A three-day march puts Yadadri’s unfinished water projects back on the road

The CPI(M) began a three-day padayatra in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district on Sunday, August 30, demanding funds and completion of pending irrigation and drinking-water projects and asking the Telangana government to make a clear statement on the district’s water infrastructure.

The march was launched at Dr B.R. Ambedkar crossroads in Bhuvanagiri by former MLC Cherupalli Sitaramulu and CPI(M) central committee member S. Veeraiah. The party said the padayatra would press a set of demands connected with unfinished projects and would build toward a larger agitation if the government did not respond.

Speakers used sharp political language, alleging that the government was more interested in commissions than in completing irrigation works. Those accusations are party claims and are not established as fact by the rally. What can be checked independently is the status of each named project: administrative approval, revised cost, funds released, land acquired, work completed and the water actually delivered.

That project-by-project accounting is where the debate should move. CPI(M) leaders said older schemes that could once have been completed at far lower cost had become much more expensive after years of delay. They also argued that a large share of the district’s cultivable land remained without dependable irrigation and called for the Assembly to discuss their nine demands.

The speakers further linked irrigation concerns with the condition of the Musi and proposals for river-linking. These are broader policy positions, not decisions announced by the government on Sunday.

For farmers and villages, the useful question is simpler than the political rhetoric: which pending works have money, which do not, and what is the completion date? A public dashboard showing physical and financial progress would allow residents to judge both the opposition’s allegations and the government’s response.

The three-day format gives the party time to move the issue through affected areas rather than confining it to a single press conference. It also means statements made during the march should be distinguished from verified engineering facts. Acreage and cost claims need to be matched against departmental records before they are treated as settled numbers.

No new irrigation sanction was reported at the launch. The Sunday event was the beginning of a political mobilisation around existing water demands.

That makes transparency the strongest answer available. If projects are progressing, the government can show milestones and expenditure. If they are stalled, it can state the bottleneck. Either way, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri residents should not have to choose between competing speeches to know whether a canal, reservoir or drinking-water work is actually moving.