
Telangana state has been established in 2014. In order to address this grim situation and make the project viable, substantial changes through an independent review are required. A considerable period of time will be needed to complete these repairs, assuming that they are in repairable condition at all. The cost of recovering and restoring these pumping stations with required repairs may run into thousands of crores. The project is not fully completed, but now these massive pumping stations which are supposed to deliver water are submerged. More worryingly, loans for the project were apparently raised at hight interest rates, which is the norm with commercial loans. So far, Telangana has spent Rs 1,20,000 crore (roughly $15 billion), according to various media reports and government reports.

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Kaleshwaram is a pet project of Rao’s, pursued at great speed while knowing full well that it is going to be the most expensive project ever to be undertaken in India. It is an attempt to divert attention from the serious issue of flooding at the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project. Indeed, such comments from the head of the state seems somewhat bizarre and even desperate. There are reports that these cloudbursts are a conspiracy by foreign sources.” This is what happened in the Godavari region which caused the flood.

Chandrasekhara Rao said, “There is this a new phenomenon called cloudburst. The chief minister of Telangana has made a wild statement that the floods in Bhadrachalam, an important temple town in the state, are the outcome of a “foreign conspiracy”.ĭuring his visit to the inundated town, chief minister K.
