project, Kaleshwaram, had faced relentless scrutiny from the Congress. Though built in record time, Kaleshwaram, which proved to be a lifeline for Telangana, was always a target for the Congress, with its leaders, right from Rahul Gandhi to A Revanth Reddy to N Uttam Kumar Reddy, slamming the project at every given opportunity.

They said it had collapsed, that it was a mammoth waste of money, that it could never be repaired, and yet, just before the local body polls, the Congress government has invited Expressions of Interest (EoI) to repair the Medigadda Barrage.

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Here’s a recap of what the Congress leaders said on Kaleshwaram over the years: