Kaleshwaram row intensifies as Congress, BRS trade charges over lifting floodwaters amid dry spell
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme has become a focal point of political conflict in Telangana between the ruling Congress party and the opposition BRS. While the BRS accuses the government of failing to utilize floodwaters during a drought, the Congress cites structural defects in the barrages as the primary reason for the project's operational limitations.
Why it matters
The dispute highlights critical infrastructure management challenges and the intersection of environmental crisis and political accountability in regional Indian governance.
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) remained at the centre of Telangana’s political discourse through out the previous week and on Monday (July 13, 2026), with the ruling Congress and the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) stepping up their campaign over the utilisation of Godavari waters amid a prolonged dry spell.
Both the BRS and the Congress organised two different events blaming each other over the non-utilisation of water at Kaleshwaram Scheme despite water being available in abundance. The BRS chose a blood donation camp while the Congress countered it with a powerpoint presentation on how crores went down the drain damaging the key barrage of the entire project.
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