Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad The Telangana government will take up temporary repairs to the damaged portions of Medigadda barrage of Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme on Godavari river on war footing to ensure that the command area under the project would get irrigation during the upcoming monsoon. Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages A decision to this effect was taken at the state cabinet meeting headed by chief minister A Revanth Reddy at the state secretariat on Monday. “However, the cabinet decided to take up temporary repairs to the damaged portions of the barrage so that water could be released to the crops. The cabinet decided that the government would go by the final report of the NDSA committee on restoring the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram project – Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla.

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Saving Kaleshwaram Barrages to Be Delayed Further
3 weeks ago

Saving Kaleshwaram Barrages to Be Delayed Further

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: It is becoming increasingly clear that the National Dam Safety Authority is nowhere near to completing its much-awaited report to the state government on possible solutions to the problems at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram project. This has become evident with the Union ministry of jal shakti writing yet another letter to the Telangana irrigation department …

Arguments aside, rise of Telangana as country’s paddy bowl is not an overnight miracle
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Arguments aside, rise of Telangana as country’s paddy bowl is not an overnight miracle

The Hindu  

From a State that was dependant on rice from other States to meet its Public Distribution System needs when it came into being in June 2014, the journey of Telangana to be one of the leading paddy producing States in the country, by not only meeting its own needs but those of other States, has been remarkable. Stating that the …

Uttam Promises Restoration of Nizamsagar Project
4 weeks ago

Uttam Promises Restoration of Nizamsagar Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Kamareddy: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said the century-old Nizamsagar project would be restored to its old glory with its original water storage area, by adopting global technology for desilting it. Uttam Kumar Reddy further noted that restrictions imposed by the water disputes tribunal had prevented utilisation of water from three barrages under the Kaleshwaram project. Despite …

Telangana largest producer of paddy in India: Uttam Kumar
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana largest producer of paddy in India: Uttam Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Telangana leads the country in paddy production with 153 lakh metric tonnes cultivated across 66.7 lakh acres, according to irrigation minister and in-charge of the united Karimnagar district, Uttam Kumar Reddy. On Wednesday, Uttam Kumar, accompanied by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, attended a massive public meeting led by Government Chief Whip Aadi Srinivas at Gudicheruvu ground in Vemulawada, …

Telangana Tops Nation in Paddy, Without KLIS: CM
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Telangana Tops Nation in Paddy, Without KLIS: CM

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana topped the country in paddy production during the Kharif season, recording a yield of 153 lakh metric tonnes from 66.77 lakh acres, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy announced on Sunday. The state’s farmers achieved this feat without using a single drop of water from the stricken Rs.1.4 lakh-crore Kaleshwaram project, thus puncturing the previous BRS government claims that …

Kaleshwaram probe all set for extension
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram probe all set for extension

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The judicial probe into the construction, upkeep and the causes that led to the disrepair of the Kaleshwaram project’s barrages, could wind up by the end of this year, it is learnt. Meanwhile, Justice Ghose, who had been conducting open public hearings of questioning of present and past irrigation department officials, has been provided with a copy of the …

Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With the monsoon season half gone and plans for repairs of the Kaleshwaram project barrages yet to take a final shape, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Wednesday directed the department officials to pursue with the National Dam Safety Authority on the issue of receiving a final report on the way forward on the barrages. The minister, who …

Central teams to arrive on September 10 for assessing flood damage in Telangana
4 months ago

Central teams to arrive on September 10 for assessing flood damage in Telangana

The Hindu  

National Disaster Management Authority advisor and joint secretary in Home Ministry Col Kirti Pratap Singh will be leading a six member delegation to tour Khammam and Mahabubad regions for an assessment of the loss in floods in Telangana on Tuesday. BJP delegation meets 16th Finance Commission Earlier, a delegation of BJP leaders led by Malkajgiri MP Eatala Rajender, secretaries - …

