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BRS delivered Kaleshwaram, Congress’ Pranahita-Chevella remained on paper
BRS delivered Kaleshwaram, Congress’ Pranahita-Chevella remained on paper
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…
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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.
The Indian Opinion
Telangana Today's comparison of two irrigation projects conveniently ignores the full picture. The Congress DPRs were indeed vague, but Kaleshwaram's execution has come at a staggering cost and with environmental costs that are still being tallied. Both parties have used irrigation as a vote-getter, not a water-delivery system. The real test is not who built faster, but whether the water actually reaches tail-end farmers in a drought year. What is the per-acre cost of irrigation from Kaleshwaram, and who is paying for it?
Source: telanganatoday.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
