Overview
- At a Kosgi event for newly elected sarpanches, the Chief Minister vowed to block KCR’s return, issued an electoral challenge for 2029, and urged the Opposition to debate irrigation and other issues in the upcoming Assembly session.
- Revanth Reddy announced special grants of ₹5 lakh for smaller villages and ₹10 lakh for major gram panchayats to be released directly to sarpanches from the Chief Minister’s fund.
- BRS leaders K.T. Rama Rao and T. Harish Rao accused the government of stalling the Palamuru–Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme and cited Rajendra Singh’s inspections to allege deliberate blasting of check dams, demanding a People’s Enquiry Commission.
- Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said PRLIS is only about 35% complete, claimed the previous government did not secure required water allocations, and asserted the Congress spent ₹7,000 crore and installed 11 pumps in two years.
- With panchayats reporting cash crunches for sanitation and basic services, Union minister Bandi Sanjay warned of a protest in Hyderabad if pending local body funds are not released within a month.