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In a significant policy reversal, the Telangana Government has decided to repair the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme — Medigadda, Sundilla and Annaram. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed officials to act on the long-ignored recommendations of the National Dam Safety Authority, stressing urgency and strict adherence to safety protocols.

Officials of the National Dam Safety Authority have expressed concern over slow and substandard repair works at the Singur Multipurpose Project in Sangareddy district. Limited machinery and workforce could delay completion, affecting irrigation and drinking water supply to surrounding districts and Hyderabad.

BRS working president KT Rama Rao questioned political double standards over dam safety, criticising silence on Polavaram’s second cofferdam collapse while Kaleshwaram faced intense scrutiny. He urged NDSA, Congress, and BJP to act consistently on national and Telangana projects

The National Dam Safety Authority has warned of serious structural damage to Singur Dam, ordering urgent repairs and reduced storage to 20 TMC. Officials cautioned that a breach could flood downstream areas, urging residents and farmers along the Manjeera River to stay alert.

The Priyadarshini Jurala Project on the Krishna river faces serious structural issues, including leaking gates, erosion, and overloaded traffic. Despite repeated NDSA warnings, a proposed bridge remains unbuilt, leaving the irrigation lifeline of southern Telangana vulnerable during flood season

KT Rama Rao accused the Congress-BJP alliance of spreading false claims to damage the Kaleshwaram Project, a key irrigation initiative for Telangana. He defended the project, criticised their smear campaign, and called for accountability over delays in repairs

A technical malfunction in the cableway system at the Srisailam Dam disrupted a critical survey of the plunge pool being carried out by a team of scientists on Tuesday

The slow-paced approach to the rehabilitation of the project has ignited fresh concerns among farmers

National Dam Safety Authority had directed Andhra Pradesh to submit a detailed repair plan within 30 days; experts also have been sounding caution against further delays in addressing the safety concerns of the project

Says report on Medigadda, Annaram, Sundilla timed deliberately to damage BRS' image ahead of silver jubilee celebrations

BRS working president has attacked the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, questioning its inaction on multiple allegations against the Congress government in Telangana

He said the government left farmers in distress by asking them to reduce the cultivation area, citing possible water shortage under Sri Ram Sagar Project Phase-1 and Phase -2

The officials were more or less certain of the scope for lifting water from Medigadda barrage even with all its gates fully open with over eight to ten lakh cusecs being let off.

Ahead of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) review of the interim works on the Medigadda Barrage. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy made several suggestions to officers and engineers on Sunday.

A team of officials from the Irrigation Department will leave for New Delhi next week to submit the report and seek the way forward for resuming the pumping operations at the barrages.

“We are now confident of resuming pumping operations at Annaram and Sundilla barrages. We are waiting for the NDSA nod to go ahead with lifting of water from Godavari,”senior officials in the Irrigation Department said.

Irrigation officials are under the impression that once the monsoon sets in, they would not have any scope for taking up even temporary repairs at least till the end of February 2025.

In a point-by-point rebuttal of the NDSA report, Rajat Kumar dashed off a letter to NDSA chairman Sanjay Kumar Sibal terming the report that was communicated to the State government in a hasty manner "an indictment of the Kaleshwaram project".

The six-member committee did not complete even 10 percent of its job to arrive at any conclusion on the factors that led the piers to sink.

They perceived that the report had been "hastily compiled under pressure” from powers-that-be to give a political colour, while overlooking key submissions by the state.