Andhra Pradesh govt. forms 1,700 teams to enumerate flood damage
4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh govt. forms 1,700 teams to enumerate flood damage

The Hindu  

The State government has constituted 1,700 teams to enumerate the damage caused by the recent floods in the Krishna river. The teams will comprise a deputy tahsildar, revenue inspector, ward assistant and a policeman, said Information & Public Relations and Housing Minister Kolusu Partha Sarathy. Addressing the media at the NTR District Collectorate on Monday, Mr. Partha Sarathy said that …

Invite tenders immediately for repair of canals and tanks damaged in heavy rains: Telangana Irrigation Minister
4 months ago

Invite tenders immediately for repair of canals and tanks damaged in heavy rains: Telangana Irrigation Minister

The Hindu  

Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has directed the department officials to take steps to immediately invite tenders for repair and restoration of tanks and canals which suffered damages due to the recent heavy rains. In addition to damaged tanks and canals, steps should be taken to complete the tender process for restoration of partially damaged water bodies. No …

Make use of ₹1,345.15 crore SDRF for relief works: Kishan Reddy
4 months, 1 week ago

Make use of ₹1,345.15 crore SDRF for relief works: Kishan Reddy

The Hindu  

The Congress government has been advised to make use of the ₹1,345.15 crore available with the State Disaster Response Fund for providing relief and rehabilitation measures in the rains and flood-hit regions of the State by Telangana BJP president and Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy on Tuesday. The Minister claimed that there were ‘complaints’ about relief …

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages
5 months ago

Irrigation Officials Urge Telangana Govt to Seek IIT Roorkee Expertise for Kaleshwaram Barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Serious questions have been raised from within the irrigation department over the competence levels of its Central Designs Organisation, the department’s independent division, which provided designs that were used for the construction of the three barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme at Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda — all of which are now in dire need of permanent repairs. …

Two Telangana irrigation schemes yet to come into operation
5 months ago

Two Telangana irrigation schemes yet to come into operation

Hindustan Times  

Two major lift irrigation projects, taken up by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government in Telangana at a cost of more than ₹1.25 lakh crore in the last 10 years, have failed to justify the expenditure incurred on them, according to the reports tabled by the present Congress government, during the budget session of the state assembly session. While the …

AP to have new paddy varieties capable of withstanding cyclone havocs
5 months, 1 week ago

AP to have new paddy varieties capable of withstanding cyclone havocs

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Agriculture Minister K Atchannaidu has said the AP government is making efforts to bring new varieties of paddy that would withstand the impact of cyclones and other natural disasters. He along with agriculture commissioner Delhi Rao, district collector Prashanthi, joint collector Tej Bharat and others visited the flood-affected areas in Rapaka village in Seethanagaram mandal on Sunday evening.The minister …

Telangana Govt Is Committed to Protect Kaleshwaram Project, Says Bhatti
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Govt Is Committed to Protect Kaleshwaram Project, Says Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka, who holds charge of the finance department, reiterated that the state government was committed to protecting the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme in accordance with the directors of the National Dam Safety Authority to ensure that thousands of crores of public money spent on the project did not go waste. Lashing out at the …

Decision on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after NDSA-Uttam meeting
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Decision on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme after NDSA-Uttam meeting

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy will meet officials of National Dam Safety Authority in Delhi on Saturday and discuss repairs to the damaged Medigaddda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages, all critical components of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. Meanwhile, in an informal chat with reporters here on Wednesday, Uttam said that the Irrigation department would prepare a route map …

NDSA Awaits Telangana Report on KLIS Flood Protection
5 months, 3 weeks ago

NDSA Awaits Telangana Report on KLIS Flood Protection

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The National Dam Safety Authority is yet to receive any report from the state irrigation department on implementation of the interim monsoon flood protection measures that it had suggested for the safety of the Kaleshwaram project barrages. Unless this report is submitted by the state government, there is little that the NDSA can do to finalise its own report …

