BRS hits out at double standards of NDSA to victimise Telangana ryots
BRS leader B. Vinod Kumar has criticized the central and state governments for their handling of Telangana's irrigation projects and the National Dam Safety Authority's oversight. He alleges political bias in the investigation of dam damages compared to other major projects like Polavaram.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights ongoing political tensions regarding water management and infrastructure accountability between regional and central governments in India.
Senior leader of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and three-time former MP B. Vinod Kumar accused the Congress and BJP-led NDA governments in the State and at the Centre, respectively, of conspiring against the farming community of Telangana with political vengeance on BRS and said that was the reason why water from Kannepally pumphouse was not lifted in the name of NDSA report.
He also accused the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) of adopting double standards in case of Polavaram and Kaleshwaram projects since it had not completed the investigation/study into the damages suffered by Polavaram project in the regimes of both N. Chandrababu Naidu in the past and now and also during the Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy rule in between.
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