Uttam: KCR Directly Accountable for Kaleshwaram Failure

IRRIGATION Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday said that the collapse of the Medigadda barrage under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme resulted in Telangana facing "the biggest man-made and financial disaster in independent India" as key civil work assets have remained unusable for nearly two years and the state is saddled with costs that he said were avoidable and unsupported by sound engineering or administrative discipline.

- EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE @ Hyderabad

Opening the debate on the Justice PC Ghose Commission of Inquiry report in the Assembly, he alleged that the previous BRS government ignored expert warnings and altered designs without approvals, which led to a rapid collapse of core structures that had been projected as a flagship of Telangana's irrigation push.