Telangana: KLIS Future Buried in Sands of Time
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: KLIS Future Buried in Sands of Time

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: There appears to be no end to the bad news on the Kaleshwaram project front with reports of agencies involved in the repairs and flood protection measures as recommended by the NDSA, struggling to bring up core samples from under the foundations of the Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda barrages of the project. And as the drilling for the cores …

Action on Damage to Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project as Per Judicial Panel's Report: Telangana Minister
7 months ago

Action on Damage to Barrages of Kaleshwaram Project as Per Judicial Panel's Report: Telangana Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government would take action to fix accountability with regard to the damage at the barrages of Kaleshwaram project after the judicial commission submits its report, state Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Friday. The minister, who reviewed the progress of works at the barrages as per the interim measures suggested by the National Dam Safety …

Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana govt likely to construct cofferdam at Medigadda

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The state government is likely to construct a cofferdam above the seventh pier of the Medigadda barrage to divert water from the Godavari river for the Kharif season. “Once, we receive the report, the chief minister will take the final call on how to go about the damaged Medigadda barrage,” sources in the government said. Though there were reports …

Telangana: Untimely rains, Hailstorm damage crops
9 months ago

Telangana: Untimely rains, Hailstorm damage crops

Deccan Chronicle  

NIZAMABAD: Rain accompanied hailstorms lashed Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts for the last two days, resulting in massive loss of standing crops. In Banswada division’s Banswada, Birkur, Nasurrulabad, Varni, Mosra, Chandur, Rudrur, Kotagir, Pothangal mandals and in Bodhan division’s Bodhan, Salura and other mandals in both the districts experienced untimely rainfall. Gangaram, a farmer from Mandarna village, said the paddy crop …

NDSA forms technical panel to inspect barrages in Telangana
10 months, 1 week ago

NDSA forms technical panel to inspect barrages in Telangana

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The technical committee constituted by the National Dam Safety Authority to visit and carry out inspections of the Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla barrages will submit its report within four months. The committee will examine the project data, drawings, design memoranda, tests and site investigation reports, barrage inspection reports and other reports/material related to the design, construction, quality control and …

NDSA Constitutes Committee for Inspection of Kaleshwaram Barrages
10 months, 1 week ago

NDSA Constitutes Committee for Inspection of Kaleshwaram Barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The design aspects of the three main barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla — for which ex-chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao took credit — will be under the close scrutiny of a six-member National Dam Safety Authority team. The state government, which had sought an NDSA inquiry, previously said it would take action …

TS Govt To Complete Restoration of Kadam Project by Monsoon
10 months, 2 weeks ago

TS Govt To Complete Restoration of Kadam Project by Monsoon

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: The state government, which is focussing on repairs to Kadam project and its canals, hopes to complete the restoration works before the onset of monsoon in order to provide water for kharif in Nirmal and Mancherial districts. The project was constructed to provide water to 66450 acres under the Left canal and 1700 acres under the Right canal covering …

Annaram also leaks now, BRS govt to be blamed for damages to barrages: Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Annaram also leaks now, BRS govt to be blamed for damages to barrages: Telangana Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Saturday said that leakages were observed even in Annaram barrage on Friday and noted that the state government has requested the National Dam Safety Authority to visit the project. While tabling the white paper on irrigation and also giving a PowerPoint presentation on the damaged Medigadda barrage in the State Legislative Assembly, …

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The CAG said that design faults resulted in the damages — that began in November 2019 — to the Medigadda barrage, as well at the Annaram and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme. The CAG said that after the gates of the barrages were closed after the 2019 floods, it was found that the reinforced cement concrete …

Checks needed to avoid another Kaleshwaram
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Checks needed to avoid another Kaleshwaram

New Indian Express  

One of the costliest lift irrigation projects in the world, Kaleshwaram was touted as the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi government’s crowning achievement in Telangana. The auditor general’s report tabled in the state assembly on Thursday finally laid bare the gigantic mess that Kaleshwaram is. The cost of the Kaleshwaram project is likely to exceed Rs 1,47,427 crore, up from the …

