# BRS delivered Kaleshwaram, Congress’ Pranahita-Chevella remained on paper 2026-08-08T20:03:24+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Telangana Today reports that the Congress government's 2010 Pranahita-Chevella scheme promised to irrigate 16, 20 lakh acres by lifting 160 TMC of water from the Pranahita River, but the detailed project report lacked reservoir capacities, cost estimates, land acquisition, and fund allocation. In contrast, the BRS government under K Chandrashekar Rao redesigned it into the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme and executed it on the ground. The article criticises the Congress plan as a political promise that never delivered water to farmers, while BRS completed actual infrastructure. The analysis used an AI dialogue to expose gaps in the Congress DPR. ## Coverage - telanganatoday.com Tags: BRS, Congress, Irrigation, Kaleshwaram, Pranahita-Chevella, Telangana Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/brs-delivered-kaleshwaram-congress-pranahita-chevella-remained-on-paper/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/brs-delivered-kaleshwaram-congress-pranahita-chevella-remained-on-paper/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.