Congress MP and former TPCC president N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday demanded that Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao respond to the Centre’s stand that the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was not eligible to get National Project status as there was no investment clearance for it from the Centre.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, he said Chief Minister cannot remain silent. KCR was always hesitant to answer real questions on the exact capital cost, operational cost, cost-benefit ratio, viability and justification of taking high-cost loans, he said.
“By redesigning the original Pranahita-Chevella Project to Kaleshwaram cost was more than doubled to over ₹1 lakh crore. It was built not to bring water to farmers but to fill the pockets of the KCR family,” he alleged.