TS govt seeks NDSA probe of Kaleshwaram barrages
10 months, 3 weeks ago

TS govt seeks NDSA probe of Kaleshwaram barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government wrote to the National Dam Safety Authority seeking an inquiry into the condition of Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme and suggest measures on the future course of action. In informal conversations with media persons at his chambers in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy slammed …

Telangana CM leads delegation to take stock of Medigadda barrage
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana CM leads delegation to take stock of Medigadda barrage

India TV News  

Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, his cabinet colleagues and MLAs on Tuesday left for Medigadda barrage whose piers had "sunk" last year. The chief minister said the irrigation minister would present a white paper on irrigation during the next couple of days in the assembly and a visit to the Medigadda barrage would help the MLAs, many of them …

Telangana Assembly Session May See sparks Fly on Barrage Fiasco
11 months ago

Telangana Assembly Session May See sparks Fly on Barrage Fiasco

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Matters over the partial collapse of the Medigadda barrage, the lynchpin of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme, are likely to create a new political firestorm in the Assembly Budget Session starting on February 8, with the Vigilance and Enforcement wing that probed the fiasco submitting its report to the state government. While the first three barrages of the Kaleshwaram …

Telangana HC seeks update on plaint seeking probe into Medigadda sinking
11 months, 1 week ago

Telangana HC seeks update on plaint seeking probe into Medigadda sinking

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana High Court on Friday directed the state government to furnish a written update on the action taken regarding a complaint seeking probes by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Serious Fraud Investigation Office into the sinking of the piers of the Medigadda barrage. A bench, comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice Anil Kumar Jukanti, was adjucating …

Telangana Ministers to Visit Medigadda Barrage Today
1 year ago

Telangana Ministers to Visit Medigadda Barrage Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and industries minister D. Sridhar Babu will conduct a site visit to the Medigadda barrage on Friday to assess the current status of the barrage, a crucial component of the Kaleshwaram project. The ministers will be presented with a detailed overview by irrigation officials through a PowerPoint presentation on the redesigning of the …

Telangana polls: Sinking piers of Kaleswaram project gives ammo to oppn attack
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana polls: Sinking piers of Kaleswaram project gives ammo to oppn attack

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: From a mock 'Kaleswaram ATM' installed by the Congress to lampoon the family of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao over alleged corruption, to visits of high profile leaders, the Kaleswaram lift irrigation project is one of the issues that has taken centrestage during the ongoing campaign for the Telangana Assembly polls.No speech of any senior leader from opposition Congress …

BJP slams BRS govt over Medigadda, Kaleshwaram project
1 year, 2 months ago

BJP slams BRS govt over Medigadda, Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP on Friday mounted a frontal attack on the BRS government on the Kaleshwaram project with BJP state president and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy saying the project has become a “hallmark” of “corruption, failed projects, leakages” of the Telangana state government. Today, 10 years after its formation, Telangana, under the BRS government headed by KCR, after spending …

Kaleshwaram\'s Sundilla, Annaram Barrages in Trouble
1 year, 2 months ago

Kaleshwaram\'s Sundilla, Annaram Barrages in Trouble

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two more of the three barrages that are part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation System – at Sundilla, and Annaram, have developed leaks from under the foundations causing concern among irrigation officials over safety of the two barrages. According to irrigation department officials, efforts are on to ‘build ring bunds’ – laying of sand bags on the upstream side …

Doubts Over Kaleshwaram Barrages\' Structural Stability
1 year, 2 months ago

Doubts Over Kaleshwaram Barrages\' Structural Stability

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The startling revelation by Telangana state’s top irrigation official C. Muralidhar that the Medigadda barrage was constructed on a raft foundation, that too on an unstable soil, raised serious doubts over the structural safety of not just the two or three pillars that sank a few of days ago but all the three barrages built as part of the …

