Summary:
more-inJoining the issue of corruption in the execution of irrigation projects with the Congress, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has asked whether it is ready for an open debate on it. “I am game for the open debate on corruption in the execution of irrigation projects,” TRS leader and minister in caretaker government T.
Harish Rao said here on Tuesday. Reacting to Congress leader S.
Jaipal Reddy’s allegations of corruption in irrigation projects, he said it was TRS that had done away with the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) system in irrigation projects. He pointed out that Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) reports had faulted the then Congress Government on the misuse (corruption) of funds in irrigation projects. It was Congress that had made irrigation project a goldmine for its leaders who had received huge kickbacks from the contractors, the TRS leader alleged..