Telangana Retired Engineers Association (TREA) has condemned the remarks made by Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president and MP A. Revanth Reddy against Adviser to the State government on Lift Irrigation project K. Penta Reddy, stating that he is an authority on hydel power projects, execution of which is akin to lift irrigation projects.
Stating that there was no other engineer with such an experience and expertise in the execution of hydel projects, president of the association G. Damodar Reddy and general secretary M. Shyam Prasad Reddy said on Monday that his entire service was linked to hydel projects and his expertise had come handy in the execution of lift irrigation projects.
They said it was under his leadership that the first largest pumping station of South Asia, that of Alimineti Madhava Reddy Lift Irrigation Project, was executed. Based on its success, several other lift irrigation schemes/projects were planned and executed in Telangana.
