Hyderabad, March 6 -- The Telangana government on Thursday, March 5, defended the Ghose Commission report on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in the High Court.

Representing the state government Advocate General A Sudershan Reddy and senior counsel S Niranjan Reddy stated that the commission highlighted the irregularities in the project.

A division bench comprising Chief Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh and Justice GM Mohiuddin was hearing a petition filed by Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao, senior IAS officer Smita Sabharwal and former IAS officer S.K. Joshi challenging the commission's report and seeking orders to prevent the government from taking coercive action against them.

Counsel Niranjan Reddy argued that the Ghose...