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Former Minister and BRS leader, T Harish Rao refuted Congress claims that the Kaleshwaram project was a "white elephant" and a financial burden

Setting specific dates for their appearance, the Commission wanted the former Chief Minister to appear on June 5, while Harish Rao and Rajender were summoned on June 6 and June 9 respectively.

Fine variety rice being distributed to white ration card holders through fair price shops is allegedly being smuggled to other places by illegal traders. Surprisingly, smuggling of the fine variety rice began the very next month after distribution of the rice began

While addressing farmers after releasing water into a canal at Chowdaram in Chinnakodur mandal on Sunday, Harish Rao stated that the government had not acquired even a single acre of land for constructing new canals and sub-canals under various reservoirs of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP).

Reddy labeled the government as anti-farmer and accused the Chief Minister of being solely focused on embezzling funds through commissions

The commission was initially set to submit its report by December 31, but it is in the process of completing the process of cross examination

This phase of the probe will focus on senior officials including some senior IAS officers who were associated with the approvals pertaining to the construction of barrages.

Though only three pillars of Medigadda, a small part in Kaleshwaram project, were shrunk, congress leaders misguided the people by spreading wrong propaganda, said BRS leader B Vinod Kumar

According to officials, the contractor had stalled the works as bills worth about Rs.11 crore were not cleared by the government. Despite letters from officials, the government has not released the amount, they said

The Irrigation department started the pumping after former Minister T Harish Rao had wrote to Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy.

Following a letter from former Minister T. Harish Rao on Saturday, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy directed officials to pump water into the Ananthagiri reservoir. From there, water will be pumped to Ranganayaka Sagar, Mallanna Sagar, and Kondapochamma Sagar in the coming days to meet the irrigation needs of the Vanakalam season in the erstwhile Medak district.

Giving in to mounting pressure from farmers in its ayacut, pumping operations were resumed drawing water from the Yellampalli reservoir, instead of Medigadda to feed multiple reservoirs that are part of the KLIP network.

Four to five pumping units are expected to be made operational any time before sunset at the Yellampalli reservoir, officials confirmed.

On the second day, the BRS MLAs and MLCs delegation visited the Lakshmi Pumphouse on Friday. The delegation inspected the pumphouse and spoke to officials.

The barrage, a crucial component of the Kaleshwaram project, with all its flood gates opened is able to discharge over 3.70 lakh cusecs of water without any signs of distress

He stated that the Medigadda barrage, which was written off by the Congress government, had disproved all the allegations against it by standing resolute and rocksolid surviving the flood once again

Some officials have reportedly opted to appear virtually for the inquiry. The commission is focusing on various aspects, including the alleged financial irregularities and technical flaws in the project’s design, planning, and execution.

Patha Venkataramana, who led the team, told pressmen that building the barrage across Pranahita river was the only option left following sinking of the piers of the Medigadda barrage, a part of KLIP.

The Judicial commission headed by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose started its work in May and made multiple visits to the project as part of the information gathering exercise.

The Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS), one of the three agencies whose services were drafted for this purpose, is yet to reach Medigadda barrage.