<p>Hyderabad: The Justice PC Ghose Commission, appointed by the Congress government to investigate alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project by the previous BRS government, submitted its report on Thursday. </p><p>Justice Ghose presented the 650-page sealed report, comprising three volumes, to State Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja, who will now forward it to the cabinet for review.</p><p><strong>115 witnesses examined</strong></p><p>The one-man commission was constituted in March 2024 with an initial two-month term but it received seven extensions before concluding its work on Thursday. During its extensive proceedings, the commission examined 115 witnesses, including former Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao questioned on camera at his request.</p>.KCR appears before judicial panel probing Kaleshwaram project 'irregularities' .<p><strong>Who all appeared before commission?</strong></p><p>Other prominent figures who appeared before the commission included former Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao, former minister and current BJP MP Etala Rajendar, Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao among several senior bureaucrats, and other engineers (both currently working and former) from the irrigation department.</p><p>After submitting the report, Justice Ghose emphasised that it is now up to the state government to open the report and reveal its contents to the public. He confirmed that with the report's submission, the commission's work was complete.</p><p>Rahul Bojja said that the report would be delivered to the government in the same sealed condition as received from the commission.</p><p><strong>More details you need to know</strong></p><p>The government appointed the PC Ghose judicial commission to investigate allegations of large-scale irregularities in the construction of the previous BRS government's Rs 1 lakh crore Kaleshwaram irrigation project. These alleged widespread corruption charges became one of Congress's major campaign narratives during the 2023 assembly polls, which saw the party overthrow the 10-year BRS regime and secure power for the first time in Telangana.</p><p>The judicial commission studied the Kaleshwaram project's three barrages at Medigadda, Sundilla, and Annaram. The partial collapse of the Medigadda barrage just before the 2023 assembly polls prompted the Congress government to order this probe after coming to power. The Vigilance and Enforcement department has already submitted its separate report to the government on the partial collapse of the Medigadda barrage.</p><p>The next course of action by the Revanth Reddy government regarding the PC Ghose commission report remains to be seen.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: The Justice PC Ghose Commission, appointed by the Congress government to investigate alleged irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project by the previous BRS government, submitted its report on Thursday. </p><p>Justice Ghose presented the 650-page sealed report, comprising three volumes, to State Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja, who will now forward it to the cabinet for review.</p><p><strong>115 witnesses examined</strong></p><p>The one-man commission was constituted in March 2024 with an initial two-month term but it received seven extensions before concluding its work on Thursday. During its extensive proceedings, the commission examined 115 witnesses, including former Chief Minister and BRS supremo K Chandrashekar Rao questioned on camera at his request.</p>.KCR appears before judicial panel probing Kaleshwaram project 'irregularities' .<p><strong>Who all appeared before commission?</strong></p><p>Other prominent figures who appeared before the commission included former Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao, former minister and current BJP MP Etala Rajendar, Chief Secretary K Ramakrishna Rao among several senior bureaucrats, and other engineers (both currently working and former) from the irrigation department.</p><p>After submitting the report, Justice Ghose emphasised that it is now up to the state government to open the report and reveal its contents to the public. He confirmed that with the report's submission, the commission's work was complete.</p><p>Rahul Bojja said that the report would be delivered to the government in the same sealed condition as received from the commission.</p><p><strong>More details you need to know</strong></p><p>The government appointed the PC Ghose judicial commission to investigate allegations of large-scale irregularities in the construction of the previous BRS government's Rs 1 lakh crore Kaleshwaram irrigation project. These alleged widespread corruption charges became one of Congress's major campaign narratives during the 2023 assembly polls, which saw the party overthrow the 10-year BRS regime and secure power for the first time in Telangana.</p><p>The judicial commission studied the Kaleshwaram project's three barrages at Medigadda, Sundilla, and Annaram. The partial collapse of the Medigadda barrage just before the 2023 assembly polls prompted the Congress government to order this probe after coming to power. The Vigilance and Enforcement department has already submitted its separate report to the government on the partial collapse of the Medigadda barrage.</p><p>The next course of action by the Revanth Reddy government regarding the PC Ghose commission report remains to be seen.</p>