US EditionKCR Faces Commission Over Kaleshwaram Project Controversies
- K Chandrashekhar Rao is set to appear in Hyderabad to give testimony to the PC Ghose Commission regarding alleged irregularities in the Kaleshwaram project.
- The commission, formed in March 2024 after structural damage reports, investigates planning, design, and execution issues in the irrigation project.
- Previously, former irrigation minister Harish Rao and BJP MP Eatala Rajender gave statements, with Rao defending changes in project location and costs.
- The project is funded at over Rs 1 lakh crore and faces concerns from the National Dam Safety Authority labeling it a potential major man-made disaster.
- KCR’s testimony and the commission’s findings could influence political dynamics as BRS plans a significant rally amid internal party tensions.
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‘Truth will come out’ – KTR after former chief minister KCR appears before Kaleshwaram commission
Former Telangana CM KCR appeared before the PC Ghosh Commission investigating alleged Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) irregularities. Son KTR defends KCR, calling it a smear campaign by Congress & BJP. The commission is reviewing the NDSA report citing design & construction flaws in the KLIP barrages after a pillar sank in Oct 2023, causing flooding. Key leaders have testified.
KCR Faces Commission Over Kaleshwaram Project Controversies
KCR Faces Commission Over Kaleshwaram Project Controversies In a notable development, BRS president and former Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao, is set to present himself before a judicial commission on June 11. The commission is investigating purported irregularities associated with the expansive Kaleshwaram irrigation project, constructed during the previous BRS administration.Sources from the BRS confirmed that Rao, often refe…
Kaleshwaram Project case: Harish Rao appears before Ghose Commission
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao arrived at the BRKR Bhavan on Monday, June 9 to appear before the PC Ghose Commission in connection with the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project case. Before leaving for the Telangana Bhavan, Rao addressed the media and said, “We are not in power now, but we will provide all available information to the commission.” The former finance minister of Telangana further said that he was fully pr…
ACB registers Disproportionate Assets case against former Kaleshwaram EE Nune Sridhar and raids 12 locations in Telagnana state
HYDERABAD, JUNE 11, 2025: Sleuths of the Anti-Corruption Bureau have registered a disproportionate assets case against former Executive Engineer Nune Sridhar, who worked for the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project, in connection with alleged irregularities in the execution of KLIP, and the officials were taking all measures to arrest the official. Sources said that the ACB officials have conducted simultaneous raids at 12 locations in the entire…
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