Hyderabad, Nov 4 (Hydnow): The Telangana congress wrote a letter to the president of India, Draupadi Murmu demanding a CBI probe into the collapse of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and safeguarding people in the Godavari catchment.
In a letter to President Murmu, the party leaders brought to her notice the recent sinking of the piers of Medigadda and water leakage from the Annaram barrage under the project.
The Congress leaders said that the six-member committee led by a member of (the Disaster & Resilience), National Dam Safety Authority, also found technical deficiencies in the construction of the Medigadda barrage in a recent field study. The leaders said the project barrages were built with loans from public sector banks, and public funding agencies such as the Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), Power Finance Corporation (PFC), NABARD to the Kaleshwaram Corporation, registered under the Companies Act.
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The party pointed out that the illegality needs to be inquired about by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Serious Fraud Investigation Organization (SFIO), National Dam Safety Authority, and Enforcement Directorate (ED), The party demanded the President also Governor Dr. Tamilisai Soundara Rajan to direct the Centre to oversee the repairs and safety of the three Kaleshwaram barrages to avoid human and property loss due to sudden damage to barrages and sudden release of water and also direct investigation by the CBI as the loan money involved to the tune of Rs. 80,000 crore was procured from the Central government lending agencies and public sector banks. (Hydnow)
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