Komatireddy blames BRS for Kaleshwaram collapse, demands apology in Assembly

Hyderabad: Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Sunday held the BRS government responsible for the collapse of the Kaleshwaram project, saying the structure fell apart during the party’s own tenure. Speaking during a short discussion in the Telangana Assembly on the Justice P.C. Ghose Commission report, he accused former Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and former Minister T. Harish Rao of rushing construction for commissions.

He said the project’s location and design decisions lacked technical foresight. “You built it in haste, and it collapsed under your watch,” Komatireddy said. He called on the opposition to stick to the subject of the commission report instead of attempting to divert the House with political theatrics.

Komatireddy: Kaleshwaram built for commissions, not irrigation

The Minister alleged that commissions, not engineering, guided the execution of Kaleshwaram. He said the BRS leaders ignored structural warnings and built the project in the wrong place with flawed planning. “You didn’t know where or how to build it,” he said, directly addressing Harish Rao.

Komatireddy demanded that former CM KCR apologise to the people of Telangana for what he called a “failed project built at public cost.” He also criticised KCR’s continued absence from the Assembly, calling it an insult to the people.

Harish Rao rejects Komatireddy claims, defends court move

Responding sharply, BRS MLA Harish Rao objected to Komatireddy’s allegations. He clarified that the party approached the court seeking to quash the Ghose Commission report, not to stop a debate in the Assembly.

He reminded the House that Komatireddy himself once praised Kaleshwaram as an engineering achievement. Harish Rao rejected the narrative that the project was built for personal gain and defended its purpose and design.