Revanth challenges KCR for debate on Kaleshwaram, El Niño and Godavari waters in the special Assembly session

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy challenged BRS president and former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao to participate in a two-day discussion in the Assembly in December on the Kaleshwaram project, Godavari waters and the anticipated El Niño impact.

Interacting with progressive farmers and agricultural scientists after inaugurating the Mega Rythu Mela and Industrial Expo at Hakimpet village in Dudyala mandal of Vikarabad district, Mr. Reddy appealed to Assembly Speaker Gaddam Prasad Kumar to allow the discussion and said Mr. Rao and his family members should attend so that the facts surrounding the irrigation projects and their implementation could be brought out.

Accusing the previous BRS government of failing to complete even one major irrigation project in undivided Mahabubnagar district during its 10-year tenure, he said people had expected the completion of the Kalwakurthy, Bhima, Nettampadu, Koilsagar and Makthal-Narayanpet-Kodangal lift irrigation projects. Had the Congress formed the government in 2014, these projects would have been completed and the aspirations of the region’s people fulfilled, he claimed.