The Kaleshwaram report accused ex-Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao, ex-Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao, and ex-Finance Minister Eatala Rajender of brazen procedural and financial irregularities in the lift irrigation project. It singled out KCR for taking individual decision to construct barrages, ignoring government protocols. The Inquiry Commission called for a fund recovery and investigation.