Govt. making people suffer drought despite having options to avoid it: BRS

General secretary of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) and former Minister T. Jeevan Reddy alleged that the Congress government has failed to take up even small repairs on the three Kaleshwaram Project barrages to lift back water and meet the irrigation and drinking water needs in the El Nino impacted year.

Farmers and general public are suffering shortage of water for irrigation and domestic needs, despite the government having an opportunity to provide them water by lifting it from Kaleshwaram barrages by taking up minor repairs. More than 1,100 tmc ft of water went into the sea as surplus.