Don't Lag on Sitarama Project, Uttam Tells Officials
Deccan ChronicleHYDERABAD: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy called on irrigation department officials to speed up the completion of works on the Sitarama lift irrigation scheme, inaugurated by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on August 15. Uttam Kumar Reddy was speaking at a review meeting with officials in which ministers Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy and Tummala Nageswara Rao from Khammam district were present, on Friday. The government has planned to complete the Sitarama scheme and bring it fully on stream by 2026, Uttam Kumar Reddy said. Friday’s review meeting on the project was attended among others by irrigation adviser Adityanath Das, principal secretary Rahul Bojja, special secretary Prashant Jeevan Patil, and ENCs Anil Kumar, and Nagender Rao, according to a press release.