Addl. irrigation potential of 30L acres to be created under existing projects in 5 years: Uttam
1 week, 2 days ago

Addl. irrigation potential of 30L acres to be created under existing projects in 5 years: Uttam

The Hindu  

Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy has stated that the government is resolved to create irrigation potential to an additional 30 lakh acres with the modernisation of projects such as Nizamsagar and Sriramsagar in the next five years. Lifeline for farmers The officials informed the Minister that siltation had reduced the water storage capacity of Sriramsagar Project from 112 tmc ft to 80 tmc ft. Mr. Reddy instructed them to use advanced global de-silting technologies to restore the original capacity of the project. Mr. Sudarshan Reddy requested allocation of funds for installation of shutters on the main canals and distributary channels of Nizamsagar project to improve water management. The Minister urged farmers to adopt “on-and-off” method of drawing water for irrigation to maximise efficiency and promised to expedite the completion of the Nagamadugu Lift Irrigation Scheme and Lendi project in collaboration with Maharashtra.

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Uttam Promises Restoration of Nizamsagar Project
1 week, 2 days 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 …

All pending projects will be completed on war footing: Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy
3 weeks 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
3 weeks, 4 days 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 …

Farmers Demand Water Management Projects to Tackle Water Shortage in Dharmapuri
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Farmers Demand Water Management Projects to Tackle Water Shortage in Dharmapuri

New Indian Express  

Farmers in Dharmapuri express their frustration over the lack of water management schemes and the impact it has on their livelihood. They claim that the state and union governments have failed to implement any water management projects in the district, leading to a severe water shortage that has forced them to migrate to other districts or states in search of …

Andhra government will complete Veligonda project: Minister Dr Nimmala
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Andhra government will complete Veligonda project: Minister Dr Nimmala

New Indian Express  

ONGOLE: Water Resources Minister Dr Nimmala Ramanaidu affirmed on Tuesday that the NDA alliance government prioritises the Polavaram project, with the PS Veligonda reservoir project as the next immediate focus. He stated that all pending works will be completed under the current government, with Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu set to inaugurate the project soon. During a visit to the Veligonda …

Telangana: Use Godavari water judiciously, says Congress MLA
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana: Use Godavari water judiciously, says Congress MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Former minister and Bodhan MLA P. Sudarshan Reddy on Friday said farmers who get irrigation water from Alisagar must use water judiciously as there is poor flow in the river Godavari. The legislator said all eligible farmers will get the Rs 2 lakh crop loan waiver. Reddy along with district collector Rajiv Gandhi Hanumanthu released water from Alisagar lift …

Nizamsagar Project Faces Low Water Levels, Farmers Anxious
4 months, 1 week ago

Nizamsagar Project Faces Low Water Levels, Farmers Anxious

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: The century-old Nizamsagar project is unable to get inflows from upstream areas, leaving farmers distressed. At present, the project has 1,389.64 feet level against its full reservoir level of 1,405 ft. Of 17.802 tmc of gross storage capacity, the project has merely 3.903 tmc of water now. Under Nizamsagar ayacut limits, paddy is cultivated in 1.20 lakh acres in …

Two Telangana irrigation schemes yet to come into operation
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The project ayacut farmers would get water supply for both the crop seasons this year as irrigation projects were bemiring with water, said minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday while releasing water to the left main canal from Palair reservoir at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The minister informed that the irrigation tanks in Palaiar constituency …

Telangana CM seeks ₹4,000 crore from centre for the Musi river water treatment
5 months ago

Telangana CM seeks ₹4,000 crore from centre for the Musi river water treatment

The Hindu  

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has requested the Centre to extend cooperation for the effective implementation of the prestigious Musi Riverfront Development project launched by the Telangana government. The Union Minister was requested to sanction another ₹6,000 crore for diversion of Godavari water to the twin reservoirs of Osmansagar and Himayatsagar to overcome drinking water problems of the State capital. …

