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New Indian Express
05-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Expert panel to discuss SLBC works: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
NALGONDA: Irrigation & Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday revealed the state government's plan to discuss the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project with national-level experts and to expedite the works at the earliest. Speaking at a review meeting on irrigation projects and civil supplies in the erstwhile Nalgonda district, held in Miryalaguda, the minister said: 'We will be discussing the SLBC project with national-level experts. We will also be forming a committee comprising those national-level experts and that committee will make suggestions on expediting the project works.' Uttam also reiterated the government's commitment to expediting irrigation project works across all constituencies to transform the region into a 'lush, green landscape'. Stating that the previous BRS regime had spent Rs 1.21 lakh crore without adding anything to the existent ayacut, the minister emphasised that the present Congress government is determined to complete all pending projects. 'Our government allocated Rs 23,000 crore in this year's Budget and appointed 1,100 engineers to strengthen the irrigation department,' he said. 'Dindi project, long neglected by the previous government, is being revitalised with Rs 1,800 crore funds and tenders have already been called for, to start the works. Similarly, funds have also been allocated for the Gandhamalla and Udaya Samudram projects,' he added. The minister also said that all minor irrigation tanks across the state will be repaired during this summer. Uttam also informed that to address the issue of shortage of lascars in the Irrigation department, district collectors have been authorised to appoint 50 to 100 lascars per chief engineer on outsourcing basis, with a total of 1,800 posts allocated across 33 districts. During a review meeting on civil supplies, Uttam claimed that Telangana has now become the highest paddy-producing state in the country, with 280 lakh metric tonnes produced in the recent seasons. Roads & Buildings Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy lauded the fine rice scheme as a pro-poor initiative and criticised the previous government for focusing solely on Kaleshwaram project, spending over Rs 2 lakh crore, while neglecting the other projects. He also said that Rs 1,700 crore has been allocated to the erstwhile Nalgonda district through the R&B department and that Rs 150 crore will be spent on laying and repairing roads in each Assembly constituency.
Time of India
24-04-2025
- General
- Time of India
SLBC tunnel rescue: Technical committee decides to use drill & blast method to continue work
Hyderabad: The technical committee of the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) decided to use only the drill and blast method to continue the tunnel work and also for rescue operations in the 'critical zone' where the six remaining bodies are likely trapped. The panel also decided to decommission the services of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the Indian Army for the rescue operations, as the govt has almost completed the search operations. However, the services of other agencies such as Singareni, South-Central Railways (SCR), HYDRAA, and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) would be used to carry out any other works. The technical committee, comprising 18 members from various departments and constituted by the state govt on SLBC rescue works, held its first meeting on Thursday. The panel constituted a sub-committee with subject experts, including the Geological Survey of India (GSI), National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI), National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIFMR), National Center for Seismology (NCS), and Col Parikshit Mehra, a tunnel expert from the Border Road Organisation (BRO), to provide a site-specific report on how to reach the remaining 43 metres of the 'critical zone' for rescue works and how to continue the tunnelling works. The technical committee was against using the Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) for future work. "The sub-committee will examine the feasibility within the threshold as defined by the ministry of environment and forest and come up with recommendations," Telangana special chief secretary (disaster management) Arvind Kumar told TOI. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 3 Reasons to Plug This Into Your Home Today elecTrick - Save upto 80% on Power Bill Learn More Undo Meanwhile, the Telangana irrigation department also started working on the available options to continue the tunnelling works and began a survey to provide a shaft or adit (a horizontal or nearly horizontal passage to an underground mine).
