CM releases book on Kaleshwaram Project

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao said that it was laudable that the way Kaleswaram Project was completed in three years record time and reached the stage to supply water to the farming community in the state and other details were compiled and put at one place for the posterity and for the benefit of History.

The Chief Minister released a book "Kaleswaram project: Telangana Pragathi Ratham (Kaleswaram project: The Telangana Development Chariot) here at Pragati Bhavan on Thursday was written by CM OSD (Irrigation) Sridhar Deshpande.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Minister congratulated Sridhar Deshpande for compiling the entire history and comprehensive information about the Kaleswaram project in his book with a view to present it to the future generations.

Sridhar Deshpande has compiled in his book about the commitment and dedication of the CM and how he (the CM) did the research himself more than an engineer using Google Earth Tools and the statistics given by the Central Water Commission on Godavari river flow.

Poet and writer Juluri Gowrishankar and Kaleswaram E-in-C Venkateswarlu and others participated.