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

Irrigation sector regressed by 20 years in YSRC regime: Nimmala Ramanaidu
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Irrigation officials make plans for fast-tracking projects
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Irrigation officials make plans for fast-tracking projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The irrigation department has estimated that it would require Rs 19,287 crore this year to complete 19 projects — small and medium — as per the state government’s declared priority to finish projects that can be completed in a year with a target to bring 6.5 lakh acres ayacut including areas that need stabilisation, under the plough. As part …

Water Released from Nizamsagar for Vana Kalam Crops
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Water Released from Nizamsagar for Vana Kalam Crops

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Authorities released water from the Nizamsagar on Sunday to irrigate the paddy crop under the project’s command area. Banswada and Jukkal MLAs Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Thota Laxmikanth Rao formally released the water into the Nizamsagar main canal. Speaking on the occasion, Srinivas Reddy said by releasing water, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has positively responded to the plea …

Retired Irrigation Engineers Back Pranahita-Chevella Barrage
6 months, 1 week ago

Retired Irrigation Engineers Back Pranahita-Chevella Barrage

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: A team of retired engineers from the irrigation department has called for construction of B.R Ambedkar Pranahitha-Chevella Sujala Sravanti barrage on the Pranhitha as an alternative to the defective Medigadda barrage of the Kaleshwaram scheme, after a visit to the site at Tummidihatti where the project was supposed to be built. He added that soon a team of retired …

Irrigation Minister Uttam warns of further action post Medigadda judicial report
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Irrigation Minister Uttam warns of further action post Medigadda judicial report

New Indian Express  

BHUPALPALLY: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said that the government would take further action against officials concerned for the sinking of piers of Medigadda after the judicial commission submits its report. Uttam said that making optimum use of resources to get maximum new ayacut under irrigation is the motto of the Congress government. “Whether old or new …

Odisha: Dharmendra Pradhan attacks state govt on development in Jharsuguda
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Odisha: Dharmendra Pradhan attacks state govt on development in Jharsuguda

New Indian Express  

JHARSUGUDA: Union Minister and BJP’s Lok Sabha candidate from Sambalpur Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday hit out at the Odisha government over “lack of basic development” in Jharsuguda. Addressing a public gathering during ‘Mishrana Parba’ at Laikera, Pradhan said the state government is responsible for the plight of people in Jharsuguda. But even after staying in power for 24 years, the …

We are committed to completing Polavaram at earliest, says Buggana
10 months, 2 weeks ago

We are committed to completing Polavaram at earliest, says Buggana

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: The major and medium irrigation was given a sizeable allocation in the interim State budget for 2024-25. Reiterating the government’s commitment to completing the ongoing irrigation projects, he said, “We are committed to completing the Polavaram National Project, the lifeline of Andhra Pradesh. On other projects, the minister said Owk Tunnel-II, which was inaugurated by Chief Minister YS Jagan …

Uttam: Keen on Narayanpet-Kodangal LI Scheme
10 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Telangana Ministers to Visit Medigadda Barrage Today
11 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Praja Palana to be Implemented in Transparent Manner, Says Uttam Kumar
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Praja Palana to be Implemented in Transparent Manner, Says Uttam Kumar

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: The Praja Palana programme undertaken by the Congress government in Telangana as part of its efforts to implement the ‘six guarantees’ would ensure that the beneficiaries are identified in a transparent and fair manner. Stating this here on Wednesday, irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy said the effort would also be to know the living conditions of the people across …

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 …

Pranahita-Chevella project at Thammidihatti soon: Uttam
1 year ago

Pranahita-Chevella project at Thammidihatti soon: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday said Dr B.R. Ambedkar Pranahita-Chevella project would be taken up soon at Thammidihatti village in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district to supply water to the erstwhile undivided Adilabad district. “We will take an appropriate decision on the Pranahita-Chevella project soon to protect the interests of people in the district,” he said, after …

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water
1 year, 3 months ago

Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme | KWDT-II turns down Andhra’s plea to stay Telangana G.O. allocating water

