According to Minister Harish Rao, some people's hopes that the Kaleshwaram project will be harmed by the recent rains have been dashed. The Minister, while speaking to the members of the Legislative Assembly Council. announced that they will irrigate through the Kaleswaram project this month without spending a penny He asserted that they will water the crops in Yasangi without even one well drying up. Minister Harish Rao disagreed with the Union Ministers' criticism of Kaleswaram's excessive rate of interest on borrowings intended for the project. Harish Rao denied rumours that they had taken out higher-interest loans from private companies and said that they had only borrowed money from banks. The Minister made claims about how the project is helping farmers and producing surplus grains. According to Harish Rao, as agricultural productivity rises, jobs are becoming available for coolies coming from several districts of the state, and adjoining other states.
