Govt. making people suffer drought despite having options to avoid it: BRS
BRS criticizes Congress for drought amid available Kaleshwaram water options, urging repairs to avert water crisis.
Published - September 27, 2026 08:22 pm IST - HYDERABAD
BRS general secretary and former minister T. Jeevan Reddy speaking to reporters in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement
General secretary of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former Minister T. Jeevan Reddy alleged that the Congress government has failed to take up even small repairs on the three Kaleshwaram Project barrages to lift back water and meet the irrigation and drinking water needs in the El Nino impacted year.
Farmers and general public are suffering shortage of water for irrigation and domestic needs, despite the government having an opportunity to provide them water by lifting it from Kaleshwaram barrages by taking up minor repairs. More than 1,100 tmc ft of water went into the sea as surplus.
Telangana has the opportunity this year to avail water as most of the reservoirs have low storage and the previous government had developed infrastructure even to pump back water into Sriramsagar project which now has water only half its capacity. Mr. Jeevan Reddy reminded that the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) had given a free hand to the State government to take a decision on water lifting from Kaleshwaram barrages.
Turning to Medigadda barrage, he said even going by the Congress account of ₹1 lakh crore spent on Kaleshwaram project, the barrage value would be ₹4,000 crore and that of the seventh block would come to ₹600 crore. The damaged portion would cost only ₹200 crore and the government could have brought it back into use by sparing the amount and avoided drought conditions.
Published - September 27, 2026 08:22 pm IST
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