The Hindu  

hyderabad The Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal chaired by Justice Brijesh Kumar has turned down the interlocutory application filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking stay on G.O.246 dated August 18, 2022 issued by Telangana for utilising 90 tmc ft water for Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme from out of 75% dependable flows from Srisailam reservoir. issued by Telangana in August last year, the …

Jagan inaugurates lift irrigation scheme in Krishnagiri
1 year, 3 months ago

Jagan inaugurates lift irrigation scheme in Krishnagiri

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy formally inaugurated a lift irrigation project aimed at supplying both drinking and irrigation water to 77 tanks at Lakkasagaram in Krishnagiri mandal on Tuesday. The Chief Minister arrived at Orvakal airport via a special flight and then reached the Lakkasagaram pump house by helicopter to inaugurate the project. The project encompasses a pumping station …

Peddireddy has amassed Rs 40,000 crore in four years: Naidu
1 year, 4 months ago

Peddireddy has amassed Rs 40,000 crore in four years: Naidu

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday intensified his attacks on minister Peddireddy Ramachandra Reddy by accusing him of amassing wealth from new irrigation projects. He alleged that the minister had amassed ill-gotten wealth to the approximate tune of Rs 40,000 crore in the last four years, making him only the second-highest plunderer of the state's resources after …

Telangana Minister KTR Condemns Centre's Discrimination Against State's Irrigation Projects
1 year, 5 months ago

Telangana Minister KTR Condemns Centre's Discrimination Against State's Irrigation Projects

ABP News  

Telangana's Bharat Rashtra Samithi Working President, KT Rama Rao, has accused the BJP-led Central government of discriminatory practices against the state's irrigation projects. In an open letter addressing the Environment Assessment Committee's deferral of environmental clearance for the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, Rama Rao expressed deep disappointment with what he perceives as intense discrimination by the Central government against …

Will provide water for every cent of land, every home: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram
1 year, 5 months ago

Will provide water for every cent of land, every home: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Speaker Tammineni Sitaram said the state government was making efforts to provide water to every cent of agricultural land and provide safe water through taps to every home in the state. The Speaker inaugurated a ₹50 lakhs scheme for providing drinking water to every home in Belamam village in Amadalavalasa mandal in his home constituency and another scheme worth …

Ensure hassle-free irrigation for Kharif: AP Speaker
1 year, 5 months ago

Ensure hassle-free irrigation for Kharif: AP Speaker

Deccan Chronicle  

VISAKHAPATNAM: Speaker Thammineni Sitaram asked the district administration to ensure hassle-free irrigation water supply to farmers so that they need not suffer during the Kharif season. Minister for Animal Husbandry Dr Seedari Appalaraju, former deputy chief minister Dharmana Krishnadas and MLAs V. Kalavathi, Kambala Joogulu and Reddy Shanti attended the meeting. Regarding housing, collector Srikesh Lathkar informed the Speaker and …

AP CM Jagan calls for expeditious completion of prioritised irrigation projects
1 year, 6 months ago

AP CM Jagan calls for expeditious completion of prioritised irrigation projects

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has directed the state water resources department to expedite the completion of ‘priority’ irrigation projects like Polavaram, Veligonda and Vamsadhara in a time-bound manner. The officials also informed the CM that the Union finance ministry had taken a decision to sanction '12,911 crore to AP for completion of the Polavaram project works in …

Relief for TS as SC stays penalty imposed by NGT for irrigation projects
1 year, 10 months ago

Relief for TS as SC stays penalty imposed by NGT for irrigation projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a relief to Telangana, the Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Rs 920 crore penalties and fines imposed by a National Green Tribunal bench at Chennai for going ahead with the construction works of Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme and Dindi irrigation project without procuring environmental clearances. The NGT southern bench in Chennai had on December 24, 2022, …

Budget 2023 | FM Sitharaman announces ₹5300 crore grant for Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in poll-bound Karnataka
1 year, 10 months ago

Budget 2023 | FM Sitharaman announces ₹5300 crore grant for Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in poll-bound Karnataka

