The Telangana State government has decided to present complete facts about the Kaleshwaram project to the judicial commission headed by retired judge Justice P.C. Ghose before the end of this month.
The state Cabinet decided this in a meeting in Hyderabad yesterday. The meeting also discussed the questions raised by the judicial panel on how the previous government had given its approval to the project. Briefing the media after the ⁶Cabinet meeting, Revenue Minister P Srinivas Reddy said the Cabinet has resolved to go to any extent to protect the interests of the State in Godavari water allocation.
The State Cabinet, which met there on Monday, discussed in detail the communication from the judicial commission about the proceedings relating to the Kaleshwaram project, including the discussions in the then State Cabinet.
The meeting discussed the questions raised by the judicial panel on the manner in which the previous government had given its approval to the project, as also the report submitted by the Cabinet sub-committee in which Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao and BJP MP Eatala Rajender were members.
The Cabinet has criticised the main opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi for its attempts to cover up its misdeeds in permitting Andhra Pradesh to lift 400 tmcft of Godavari water through the Polavaram-Banakacherla project, harming the interests of Telangana. The BRS government, which accepted the lifting of 400 tmcft of Godavari water, was now trying to cast aspersions on the Congress government with political motives, the Cabinet felt, asserting its commitment to protect the share of Telangana in Godavari waters.