Overview

• Deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka laid the foundation stone for the ₹600 crore Jawahar Lift Irrigation Scheme to irrigate about 30,000 acres and warned that Andhra’s 11 TMC-a-day Pothireddypadu diversions could empty the Srisailam reservoir within 25 days.
• Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy reported that the J. Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme’s revised cost is ₹18,500 crore, with ₹14,168 crore spent and an urgent ₹4,331 crore needed to clear contractor dues and finish pending works.
• The Telangana cabinet approved a summary of the multi-hundred-page Ghose Commission report, which holds former CM K. Chandrashekar Rao solely responsible for design and construction failures on the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages.
• Contractors have been directed to cover defect‐rectification costs identified by the National Dam Safety Authority, while phased funds and land acquisition measures are being fast-tracked to complete critical lift schemes.
• BRS leaders have accused the Congress government of stalling Kaleshwaram operations and spotlighted a severe urea shortage for farmers, threatening statewide agitations over water and fertilizer access.