Kaleshwaram row intensifies as Congress, BRS trade charges over lifting floodwaters amid dry spell

The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme has become a focal point of political conflict in Telangana between the ruling Congress party and the opposition BRS. While the BRS accuses the government of failing to utilize floodwaters during a drought, the Congress cites structural defects in the barrages as the primary reason for the project's operational limitations.
The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) remained at the centre of Telangana’s political discourse through out the previous week and on Monday (July 13, 2026), with the ruling Congress and the Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) stepping up their campaign over the utilisation of Godavari waters amid a prolonged dry spell.
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