Telangana CM to Tour Major Irrigation Projects on June 4-5: Minister Uttam
MAHABUBNAGAR, May 30 (TNT) : Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will undertake a two-day tour of major irrigation projects in the State on June 4 and 5 to review the progress of ongoing works and expedite their completion, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Saturday.
Announcing the visit after laying the foundation stone for the Ajilapur Lift Irrigation Scheme in Devarakadra mandal, Uttam said an intensive ground-level review would be conducted to assess project progress, land acquisition requirements and rehabilitation and resettlement issues.
The Chief Minister’s tour will cover the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, Nettempadu Lift Irrigation Scheme, Koilsagar Project, Bheema Lift Irrigation Scheme and Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Scheme.
The Minister said the Congress government had placed irrigation development in the erstwhile Mahabubnagar district on a mission mode and was committed to completing all pending projects to transform the drought-prone Palamuru region into a prosperous agricultural hub.
He said the government was prepared to release all necessary funds to expedite pending works and remove bottlenecks affecting project execution.
Uttam alleged that several irrigation projects in the region remained incomplete despite the previous BRS government being in power for a decade.
He claimed that inadequate priority had been accorded to Palamuru projects and accused the previous government of focusing primarily on the Kaleshwaram project.
Rejecting claims that the Palamuru-Rangareddy project was nearly complete before the change of government, he said not a single acre had received irrigation benefits under the project when the Congress government assumed office and asserted that work had gathered momentum since then.
The Minister said the Ajilapur Lift Irrigation Scheme, being executed at a cost of Rs 32 crore, would provide irrigation facilities to around 1,400 acres in Ajilapur, Gaddagudem and Venkatayapalli villages.
The project will draw water from the Koilsagar Balancing Reservoir and utilise about 65 MCFT of water for irrigation purposes, he added.
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