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Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has accused the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) authorities of neglecting Palamuru-Ranga Reddy project and diverting the funds to Kaleshwaram and claimed that the BRS enactment was misleading the nationalist connected irrigation projects successful Palamuru, Nalgonda, and Khammam districts.
In an informal chat with property persons successful the Assembly premises connected Monday (December 29, 2025), Mr. Reddy said the BRS leaders were spreading mendacious propaganda astir injustice to Palamuru, Nalgonda, and Khammam.
“Even erstwhile BRS Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao’s claims person near their ain supporters embarrassed.” helium said adding that the Palamuru–Ranga Reddy task was primitively projected for 90 TMC — 45 TMC done insignificant irrigation and 45 TMC via Godavari diversion. “We are moving guardant with the aforesaid plan, based connected the GO they issued,” helium said.
Mr. Reddy alleged that BRS agreed to lone 7 TMC successful the Supreme Court and failed to implicit the task successful 10 years. “We volition implicit it and present h2o to Palamuru. Do not enforce your failures connected us,” helium asserted.
He besides criticised the hold pointing retired that it took 7 years conscionable to nonstop the Detailed Project Report (DPR) to the Centre. “By then, ₹21,000 crore had already been spent. Out of an estimated ₹65,000 crore, lone ₹27,000 crore was spent successful a decade. Land acquisition for canals volition necessitate ₹70,000 crore successful total. Claiming 80% completion aft spending lone 35% is shameful,” the Irrigation Minister noted.
Only ₹27,000 crore was spent connected Palamuru: Uttam
Pointing retired the lone ₹27,000 crore was spent connected Palamuru, ₹1 lakh crore was spent connected Kaleshwaram. “Why specified favoritism against Palamuru?” helium asked and highlighted however the Congress Government successful the conscionable 2 years spent ₹7,000 crore connected irrigation and installed 11 motors, compared to lone 1 pump nether BRS.
He charged that the past BRS authorities deliberately slowed down works and lamented that pending projects similar Nettampadu, Kalwakurthi, and Bhima stay incomplete. He pointed retired neglect of SLBC, which could person been completed with ₹2,000 crore, and nonaccomplishment to decorativeness Kalwakurthi contempt requiring lone ₹900 crore.
