CWPRS report on Kaleshwaram barrages exposes Cong-BJP conspiracy, claims BRS

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress governments in Telangana and at the center attempted to undermine the reputation of the state government's Kaleshwaram project barrages, particularly Annaram and Sundilla, according to the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). However, the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) report revealed no significant issues with these barrages and highlighted the potential to restore Medigadda barrage with repairs to its damaged piers using a cofferdam in the upstream.

Former BRS minister G. Jagadish Reddy stated that the state government could utilize Kannepalli pump house without storing water in Medigadda and pump it into Yellampally via upstream pump houses in Annaram and Sundilla barrages, benefiting numerous districts in Telangana during the El Nino year. Reddy also accused the Congress Government of permitting Andhra Pradesh to divert 140 tmc ft of water from the Krishna Basin to the Penna Basin during drought conditions, despite the Krishna Basin being in dire need of the water.

He emphasized that if the state government had released water from Srisailam to Nagarjunasagar for hydel generation, Nagarjunasagar would have been surplus by now, thanks to the water from Srisailam. This would have enabled the state government to supply water to the Left Canal irrigation areas, Reddy concluded.