The six-member experts team of the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) led by former Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC) J. Chandrashekhar Iyer has expressed dismay over the attitude of non-cooperation in sharing the required information by some of the engineers and officials, including those who retired from service, of the Kaleshwaram project.
After making a preliminary inspection and study of the sinking of piers in Medigadda Barrage and other damages such as washing away/displacement of cement-concrete blocks in the apron area, seepage and leakage of water in Annaram and Sundilla Barrages along with Medigadda on March 7 and 8, the team returned to Hyderabad and held a meeting.
All stakeholders involved in the investigation, hydrology, model studies, designs, construction, quality control and operation and maintenance of the three barrages since 2016 including those in service, transferred and retired were summoned for the meeting with the Engineer-in-Chief (General) G. Anil Kumar issuing an office memo on March 6 itself. However, sources stated that his predecessor C. Muralidhar and a few others skipped the meeting.
