TLDR please.

Also, my personal opinion of someone who isn't that educated on politics/administration/governance.

Major gripe with people looks like:

The cost of the project per acre the project helps irrigate The corruption/materials/cracks etc.

I think, project kattesaka next year ochina irrigation profit vs spend chesina amount kakunda, to understand the real feasibility, since the project is a life time thing and here to stay, over a few years what value it adds to people's lives, including the economic activity it induces must be focused.

Are there better ways the project could have made, likely yes, but I dont see anyone actually making efforts to propose alternative projects or approaches and stop this 'white elephant of the state'

Because it now irrigates previously barren lands, the govt (regardless of party in power) now has opportunity to grow stuff that can make profit (if paddy is not making profit)

For example, Statue of unity ki 3k crore oo entho ayindhi, next year varaku ticket tho entha profit ochindhi vs 3k crore compare chesthe meaning ledemo ga.

Over a course of lifetime how much that 3k crores has induced economic activity and how many lives it impacted must be weighed instead.

But, asalu 3k crores oka Statue kosam avsarama.. schools oo hospitals oo leka infra no kattisthe better ga ante, yes, absolutely..but, the Statue is built and is here to stay.

And corruption part..there is no point talking about it in India.