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