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BRS working president KT Rama Rao criticized the Telangana government’s handling of river water projects, alleged stalling of Palamuru-Rangareddy scheme, and diversions like phone tapping probes. He defended BRS achievements and warned of political maneuvers ahead of municipal polls

The Srisailam Left Bank Canal tunnel project beneath the Amrabad Tiger Reserve faces uncertainty as the Forest Department has not been informed about the new tunnelling technology proposed by the State government. Following a February mishap that killed eight workers, tunnelling was suspended and an aerial electromagnetic survey was launched to study geological conditions.

BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao is set to return to active political mobilisation at a joint party meeting in Hyderabad, with focus on irrigation, water rights and farmers’ issues, while launching a sharp offensive against the Congress government and targeting BJP’s role in Telangana

The BRS on Monday criticised Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s “Vijayotsava Sabha” in Mahabubnagar, calling it an “utter flop” due to low turnout. Party leaders accused the CM of ignoring governance, delaying key projects and misrepresenting the BRS government’s contribution

The Telangana State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, will convene on 16 October to discuss major policy matters. The agenda includes irrigation projects, BC reservations, voter list revisions, and administrative preparedness for upcoming elections.

KTR accused the Congress government of hypocrisy for calling the Kaleshwaram project a scam while using its water for new schemes. He alleged inflated project costs, misuse of funds, and delays intended to harm Telangana’s interests, vowing to expose the corruption

Political parties have been raising concern over the prospect of rabi crops getting impacted in over 10 lakh acres

Meeting to highlight alleged failures of the Congress government in handling irrigation projects

While Uttam Kumar Reddy was addressing the gathering, a few women raised their voice and questioned the Minister over the delay in completion of the Narayanpur reservoir works

BRS leader criticized Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy for not understanding the facts and continuing to criticize Chandrashekhar Rao, which he said only made people laugh.

It presents a serious challenge. The widespread, unplanned approach to paddy cultivation is now in question

Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said water for irrigation would be supplied to each and every acre by completing all pending irrigation projects on a war-footing in the erstwhile Karimnagar district.

This model aims to maximize financial gains from sediment management activities. On Wednesday, the government issued a GO stating that the initiative would align with the National Framework for Sediment Management Guidelines by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The state policy for desilting operations will focus on major and medium projects that have been losing storage capacity annually due to sedimentation.

Speaking to mediapersons at Telangana Bhavan on Monday, Vinod Kumar said Revanth Reddy was speaking without understanding the objective of the Kaleshwaram project

The need to acquire at least 6,000 acres of land on a warfooting is crucial to ensure that the projects are completed.

Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy asks officials to monitor hourly inflows into minor irrigation tanks, major and medium irrigation projects

Irrigation Department officials lift five gates and release 57,000 cusecs of water downstream towards Srisailam

The department heads are balancing the estimates with their key expectations on resource availability under different heads.

The inflows into common irrigation projects of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana remained almost dismal last year and there was no let up in the situation so far this year.

The government has laid focus on education and was ready to allocate as much funds as needed in the State budget. Funds were allocated in the vote-on-account budget for the construction of concrete buildings for all residential schools, he noted.