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 chaired a meeting on the Kaleshwaram barrages, seeking permissions from Chhattisgarh for the Sammakka-Sarakka project, among other issues, said the NDSA should be asked for its final report for taking up repairs at the Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda barrages. Uttam Kumar Reddy also directed officials to pursue inter-state issues, including possible submergence areas in Chhattisgarh when the Sammakka-Sarakka barrage is built and pave the way for the project as directed by the Central Water Commission. The meeting was attended by irrigation principal secretary Rahul Bojja, adviser to the government on irrigation Aditya Nath Das, and senior engineers and officials from the irrigation department.

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Will complete HNSS project by next kharif: Andhra Water Resources Minister
2 days, 20 hours ago

Will complete HNSS project by next kharif: Andhra Water Resources Minister

The Hindu  

Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu on Wednesday said the NDA government will complete the construction of the main canals of Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi project in Rayalaseema by next kharif. Addressing a videoconference on the progress of the HNSS-Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir link channel work, Mr. Rama Naidu said the farmers in the dry Rayalaseema region suffered a lot because …

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 …

NDSA likely to submit final report on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme by December end
3 weeks, 6 days ago

NDSA likely to submit final report on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme by December end

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The National Dam Safety Authority is likely to submit its final report on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme by December end, excluding the aspect of conducting geo-technical tests. The NDSA’s report holds significant importance for the state government as it appears determined to take decisions regarding the future of KLIS on expert opinion. In November, the NDSA informed the …

All pending projects will be completed on war footing: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
1 month, 1 week ago

All pending projects will be completed on war footing: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy

New Indian Express  

PEDDAPALLI: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has announced that the state government will complete all pending irrigation projects on a war footing to ensure availability of irrigation facilities for every acre. He, along with IT Minister D Sridhar Babu and Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, reviewed the ongoing works at irrigation projects as well as the matters related to civil …

Create separate website for Polavaram irrigation project: Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Create separate website for Polavaram irrigation project: Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu has advised officials to create a separate website for the Polavaram Irrigation Project, and upload the progress of works daily. Reviewing the progress of the project works at a meeting with senior irrigation officials on Wednesday, he said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit the Polavaram project site in the first …

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 …

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme: Former Engineer's Deposition Reveals Insights into Barrage Changes
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme: Former Engineer's Deposition Reveals Insights into Barrage Changes

New Indian Express  

Former chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao met with the Justice PC Ghose Commission on Thursday to discuss the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. The former chief minister noted that the contracting agencies conducted investigations to change the locations of the Annaram and Sundilla barrages. He also stated that the locations of Annaram and Sundilla were changed later, and that investigation studies …

Uncertainty dogs Kaleshwaram barrages repairs
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Uncertainty dogs Kaleshwaram barrages repairs

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: With barely a couple of weeks left before the official end of the monsoon season, the future of the three Kaleshwaram project barrages — at Medigadda, Annaram, and Sundilla — is wrapped in uncertainty with no clarity yet on what needs to be done, or how to go about repairing and restoring the barrages to get them back on …

Telangana irrigation minister urges Centre to waive loans taken for irrigation projects
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana irrigation minister urges Centre to waive loans taken for irrigation projects

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy has called on the Union government to take steps to persuade central financial institutions to reduce or entirely waive the interest on loans taken by the previous government for irrigation projects in the state. He appealed to Union Jal Shakti Minister Patil to not only consider waiving or reducing the interest on past …

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 …

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 …

CM Directs Uttam to Discuss All Irrigation Projects Threadbare With NDSA Officials
5 months, 2 weeks ago

CM Directs Uttam to Discuss All Irrigation Projects Threadbare With NDSA Officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Highlighting the BRS government's haphazard construction of irrigation projects, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Sunday asked the irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and senior officials from the department to discuss the repairs and inspections of irrigation projects with officials of National Dam Safety Authority in Delhi on Monday. The Chief Minister on Sunday conducted a review meeting …

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 …

Irrigation sector regressed by 20 years in YSRC regime: Nimmala Ramanaidu
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Irrigation sector regressed by 20 years in YSRC regime: Nimmala Ramanaidu

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Water Resources Development Nimmala Ramanaidu said during the previous YSRC regime, the irrigation sector regressed by 20 years, and several projects, including Polavaram suffered serious damage. Participating in irrigation expert and Padma Bhushan recipient KL Rao’s 122nd birth anniversary celebrations in Vijayawada on Monday, he said under the previous regime, both irrigation and drinking water resources had …

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 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 …

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 …

KLIS officials’ failure to give correct info irks NDSA
10 months ago

KLIS officials’ failure to give correct info irks NDSA

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: National Dam Safety Authority Expert Committee chairman Chandrasekhar Iyer reportedly critcised the engineers and officials of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme for not providing accurate details about the project. The six-member expert committee first met Telangana Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja and later had a one-on-one meeting with engineers-in-chief. The state officials are learnt to have come up with excuses …

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 …

I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems
10 months, 2 weeks ago

I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on Tuesday said he could not answer questions on the then BRS government’s specific responses and action when it began receiving reports from irrigation engineers and contracting companies about problems arising at the Medigadda and other barrages of the Kaleshwaram project. He maintained there was “no negligence as such but things do happen,” …

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 …

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 …

Medigadda Barrage Fiasco: Govt Accepts Muralidhar Rao’s Resignation
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Medigadda Barrage Fiasco: Govt Accepts Muralidhar Rao’s Resignation

