“It is not just the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project’s Medigadda Barrage and other barrages that are in danger. Even the earlier Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar dams have serious maintenance issues causing potential danger to their stability if repairs are not addressed immediately, as per the recent reports of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA),” warned chairman of the Centre’s Task Force on Interlinking of Rivers and adviser to the Union Ministry of Water Resources (Jal Shakti) Sriram Vedire on Thursday.
Making a power point presentation at a press conference to explain about the ‘failures’ of Congress (previous and now) and the BRS Governments in handling the various irrigation projects across the Krishna and Godavari Rivers, he asserted that only the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) alone can solve the contentious water sharing issues between both the Telugu States and ensure maintenance work to the dams.
