Overview

• During a 40-minute session on June 9, Harish Rao presented reports from the Central Water Commission, WAPCOS and a committee of retired engineers to justify the site change.
• He explained that Maharashtra’s refusal to allow a 152-metre full reservoir level at Tummidihatti and ecological constraints rendered the original location unviable.
• Rao confirmed that the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project Corporation Limited was formed with full cabinet approval to secure loans and guarantee project funding.
• BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao denounced the inquiry as politically motivated; he urged recognition of the project’s role in irrigating over 20 lakh acres.
• With the commission’s term now extended to July 31, K. Chandrashekar Rao is scheduled to appear on June 11 to address further questions.