Telangana Rakshana Sena (TRS) president K. Kavitha accused the persons at the helm in the Congress dispensation of playing politics over Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) instead of addressing farmers’ irrigation needs.

Speaking to the media after visiting fields with withered crops at Maqdumpur village near Karimnagar on Monday (October 19, 2026), she attributed the damage to a lack of irrigation water.

“Regardless whether the Kaleshwaram project has failed or passed, is it not the government’s responsibility to help farmers? Constructing a small cofferdam across the Pranahita river could stabilise irrigation across 35 lakh to 40 lakh acres,” she said.

She urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to take immediate steps to protect farmers’ interests and alleged that no government official had visited the village to assess the crop damage.

Ms. Kavitha demanded a 24-hour power supply for agriculture, the lifting of water for irrigation and a statewide assessment of crop damage.