Cong: Probe fin panel findings on projects

Hyderabad: Former Congress minister Mohammed Ali Shabbir on Tuesday demanded a high-level probe into the observations made by the 15th Finance Commission on Telangana government in its report submitted to Parliament last week.

Shabbir Ali said the Finance Commission has talked about financial irregularities and made serious comments on various projects, including Kaleshwaram. “It vindicated the stand of Congress that Kaleshwaram is not a financially viable project and it would not benefit the farmers,” he said.

Shabbir Ali said the commission has also observed that the “huge investments made in irrigation have not yet resulted in commensurate returns in terms of crop yield improvements.” The central government should order a probe into irrigation projects and also irregular accounting, he demanded.