Hyderabad, June 5 -- Former Telangana Irrigation minister and BRS Deputy Floor Leader T Harish Rao has demanded chief minister A Revanth Reddy immediately withdraw the proposed Rythu DISCOM, alleging that the move could adversely affect lift irrigation projects and jeopardise Telangana's ability to fully utilise its share of Krishna and Godavari river waters.

In an open letter to the chief minister, Rao expressed concern over the government's increasing reliance on solar power for the agricultural sector.

He argued that since solar energy is available only during limited daytime hours, linking irrigation operations to solar-based power supply could restrict the functioning of major lift irrigation projects such as Kaleshwaram and Devadu...