HYDERABAD: Telangana, which under the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has chosen to redesign irrigation projects burdening the state exchequer adding Rs 1.5 lakh crore, saw the opposition BJP abandon its earlier quiescence with the advisor to the water resources ministry saying the state should abandon the project and instead concentrate on completing ones on Krishna and Godavari rivers with fiscal prudence.Vedire is a BJP leader from Nalgonda in Telangana and part of several water conservation and waterway projects spearheaded by the central government. He is also part of the task force for inter-linking of rivers.Joining Congress, Telugu Desam Party and Left parties against huge submergences and land acquisitions, the union ministry's advisor recommends the TRS government to confine to riverbed barrages with very minimal submergences."The state exchequer is very valuable. It is people's money and the public money needs to be prudently spent," Vedire said.He said the state was creating huge artificial inland reservoirs like Mallannasagar and advised the state government to stick to riverbed reservoirs, which would shun unwarranted submergences and land acquisitions."There is no need for 50 tmc reservoirs like Mallannasagar, spending some Rs 7,0008,000 crore, submerging habitations of thousands and lakhs of people. I don't think it is prudent way of spending money."Vedire's salvo against the TRS government came as a surprise because BJP has been careful not to affront the TRS and there are rumours floating that the national party is buying room to ally with the state party going forward."Telangana government should have taken the centre's help (in negotiating with Maharashtra) by loo king at national perspective. I was suggesting 116 metres height for Kaleshwaram which would store 88 tmc of water against 100 metres height the Telangana government is proposing that would store only 20tmc of water," he told ET."Telangana has huge scope for gravity based irrigation projects at lower costs but the TRS government is unfortunately burdening the exchequer by going in for large scale lift irrigation projects at high costs, coupled with costs of electricity to lift the water," said Nainala Govardhan, founder of Telangana Jala Saadhana Samithi.Vedire wants Telangana government to consider his proposals that will help complete all irrigation projects within Rs 80,000 crore instead of spending Rs 2.3 lakh crore through redesigning. He wants Telangana to rethink over the redesigning of projects and consider his proposals. A three-member team of Telangana Joint Action Committee demanded an independent committee to review the economic viability of redesigned irrigation projects and award contracts after review.Asking the government to make the DPRs public, the panel asked it to stop coercive land acquisition for redesigned projects. Instead of preparing DPRs and obtaining statutory approvals before awarding contracts of redesigned projects, the TRS was accusing opposition that were challenging contracts, said Sra van Dasoju of Congress.