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Hans India
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Harish lashes out at Uttam over ‘misleading' remarks on SRLI proj
Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao on Sunday lashed out at Irrigation Mister N Uttam Kumar Reddy for making 'misleading' political remarks on the Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project. He said it was not just a project, but it was the lifeline of Khammam's farmers. 'The Congress is sabotaging it with lies,' alleged Rao, lashing out at Reddy. He accused the Congress of gaining power through falsehoods and continuing the same deceit in governance. He said that despite receiving all necessary approvals from the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Hydrology Directorate, the Congress was intentionally misguiding people by falsely claiming the project lacks permissions. Rao said the Sita Rama project was designed by the BRS government as a comprehensive solution to address irrigation needs in Khammam, Bhadradri-Kothagudem and Mahabubabad districts. The project, he said, was conceptualised by K Chandrashekar Rao to overcome inter-State disputes and forest clearance hurdles caused by earlier flawed Congress designs like Rajiv Sagar and Indira Sagar. He lambasted the Congress leadership for filing cases in the Green Tribunal to halt the project and obstructing environmental approvals. Despite these challenges, the BRS ensured the project's progress, significantly increasing irrigation coverage from 3.33 lakh acres to 6.74 lakh acres and water storage from 1.2 tmcft to 10 tmcft. Criticising Reddy's statement that the project lacks permissions, Rao called it a sign of ignorance or deliberate misinformation. He clarified that all permissions except for the final TAC (Technical Advisory Committee) approval are in place and suggested that the minister verify facts with department officials before making public statements.
Time of India
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Congress govt fast tracks Sita Rama LI, Sitamma Sagar projects
Hyderabad: has said the Congress govt is fully committed to completing the (SRLIP) and the Sitamma Sagar multi-purpose project (SSMPP) on a fast-track basis, as both projects are crucial to the future of irrigation and development in south Telangana. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The minister directed senior officials of the irrigation department to monitor all land and forest clearance-related issues by being physically present at the site on a daily Kumar Reddy held a review meeting at Jala Soudha at Irrum Manzil on the two projects along with deputy CM Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, ministers Tummala Nageswara Rao and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Saturday. Yellandu former MLA Gummadi Narsaiah was also specially invited to the meeting to present local speaking to the media, the minister said the completion of these long-pending irrigation projects would enable the govt to provide assured irrigation water to nearly 7.80 lakh acres spread across Khammam, Bhadradri Kothagudem, and Mahabubabad districts. He recalled that during the previous govt's tenure, no allocation of water was made to the Sita Rama project. However, the present Congress govt, within just 16 months in office, convinced the Centre and the Central Water Commission (CWC) to allocate 67 TMC of Godavari water for the officials gave a detailed presentation on the status of works and pending issues. They reported that 97% of the SRLIP's main canal works were completed, and three major pump houses had already undergone successful wet runs. The fourth pump house was under execution and expected to be completed soon. Uttam Kumar Reddy expressed unhappiness over the delays and instructed officials to treat the matter with the , the minister said the govt was taking steps to secure pending environmental and forest clearances. He said that some works were earlier taken up without approvals, and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) slapped a penalty of 53.41 crore. "We are preparing a legal strategy to get the penalty cancelled," he said. He reiterated that the Sitamma Sagar project would also include a hydroelectric component and the govt submitted a 282.8 MW plan to TGGENCO, which was under process.
The Hindu
10-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Irrigation Minister asks engineers to fast-track Sita Rama and Sitamma Sagar projects
HYDERABAD Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday stated that the Congress government was committed to complete Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project (SRLIP) and Sitamma Sagar Multi-Purpose Project (SSMPP) on a fast-track basis, as both the projects hold key to the future of irrigation and development in southern Telangana. The Minister chaired a high-level review meeting and it was attended by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka and Ministers Tummala Nageswara Rao and Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, the three hailing from combined Khammam district, and senior officials from the Irrigation department. Former Yellandu MLA Gummadi Narsaiah also participated in the meeting as a special invitee to present local concerns. Speaking to the officials, Mr. Uttam Reddy said the completion of the two long-pending projects would enable the government to provide assured irrigation facilities to nearly 7.80 lakh acres spread across Khammam, Bhadradri-Kothagudem and Mahabubabad districts. He recalled that the previous government did not even get water allocation done to the Sita Rama project. However, the Congress government had convinced the Centre and the Central Water Commission (CWC) to allocate 67 tmcft of Godavari river water for the project, the Minister said. Engineers gave a detailed presentation on the status of works and pending issues. They noted that 97% of the SRLIP's main canal works were completed and the wet run of three major pump-houses was conducted successfully already. The fourth pump-house of the project was under execution and was expected to be completed soon. The Palair Link Canal, Sathupalli Trunk Canal and Enkoor Link Canal works were at various stages of progress with some bottlenecks still remaining, particularly related to land acquisition, forest clearances and structures near tunnels. 'We can't afford any more delays and you are expected to move forward with full speed despite some constraints as this is the working season', he told the engineers. He wanted the authorities concerned to expedite land acquisition across all segments and the issues related to compensatory afforestation must be addressed without further delays. Further, he asked the engineers to prepare a note with justification for priority payments to contractors and other stakeholders so that the matter could be placed before the Finance department. On Sitamma Sagar, the Minister said the government was taking steps to secure pending environmental and forest clearances. He noted that some works were earlier taken up without approvals and the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had imposed a penalty of ₹53.41 crore. 'We are preparing a legal strategy to get the penalty cancelled', he stated. He responded positively to the appeal made by Mr. Gummadi Narsaiah for water supply to Yellandu by asking the authorities to study the proposal and revert back.
