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The ruling Congress enactment has outrightly rejected the allegations made by Bharat Rashra Samithi (BRS) president and erstwhile Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (KCR) regarding the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Project (PRLIP), stating that KCR is lowering himself with his claims conscionable to prevention his party, which is losing crushed with each election.
Responding to KCR’s claims astatine a property league held astatine Gandhi Bhavan successful Hyderabad connected Monday (December 22, 2025), Ministers Jupally Krishna Rao, Ponnam Prabhakar, and Vakiti Srihari said that helium tried to regain popularity with mendacious statements astir the task to screen up his wrongdoings during BRS regime. They urged him to statement these issues during Assembly session.
Mr. Krishna Rao said, “KCR dedicated the project to the federation up of elections by simply switching connected a motor. However, determination was nary authorisation for the canals, and the NGT imposed a punishment of ₹400 crore too booking a transgression lawsuit against the Chief Engineer of the task arsenic determination was nary biology clearance.” He added that the KCR government had besides submitted an affidavit successful the Supreme Court stating that they would usage the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy task h2o for drinking purposes only.
The Minister further refuted KCR’s claims astir the instrumentality of the Detailed Project Report (DPR), stating that it was so returned successful April 2023.
Accusing the BRS of supporting the BJP-led Central government, Mr. Krishna Rao said that KCR lacked interest for the Palamuru region. He added that astir 7 lakh acres received irrigation owed to the efforts of the erstwhile Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy government. “The KCR authorities spent a specified ₹3,000 to ₹4,000 crore connected these pending projects,” helium said, questioning wherefore the BRS had not completed the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy task contempt borrowing ₹8.50 lakh crore during its tenure.
Meanwhile, Minister Ponnam Prabhakar powerfully objected to the connection utilized by KCR during his property conscionable and suggested that helium be the Assembly league to substantiate his claims.
