Senior BRS leader B Vinod Kumar criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy for claiming during his Independence Day address that the Kaleshwaram project had been washed away in the Godavari river. Kumar urged the CM to avoid making such remarks, especially on national occasions, and accused him of spreading misinformation.
In a significant move to support paddy cultivation, irrigation officials in Peddapalli lifted 0.15 TMC of water from the Yellampalli reservoir using motors at Nandi Medaram and Gayatri pump houses.
Vinod Kumar along with Choppadandi MLA Sunke Ravishankar conducted a review meeting with officials to discuss pending irrigation projects and canals in Choppadandi segment
Since the project is getting 6,300 cusecs inflows from Gayatri pump house, water resource development officials are releasing the similar quantity of water by five flood gates since Friday night.