KLIS panel could call KCR
Justice Pinaki Ghose begins judicial probe into alleged embezzlement NDSA REPORT SOON, REPAIRS WILL BE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS
Former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao could well find himself summoned by the judicial commission probing into the lapses and corruption in the construction of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme (KLIS).
Rao has claimed several times that the Kaleshwaram scheme is his brainchild and that he had designed it.
The government had set up the commission, headed by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose, a former Supreme Court judge and former Lok Pal, to conduct an inquiry into allegations of irregularities and embezzlement of public funds through corrupt practices in construction of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages and reservoirs of the scheme. The commission began its work on Thursday.
A portion of the Medigadda barrage sank in October last year while leaks from under the foundations were discovered at the Annaram and Sundilla barrages, raising
Repairs to Medigadda barrage, along with those for Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram project might get underway soon, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Thursday.
He said the irrigation department expected to receive an interim report in four or five days from the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) and the government would initiation based on what its recommendation. “We hope we can do something before the monsoon to repair the Medigadda barrage. Anything that needs to be done, will depend on what the NDSA says,” he told reporters.
He was speaking with reporters after meeting Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose heading the judicial probe into irregularities in designing, planning, and construction of the Kaleshwaram scheme.
The material should in the form of a notarised sworn affidavit.
In a public notice on Thursday, irrigation and command area development department’s secretary Rahul Bojja, said all such submissions must be placed inside a sealed cover and deposited in a drop box set up in the peshi of the commission on the 8th floor of the BRK Bhavan on Tank Bund Road.