Overview
- At public events on January 16, the Telangana chief minister inaugurated the Sadarmat barrage and the Chanaka–Korata pump house and released water for rabi crops.
- He pledged to seek central sanction for an Adilabad airport and announced plans for a university at IIIT-Basar, an industrial corridor and a Tummidihatti barrage under the Pranahita–Chevella project.
- He said he meets the Prime Minister roughly every three months and Union ministers about every 10 days to obtain permissions and funds.
- He emphasized that approvals require cooperation from the Centre and Maharashtra and said his meetings carry no personal agenda.
- He launched the Congress municipal election campaign and accused the BRS of a decade of neglect on irrigation and failure to secure key projects.