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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The six-member Committee was constituted to study the designs and construction of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS)
In a point-by-point rebuttal, the former Deputy Chief Minister said the presentation on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) during the Ministers' visit exposed the false propaganda of the Congress.
Irrigation department officials deny seepage reports at Annaram (Saraswati) barrage of KLIS, asserting its robust design and construction with proper materials and techniques to withstand potential threats.
Rabi crop irrigation schedule under Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme would proceed as planned, and the farmers in the ayacut area would not be let down, said Irrigation Engineer-in-Chief N Venkateswarlu
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao explained the impact of the State government's efforts that propelled the growth of the State on multiple fronts. He stated that Telangana made a remarkable progress across various sectors in shortest time.
Speaking after releasing KLIS water into Ramayampet canal from Sangareddy canal at Kondapochamma Sagar at Gouraram on Tuesday, he said that Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao became a modern-day Bhagiratha by bringing Godavari water to old Medak district.
Though officials have been exuding confident over prospects of a normal Kharif this year with a marginal variation in net area under different crops, the sowings are still less than one third of normal