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Former engineer-in-chief of the irrigation department, C. Muralidhar Rao, is no longer in service with the government accepting his resignation from the post. It may be recalled that irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy had directed Rao to put in his papers on February 7 as part of the government’s clean-up of the department, after the Medigadda barrage fiasco …

Irrigation ENC, Kaleshwaram in-charge handed pink slips
11 months ago

Irrigation ENC, Kaleshwaram in-charge handed pink slips

New Indian Express  

Extension of service Muralidhar retired from service in June 2013. While giving him the second extension in 2017, the government said: “Most irrigation projects are at a critical phase and continuity is of paramount importance.” Later, the services of Muralidhar were extended till date. Though several ENCs were appointed by the BRS government in the irrigation department, Muralidhar Rao was …

Uttam: Keen on Narayanpet-Kodangal LI Scheme
11 months, 1 week ago

Uttam: Keen on Narayanpet-Kodangal LI Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday assured a delegation of leaders from the erstwhile united Mahbubnagar district, including MLAs, that the Congress government will consider taking up the Narayanpet-Kodangal lift irrigation scheme. Reddy’s assurance came during a meeting with MLAs Vaketi Srihari Mudiraj, Chittem Parnika Reddy, Yennam Srinivas Reddy, G. Madhusudan Reddy and former Kalwakurthy MLA and …

Why Cong govt not seeking CBI probe into Kaleshwaram project? asks Kishan Reddy
1 year ago

Why Cong govt not seeking CBI probe into Kaleshwaram project? asks Kishan Reddy

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad, Jan 2 Union Minister and Telangana BJP president G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday sought to know why Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy hadn’t written a letter to the Centre seeking a CBI inquiry on alleged corruption in the Kaleshwaram project in the state. HT Image Speaking to reporters here, Kishan Reddy wondered if there is any "tacit" understanding between …

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 …

Uttam Tells Irrigation Dept to Halt All Tenders
1 year ago

Uttam Tells Irrigation Dept to Halt All Tenders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Thursday asked officials to immediately stop all tenders called for the construction of various projects before the Assembly elections, apart from those that got work allotment. Taking part in a review of projects in erstwhile Khammam and Nalgonda districts at the Secretariat, Uttam Kumar Reddy said the people were facing unnecessary financial …

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 …

KCR directs officials to implement permanent steps to curb floods
2 years, 5 months ago

KCR directs officials to implement permanent steps to curb floods

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Sunday directed officials of departments concerned to undertake permanent constructions in areas adjoining rivers and waterbodies to avert flooding and related incidents. The CM sanctioned Rs 2.5 crore to Mulugu, Rs 2.3 crore to Bhadrachalam, Rs 2 crore to Jayashankar Bhupalpally and Rs 1.5 crore to Mahububabad for flood-relief measures. The CM also …

Engineers call for mitigation measures to safeguard Kaleshwaram project
2 years, 5 months ago

Engineers call for mitigation measures to safeguard Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana Retired Engineers Association on Friday called for several mitigation measures to prevent a recurrence of submergence of Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme pump houses and to keep the Kadam dam safe from any future heavy flood event that could yet again allow River Godavari to rampage through the projects. TREA, in a statement after a meeting of its …

Cabinet approves ₹165-crore bridge-cum-barrages project in Udupi: MLA
2 years, 7 months ago

Cabinet approves ₹165-crore bridge-cum-barrages project in Udupi: MLA

The Hindu  

: The State Cabinet has approved a ₹165-crore project to build three bridge-cum-barrages across the Swarna in Udupi district to irrigate 1,000 hectares of farmland and to arrest intrusion of saline water in the river, according to Udupi MLA K. Raghupathi Bhat. The MLA said that saline water intrusion, especially in Uppur area, had affected farmland and drinking water sources. …

Safety and Maintenance of Irrigation Projects Top Priority, Says Andhra Pradesh CM
3 years, 1 month ago

Safety and Maintenance of Irrigation Projects Top Priority, Says Andhra Pradesh CM

News 18  

In the wake of recent floods and breach of the Annamayya reservoir in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy directed the officials to prioritise the safety and maintenance of reservoirs and irrigation projects across the State. During a meeting with the officials here on Thursday, the Chief Minister instructed the authorities to conduct a comprehensive review …

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 …

Devendra Fadnavis reviews flood situation in Maharashtra, requests Yediyurappa to increase water discharge from Almatti dam
5 years, 5 months ago

Devendra Fadnavis reviews flood situation in Maharashtra, requests Yediyurappa to increase water discharge from Almatti dam

Firstpost  

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said that NDRF teams have been deployed in the flood-hit Kolhapur and Sangli districts of Maharashtra. Yavatmal: With rains lashing several parts of Maharashtra, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday reviewed the flood situation and asked the officials concerned to provide speedy relief to those affected. Fadnavis said he has also written to Karnataka Chief Minister …

Flood ravages 8 districts in Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar reviews situation
5 years, 5 months ago

Flood ravages 8 districts in Bihar, CM Nitish Kumar reviews situation

India Today  

The flood situation in Bihar turned grim on Sunday, with incessant rains ravaging eight districts -- Sitamarhi, Sheohar, East Champaran, Muzaffarpur, Madhubani, Darbhanga, Supaul and Kishanganj - of Bihar, displacing over one lakh people. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar conducted an aerial survey of the flood-affected areas of several districts on Sunday followed by a high-level review meeting to take stock …

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 …

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