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They are leaking news and deciding the masterminds and culprits, with no concrete evidence. Such allegations without evidence, will not stand legal scrutiny," he said.
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Medigada barrage, an integral component of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, in its present condition may not allow lifting of water at the designed capacity of two tmc a day.
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The CWPRS was engaged by the State government along with two other Central agencies for further investigations.
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Ahead of his visit, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday had a review with officials of the Irrigation Department and representatives of L&T.
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TS govt for further probe into all 3 barrages
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Leader of Opposition and BRS president K Chandrashekhar Rao said latest reports indicated that regional parties were going to outperform national parties in this elections.
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He also interacted with the Chief Engineer of the Project and Engineer in Chief (General) Anil Kumar as part of his information gathering exercise at the barrage site.
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The Congress was resorting to cheap politics for political mileage in the Lok sabha elections, he said.
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The team had a thorough inspection of the barrages and the sagging portions of the structures during its first visit on March 7 and 8.
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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)
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Action would be taken against the construction company if the NDSA committee identified any lapses on its part, said Uttam
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The BRS reached Ground Zero at Medigadda Barrage and countered every allegation with facts and figures, demanding the State government to take up rectification measures instead of continuing the political blame game
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The retired engineers and experts accompanied BRS leaders led by working president KT Rama Rao to the Medigadda and Annaram barrages and made a few suggestions
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Speaking to reporters, he also said the state government is free to take action against anyone if there are lapses in the project
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The State government had made a request to the NDSA for deputing its team for an end-to-end inspection of the Annaram barrage where fresh seepage was detected last week.
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The team undertook the inspection at the behest of Telangana government following seepage related issues reported at the barrage recently
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If Congress is serious about probing the irregularities it should immediately order a CBI probe. CBI is a competent agency to handle such cases, BJP MLA Payal Shankar suggested
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Stating that the irrigation projects construction during the Congress regime never achieved full ayacut, Harish Rao said Sree Ram Sagar project in 12 years could provide water for just 25,000 acres and it took it 40 years to provide water for 9.5 lakh acres.
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Speaking in assembly, Srinivas Reddy said the BRS members were asking to take up repair works on a war footing, but the government was firm in its decision to take up works only after getting reports from experts.
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BRS leader and former minister Harish Rao urged the Congress government to address the barrage's rehabilitation before the monsoon season
