Telangana would have weathered El Nino better but for BRS regime mistakes: Uttam Kumar Reddy
Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has blamed the previous BRS government for the state's inability to manage drought conditions caused by El Nino. He alleged that poor construction and design of the Kaleshwaram Project barrages, coupled with unfinished irrigation projects, exacerbated the current farming crisis.
Why it matters
This highlights ongoing political accountability disputes regarding infrastructure projects and disaster management in Indian state politics.
Telangana would have weathered El Nino better but for BRS regime mistakes: Uttam Kumar Reddy He says the finalisation of designs for rehabilitation of Kaleshwaram Barrages is in advanced stage HYDERABAD Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has alleged that the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) is using the drought conditions due to the El Nino phenomenon and its failure in the construction of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project. The misinformation campaign being run by former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, and former Ministers K.T. Rama Rao and Harish Rao would put even Joseph Goebbels to shame, Mr. Reddy said, addressing a press conference here on Saturday. Had the BRS government in the past completed Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Bhima, SLBC and Sita Rama projects, the problems of the farming community in the present drought conditions would have been lesser.
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