BRS leader Harish Rao clarified that the Medigadda barrage decision under the Kaleshwaram project was a collective cabinet move. He highlighted the role of current Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao in approving the site shift based on technical and environmental assessments.
Large-scale protests have been staged by the BRS party workers across erstwhile Khammam district against the Congress government’s failure to extend Rythu Bharosa to farmers in kharif season