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Time of India
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
KLIS probe: PC Ghose commission seeks cabinet approval details from state govt
HYDERABAD: Justice PC Ghose commission has asked the state govt to furnish additional information pertaining to cabinet approvals for the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). The one-man commission, which is probing the sinking of piers at Medigadda and damages to the Annaram and Sundilla barrages under KLIS, cross-examined former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and former ministers T Harish Rao and Eatala Rajender. Following their depositions, the commission reportedly wrote a letter to the irrigation department on June 13, requesting further details, if any. Sources said the commission sought cabinet approvals and other details after KCR, Harish Rao and Eatala stated during their cross-examination that all the decisions — including shifting of project source from Thummidihatti to Medigadda, cost revisions, approvals for Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages, and creation of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Corporation — had cabinet approvals. The previous BRS govt had constituted a cabinetsub-committee led by former minister T Harish Rao, with Eatala Rajender and Tummala Nageshwara Rao as members. The cabinet subcommittee had reportedly recommended the decisions based on the suggestions from a high-level expert committee on the irrigation project. However, Tummala, who is currently a minister in the current Congress govt, claimed that although he was a member of the sub-committee, many issues were never discussed in the meeting and were instead approved solely by KCR. 'The commission only asked for any additional information pertaining to the project, not exactly cabinet decisions. These were provided by irrigation secretary on same day ,' sources told TOI .
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
K Chandrasekhar Rao faces Medigadda barrage probe: First ex-CM to depose before judicial commission; in-camera hearing held due to health
K Chandrasekar Rao HYDERABAD: BRS president and ex-CM K Chandrasekhar Rao appeared before Justice (Retd) Pinaki Chandra Ghose's one-man commission of inquiry on Wednesday. The commission summoned him as part of the ongoing probe into the sinking of some piers of Block 7 of Medigadda and damages in Annaram and Sundilla barrages, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS). KCR is the first ex-CM to appear before any judicial commission of inquiry both in Telangana and in erstwhile AP. He was asked to depose before the commission as the Kaleshwaram project was constructed during the BRS rule and KCR was CM. The commission allowed an in-camera examination of KCR as he said he was unwell and didn't want people around him. PC Ghose accepted his request and conducted the in-camera hearing. The commission reportedly asked him about issues such as the shifting of the Kaleshwaram project's main source from Thummdihatti to Medigadda, cabinet approvals for every decision taken by the govt pertaining to Kaleshwaram, storing the water to the full capacity of barrages and other issues. Judge Ghose also asked him about floating a special purpose vehicle (SPV), Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Corporation, to raise loans for the project, etc. Meanwhile, hundreds of BRS leaders and party workers came to BRKR Bhavan, where the commission's office is located. Former ministers T Harish Rao, Vemula Prashant Reddy, Mohd Mahmood Ali , MPs Vaddiraju Ravichandra, Joginapally Santosh Kumar, and others accompanied KCR to the commission.
