Overview

• The government placed the 665-page report before the Assembly on Sunday, distributed it to members on pen drives, and opened a short discussion.
• The panel details procedural, financial and technical irregularities—including bypassed approvals, tenders before DPR/CWC clearances, poor quality control and the October 2023 Medigadda pier failure—with project costs rising to about ₹1.10 lakh crore and ₹87,449 crore in off‑budget borrowings.
• It assigns direct and vicarious accountability to former CM K. Chandrashekar Rao, faults then ministers and senior officials, and urges recoveries and contractor liability, including repair costs and ₹677.67 lakh paid to WAPCOS.
• Debate turned combative as Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said six pillars collapsed at Medigadda, a claim BRS members challenged by saying only two piers were found sagging.
• Next steps are unresolved: the government will decide actions after debate, BRS leaders’ petitions to quash the commission await High Court consideration without interim relief, and the Enforcement Directorate is reviewing the report alongside existing ECIRs against irrigation officers.