Ghose panel term extended till May-end
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Telangana Government on Tuesday (April 29, 2025) extended the term of the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) headed by Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose into the irregularities in the planning, design, construction, quality control, operation and maintenance of Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project by another one month — from May 1 to 31.
The orders to the effect were issued by Principal Secretary (Irrigation) Rahul Bojja on Tuesday. The State government had constituted the one-man commission on March 14, 2024 for a term of three months initially. The term of the Commission was later extended from time to time in June, August, November and December 2024 and also in February 2025.
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