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Time of India
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Min slams ‘failure' of KCR govt's 1.81L cr irrigation schemes
1 2 3 Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday said the Congress govt was working tirelessly to serve the people of Telangana, while former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao was trying to mislead them after ruining the state during his decade-long rule. Speaking alongside minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy and other leaders at the foundation-laying ceremony for a new block at Nalgonda district collectorate, Uttam accused KCR of attacking Congress govt that is working hard to repair the damage he left behind. "Since taking oath on Dec 7, 2023, I have not taken even a day's leave. We are working round-the-clock to serve people," he said. You Can Also Check: Hyderabad AQI | Weather in Hyderabad | Bank Holidays in Hyderabad | Public Holidays in Hyderabad Uttam highlighted that the former BRS govt spent 1.81 lakh crore on irrigation projects without a significant increase in ayacut. "They spent 27,000 crore on Palamuru Rangareddy project and 9,000 crore on Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project, yet not a single acre received irrigation water," he said. He slammed the Kaleshwaram project as a disaster, alleging, "The Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages collapsed due to poor design, construction, and maintenance. BRS leaders were more interested in commissions than in serving farmers." Uttam asserted the state govt was committed to completing all pending irrigation projects.
The Hindu
24-04-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
CWC-TAC recommends techno-economic viability nod for Sitarama LI, Sitammasagar projects
HYDERABAD The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) of the Project Appraisal Organisation in the Central Water Commission (CWC) chaired by Secretary to the Ministry of Jal Shakti Debashree Mukherjee, which met in New Delhi on Thursday, has recommended the techno-economic viability clearance to the Integrated Sitarama Lift Irrigation and Sitammasagar Multi-purpose Project. According to officials of the Telangana government led by Principal Secretary (Irrigation) Rahul Bojja who attended the meeting, the TAC has considered the techno-economic viability clearance in respect of the detailed project report of the integrated Sitammasagar and Sitarama Lift Irrigation Project. Chairman of the CWC Mukesh Kumar Sinha, other officials from CWC, NITI Aayog, Ministry of Jal Shakti, Ministry of Power, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Ministry of Tribal Affairs attended as members of the committee. Engineer-in-Chief G. Anil Kumar, Superintending Engineers S. Srinivas Reddy (Kothagudem), S. Vijay Kumar (Inter-State) and other officials of the Irrigation department attended the meeting from Telangana. The TAC approval of the major multipurpose project is a step forward in its completion and realisation of the intended benefits. The estimated cost of the integrated project is ₹19,954 crore at the price level of June 2023. The project is planned to utilise 67.05 tmcft of Godavari water for a total ayacut of nearly 7.88 lakh acres and hydro-electric power generation of 282.8 megawatt for most of the year. Officials of the Irrigation department stated that the ayacut included creating new irrigation potential of 4,15,621 acres in Bhadradri-Kothagudem, Khammam and Mahabubabad districts and stabilising another 3,72,068 acres of existing ayacut under Nagarjunasagar and Wyra and Palair projects and other minor irrigation schemes, which too are supplemented water by Sagar. The project would also provide drinking water to a large number of villages in the three districts. The lift irrigation project would have 11 pump houses with a total of 757 MW capacity pumps. The Sitammasagar barrage to be constructed 200 metres downstream of the existing Dummugudem Anicut in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district would have 67 radial crest gates in six blocks, it runs for a length of 1,332.75 metres and would have storage capacity of 36.57 tmcft. The hydro-electric project at the barrage would have 7 units of 40 MW capacity each and one unit of 2.8 MW capacity. The physical progress of the project made so far is 57% with an expenditure of ₹11,320 crore till January this year. The government is planning to complete it by the commencement of 2025-26 Rabi season.
