Senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former MP G. Vinod Kumar has taken strong exception to the PC Ghose Commission for blaming former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for the irregularities and illegalities in the execution of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP), stating that KCR and his Cabinet members had been deprived of the opportunity to present his arguments before the Commission.
Citing Section 8C of the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952, which gives the right of cross-examination and representation by a legal practitioner, Mr. Rao said that the former Chief Minister KCR or the then Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao had not been allowed to present their arguments to place the facts before the Commission.
With regard to the Commission’s observations that Medigadda was constructed against the advice of the Expert Committee constituted in January 2015, Mr. Vinod Kumar said that the advice was given in the initial report. “But to compensate for that, it was decided to construct Annaram and Sundilla upstream barrages across the Godavari River as part of the project, as they would supplement the water needs of the KLIP,” he claimed.
Published – August 04, 2025 09:52 pm IST
