Former Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao is very critical of the YCP government response to the heavy inflows in Krishna river over the past one week. Many days ago, Jagan Regime had information about far higher releases at Almatti and other projects in Karnataka. But it has not taken prior steps to regulate flood.

Devineni says that the Prakasam barrage gates were not lifted till the last minute. It was deliberately done by Jagan Circar which wants to ensure that Amaravati Capital City area and Chandrababu’s residence are submerged. The government wanted to cite this to show that Amaravati is not a viable place for Capital City.

Devineni says that the YCP government released flood at Prakasam barrage only after several localities and human habitations faced total submergence threat. Devineni says that the flood is man-made and it’s a criminal offence on the part of the YCP regime.