Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday stated that rehabilitation work on the Kaleshwaram Project barrages — Medigadda, Annaram and Sundialla — would be taken up soon with close coordination among technical institutions and design consultants.
At a review meeting held with officials of the department here, he instructed the officials to ensure that testing schedules of the Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) were closely aligned with the work of project designers, facilitating timely technical validation.
This synchronisation, he said, would enable phased design approvals by the National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) under the Central Water Commission (CWC), allowing rehabilitation work to progress swiftly and efficiently. He stated that a meeting with the NDSA expert committee would be held after February 16 and instructed the officials to prepare comprehensive technical proposals covering structural, hydraulic and remedial aspects.
The Minister told the engineers to proceed on a war footing to finalise designs, secure phased approvals and begin rehabilitation without delay. Safety and design integrity must not be compromised at any stage, he stressed.
