hyderabad
Adviser to Minister of Jal Shakti (MoJS) Sriram Vedire has faulted the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government for the failure of Medigadda Barrage of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). The survey, planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance are faulty as per the preliminary report of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA).
Lack of proper geo-physical investigation of the sub-surface strata of the river bed (Godavari) where Medigadda and two other barrages of Kaleshwarm project were constructed, before taking up execution of the project component, had led to the present position of sinking of some piers of the barrage and seepage and leakage problems at Annaram and Sundilla barrages, he said addressing a press conference here on Thursday.
