Archive · 8 Aug 2025
Ghose Commission: Kaleshwaram Project Financial Misdeeds Exposed
A special group looked into a big water project and found that the company building it, along with others, got too much money.
They were paid extra and given benefits they shouldn't have received.
Because of this, the project cost went up a lot.
The group also looked at how the project got loans and how the money was used.
It found that some money was used for things other than the project, which meant the state will have to pay back a lot of money with interest.
The group wants a closer look at how these payments were made.
Ghose Commission report reveals financial misdeeds in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
The report highlights excess payments and undue benefits to contractors, including L&T.
Price adjustment clauses led to an avoidable payment of Rs. 1,342.48 crore.
Excess payments to contractors, including L&T, totaled Rs. 612.51 crore.
The project's cost escalated from Rs 38,500 crore to over Rs 1,10,248.48 crore.
- Who
- PC Ghose Commission, contractors including L&T, KIPCL, and the State government.
- What
- Ghose Commission report on financial irregularities in the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project.
- When
- Report submitted recently; financial data up to March 2022 and September 2024.
- Where
- Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, including Medigadda barrage.
- Why
- To investigate corruption and irregularities in the construction of the Kaleshwaram project.
- Project
- Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP)
- Commission
- PC Ghose Commission
- Excess Payments
- Rs. 612.51 crore
- Price Escalation
- Rs. 1,342.48 crore
- Project Cost Increase
- Rs 38,500 crore to over Rs 1,10,248.48 crore
- Off-Budget Borrowings
- Rs. 87,449.15 crore