Farmers affected with backwater of Medigadda barrage intensify movement
2 years, 2 months ago

Farmers affected with backwater of Medigadda barrage intensify movement

Deccan Chronicle  

WARANGAL: Farmers from around 12 villages who are unable to cultivate crops due to the submergence of their fields by the backwater of the Medigadda barrage built under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme project decided to intensify their agitation by using the social media platform to demand compensation from the state government in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. From the time when …

KRMB asked to stop AP projects on Krishna
2 years, 2 months ago

KRMB asked to stop AP projects on Krishna

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana state irrigation department has yet again urged the Krishna River Management Board to restrain Andhra Pradesh from unauthorised constructions and expansion of various projects on the river in its state. In a letter to the KRMB, the state irrigation engineer-in-chief C. Muralidhar said the works taken up by Andhra Pradesh that involve large diversions “will seriously affect …

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
2 years, 5 months ago

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered status quo on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project as court was told that the Telangana government was going ahead with the expansion of the project without any environmental clearance. The Telangana government which completed the project works for impounding 2 tmc ft of water has taken up expansion works including land acquisition …

Farmers suffer as rains cause damage to paddy stocks in Telangana
2 years, 8 months ago

Farmers suffer as rains cause damage to paddy stocks in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Sudden unseasonal heavy rains on Wednesday caused extensive damage to the paddy which was harvested and brought to various procurement centres in several districts across the state. Farmers suffered huge losses as paddy stocks were washed away in some procurement centres and got wet in some other centres. Besides paddy, electricity poles and temporary sheds set up at procurement …

Toll in Telangana rains rises to 70, state unveils evacuation plan; parts of Karnataka remain flooded
4 years, 2 months ago

Toll in Telangana rains rises to 70, state unveils evacuation plan; parts of Karnataka remain flooded

Firstpost  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced Rs 10,000 as immediate relief to each flood-hit household in Hyderabad. Telangana CM announces assistance Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced Rs 10,000 as immediate relief to each flood-hit household in the city, lashed by incessant rains since last week, besides assistance of Rs 1 lakh each to those whose houses were …

Telangana Rains: Govt to Distribute Relief Ration Kits Worth Rs 2,800 at Doorsteps in Flood-hit Areas
4 years, 2 months ago

Telangana Rains: Govt to Distribute Relief Ration Kits Worth Rs 2,800 at Doorsteps in Flood-hit Areas

News 18  

Flood-hit families will be identified and handed over the CMs Relief Ration kits at their doorstep as part of measures to ensure normalcy in localities affected by heavy rain and flooding earlier this week, Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao said on Saturday. The Municipal Administration minister, who held a meeting with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Mayor Bonthu Rammohan and …

Telangana asked to submit DPRs of irrigation projects to KRMB
4 years, 6 months ago

Telangana asked to submit DPRs of irrigation projects to KRMB

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Krishna River Management Board on Thursday asked the Telangana government to furnish the detailed project reports of new projects that require clearance from KRMB and the Central Water Commission and the sanction of the apex council consisting of Union minister for Jal Shakti and the chief ministers of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. These projects include the Palamuru Rangareddy …

Congress divided on Kaleshwaram project
5 years, 6 months ago

Congress divided on Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Congress MLA T. Jaya Prakash Reddy, also kno-wn as Jagga Reddy, said he will attend the launch of the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project and sees nothing wrong in Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. This issue has shown up the differences within the Congress as two days ago Congress Legislative Party leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka had opposed the Kaleshwaram project …

Kaleshwaram is lifting a river to fields: K Chandrashekhar Rao
5 years, 7 months ago

Kaleshwaram is lifting a river to fields: K Chandrashekhar Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, during his visit to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district on Sunday, said that lifting 3 TMCs of water every day from river Godavari into Telangana areas is like “diverting a river” to flow towards the agriculture fields. Mr Rao visited the construction sites of a pump house at Kannepalli village and …

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