Telangana Forms Expert Panel to Examine NDSA Report on Kaleshwaram Barrages

Hyderabad: The Telangana government has set up a committee of five top irrigation officials to examine the National Dam Safety Authority report on Sundilla, Annaram and Medigadda barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme (KLIS) and submit proposals for safeguarding the barrages.

The committee will comprise the irrigation department’s engineers-in-chief, general and operations & and maintenance, chief engineers of Ramagundam, Central Designs Organisation, and quality control.

In a memo on April 30, the principal secretary, irrigation, Rahul Bojja, announcing the formation of the group, said it was “directed to examine the detailed (NDSA) report thoroughly.” Though no timeline has been set, the committee has been told to submit its proposals for taking “necessary measures to safeguard the structural integrity of the barrages and to protect lives and livelihood of dependent communities,” to the government for further action.

It may be recalled that the NDSA’s expert committee’s final report on the Kaleshwaram barrages was sent to the government on April 24.