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Telangana Tables Ghose Report on Kaleshwaram as Assembly Debate Begins

Legislators opened discussion following findings that place accountability on K. Chandrashekhar Rao for irregularities in the project’s planning and execution.

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Overview

  • The 665-page report by Justice P.C. Ghose was placed before the Telangana Assembly, initiating a short discussion on its findings and recommendations.
  • The commission holds former chief minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao directly and vicariously accountable for lapses across planning, construction, completion, operation and maintenance of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages.
  • It details procedural and technical failures, including decisions bypassing Cabinet approvals, disregard of expert advice against Medigadda, and construction defects linked to the October 2023 sinking of Medigadda piers.
  • The report recommends legal action against several officials, recovery of Rs 677.67 lakh from WAPCOS, and holding contractors L&T, Afcons and Navayuga liable for defect-rectification costs.
  • KCR and former irrigation minister T. Harish Rao have petitioned the High Court to quash the report, and the court declined interim relief while ordering counter-affidavits and setting a new hearing timeline.