Telangana CM orders CBI probe into irregularities in Kaleshwaram project

The chief minister made an announcement to this effect while replying to a marathon debate over the report of the judicial commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghosh in the assembly that went on till the early hours of Monday.

A senior official in the chief minister’s office said the state government would soon issue an order reviving the general consent to be given to the CBI for investigating the cases in the state. The general consent to the CBI was withdrawn on August 30, 2022 by the then Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government headed by then chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao which barred the CBI from probing the cases in the state.

The Ghose Commission that probed the alleged irregularities, misuse of public funds and corruption in the construction of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages in the Kaleshwaram project submitted its report to the government on July 31 and it was tabled in the state assembly on Sunday.