What is the Rs 1 Lakh Crore Kaleshwaram project & why has it become a political flashpoint?

The over Rs 1 lakh crore-Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project — one of the showpiece projects of the K. Chandrashekar Rao-led BRS government in Telangana — has become a hot button political issue after sinking of six piers of one of the three barrages at Medigadda village in Karimnagar district last month, just four years after it was commissioned. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read Moushumi Das Gupta's article here : https://theprint.in/india/centre-blam... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive content, special privileges & more – Subscribe to ThePrint for Special benefits: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with ThePrint » Subscribe to ThePrint: https://theprint.in/subscribe/ » Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/3nCMpht » Like us on Facebook:   / theprintindia   » Tweet us on Twitter:   / theprintindia   » Follow us on Instagram:   / theprintindia   » Find us on LinkedIn :   / theprint   » Subscribe to ThePrint on Telegram: https://t.me/ThePrintIndia » Find us on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2NMVlnB » Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pEOta8