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Rama Rao criticised Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy's promise of free electricity, stating that it had instead resulted in farmers being “free from electricity.”
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The final report from the NDSA is not anticipated before the end of the year, with the possibility of further delays.
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Critics argue that the NDSA report was designed to benefit the ruling party at the Centre, with allegations on planning, design, construction quality, and management errors.
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BRS leader and former Minister G Jagadish Reddy wanted irrigation authorities to appraise the NDSA of the situation prevailing under the reservoirs fed by the KLIS and obtain permission to make use of all the KLIS barrages.
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The Yellampalli project plays a crucial role in supplying drinking water to Hyderabad. The HMWSSB draws water from the Yellampalli reservoir to meet the city’s needs.
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Minister Thummala Nageshwar Rao said that Agriculture officials would reach out to every farmer and help them address the complaints pertaining to non-implementation of the loan waiver.
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State government made no budget allocations for SLIP and BLIP that were envisaged to provide irrigation and drinking water to Sangareddy district.
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The previous BRS government used to release water to Kudavelly Vagu, and all the canals under Mallanna Sagar, Kondapochamma Sagar, Ranganayaka Sagar and other projects under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, says Kotha Prabhakar Reddy.
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Says the project is Telangana's pride which was envied by those who wanted to witness the downfall of the new Telangana State
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The commission probing the alleged lapses in the construction of the project will conduct public hearing soon
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The full reservoir level of Kondapochamma Sagar, built in the Gajwel constituency, is 15 TMC, but it just had 4.5 TMC of water.
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The sharp decline in suicides among farmers was attributed to proactive measures initiated by the BRS government following the formation of the State
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The engineers and officials testified before the Commission have been asked to submit their version of the issues involved in the construction of the project in writing on or before June 25.
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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.
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The NDSA which was given 100 days time for investigation into the structural issues in the barrages, is expected to give its report this month.
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The State government has for quite some time been pursuing the project clearances vigorously with the Ministry of Jal Shakti
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As limited work time is available, the Irrigation Department officials have asked the L&T that has been executing the interim works as recommended by the NDSA, to step up the pace of operations.
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The latter had briefed the commission on sequence of proceedings that led to the decision for taking up the construction of three barrages at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla and the source of water that was lifted from Godavari river.
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BRS leader Dasoju Sravan wondered how Revanth Reddy was able to seek people’s vote once again in the Parliamentary polls even after drawing almost a blank in fulfilling the promises made during the assembly polls.
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This could have been utilised for filling as many as 19 reservoirs under the project. He also wondered why the State representatives had abstained from the three-member committee meeting of the KRMB two days ago.