Overview
- BRS leaders have escalated protests and public offers to take responsibility for running the Kannepalli pump house, arguing that large Godavari flows can be lifted and stored to protect crops and Hyderabad’s water supply.
- The state government says National Dam Safety Authority reports show geotechnical and structural damage at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages and that pumping will resume only after full rehabilitation and expert clearance.
- On Tuesday the government made a detailed presentation to party legislators explaining that gates at key barrages must remain open to avoid further damage and proposing alternative repair work and a Tummidihatti option.
- Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has invited BRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao to a formal Assembly debate, labelled past project leaders as responsible for financial and technical lapses, and ordered judicial and CBI inquiries into the scheme.
- Farmers face immediate risks from El Niño–linked rain deficits as local leaders warn of failed sowing and drying tanks, and the dispute raises the near-term prospect of lost flood inflows, delayed reservoir storage and heightened political mobilization.