T Harish Rao flagged risks in operating Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and Devadula schemes, warning that frequent pump switching violates engineering norms and could damage infrastructure, urging corrective steps to protect assets and farmers’ interests
Farmers in Nagaram, Suryapet district, India protested on the Suryapet–Jangaon road demanding water release from the Sri Ram Sagar Project. They warned that inadequate supply threatened their paddy crops, disrupting traffic despite police appeals
Referring to Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy’s statement in the Legislative Council that the Kaleshwaram project was safe, he questioned as to why the government was not storing water in the project if it was safe.
