Hyderabad: BRS MLA Harish Rao on Friday lashed out at the Congress government’s plan to build the Pranahita–Chevella project at huge cost. He said the state wanted to spend ₹35,000 crore only for the Thammidihatti–Yellampalli stretch.
Rao noted that the Medigadda–Mallannasagar project had cost ₹84,000 crore in total. By contrast, Congress planned to spend almost half that amount for water to just 4.47 lakh acres.
Harish Rao slams Pranahita Chevella project cost and design
He explained that Kaleshwaram used 240 TMC of water to irrigate 37 lakh acres. Pranahita–Chevella, he said, would use only 80 TMC to irrigate far less land.
Rao argued that Congress engineers planned to spend one-third of the Kaleshwaram cost without irrigating even one-tenth of the land. He mocked the plan as “a great and unique thought” of the Congress.
Posting on social media, he said this wasteful design proved the government’s poor engineering skills. He asked whether this was the “real change” promised by Congress.
మేడిగడ్డ టు మల్లన్న సాగర్ – మొత్తం ప్రాజెక్ట్ ఖర్చు రూ. 84,000 కోట్లు అయితే.. జస్ట్ తమ్మిడి హెట్టి టు ఎల్లంపల్లి కి రూ. 35,000 వేల కోట్లట!
కాళేశ్వరం పథకంతో 37 లక్షల ఎకరాల ఆయకట్టుకు నీళ్ళు ఇవ్వాలనేది లక్ష్యం అయితే, ప్రాణహిత- చేవెళ్ల ప్రాజెక్టుతో కేవలం 4.47 లక్షల ఎకరాలకే సాగు…
— Harish Rao Thanneeru (@BRSHarish) September 19, 2025