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2023, announced a grant of ₹5300 crore for the Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in the poll-bound Karnataka. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in April 2022 had said that steps had already been taken to declare the Upper Bhadra project as a national project. The Upper Bhadra Project will ensure irrigation of around 2.25 …

CM Bommai at Jana Sankalpa Yatra in Jagalur, Davangere
2 years ago

CM Bommai at Jana Sankalpa Yatra in Jagalur, Davangere

Deccan Chronicle  

Davanagere: In a pointed attack against the Congress, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that people in the state were disappointed with Siddaramaiah's five-year governance and have decided not to bring the Congress party back to power in the state. The Chief Minister said that the present BJP government in the state was taking all measures to fulfill the expectations of …

Water triggers another dispute
2 years, 1 month ago

Water triggers another dispute

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: Another inter-district water dispute is likely to ignite between Kadapa-Anantapur following water sharing from JC Nagi Reddy drinking water project in Tadipatri area in Anantapur district. Tadipatri former municipal chairperson J.C. Prabhakar Reddy has threatened to divert the Tungabhadra HLC water from Pulivendula Branch Canal towards Penna river, if the government fails to release allocated water to JC Nagi …

Andhra Pradesh to complete several irrigation projects in north Andhra expeditiously
2 years, 2 months ago

Andhra Pradesh to complete several irrigation projects in north Andhra expeditiously

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The AP water resources authorities have promised to complete the several ongoing irrigation projects in north Andhra region by the kharif season in 2023. Water resources engineer-in-chief C Narayana Reddy told the media here on Tuesday that some of these were pending for several years. In north Andhra region, between 2004 and 2014, nearly 89,200 acres of land was …

26 irrigation projects to be completed on a war footing, says Jagan
2 years, 3 months ago

26 irrigation projects to be completed on a war footing, says Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Nellore: Expressing his resolve to complete the works of all the irrigation projects on a war footing, Chief Minister Y.S. We spent Rs 320 crore on the Sangam and Nellore barrages to stabilize farming in five lakh acres.” The two projects would benefit Atmakur, Kovur, Sarvepalli, Nellore rural and Kavali constituencies. He said that despite the floods in Penna river …

Complete Polavaram cofferdam by July 31, CM tells officials
2 years, 7 months ago

Complete Polavaram cofferdam by July 31, CM tells officials

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has advised officials to complete the Polavaram cofferdam works by July 31 and start efforts to get the Rs 2,559.37 crore in related funds as reimbursement from the Centre. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the state government has been spending Rs 226.71 crore for R&R works of Vamsadhara Project as was promised earlier. As for …

KCR has scant respect for Ambedkar: BJP MLA
2 years, 8 months ago

KCR has scant respect for Ambedkar: BJP MLA

Deccan Chronicle  

ADILABAD: Dubbaka BJP MLA Raghunandan Rao alleged that Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao shelved the proposed Pranahitha Chevella irrigation project at Thummidihattti as it was named after B.R Ambedkar and added that Chandrashekar Rao had shown disrespect to Ambedkar many times. Addressing the gathering at the inauguration of Pranahitha Jala Sadhana Padayatra led by local BJP leader Palvai Harish Babu …

Finish AP irrigation projects on time: CM Jagan
2 years, 8 months ago

Finish AP irrigation projects on time: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday instructed officials to speed up works on the multi-purpose Polavaram national project while providing relief and rehabilitation to oustees through direct benefit transfer. Reviewing the progress of Polavaram and other priority irrigation projects at the CM Camp Office in Tadepalli, Jagan Mohan Reddy asked officials to finalise designs of lower cofferdam …

Nanjangud MLA seeks ₹ 30 crore for lift irrigation project in Yediyala
2 years, 10 months ago

Nanjangud MLA seeks ₹ 30 crore for lift irrigation project in Yediyala

The Hindu  

Nanjangud MLA B Harshavardhan has urged the Karnataka Government to ensure that ₹30 crore is set aside in the State Budget for a proposed lift irrigation project in Yediyala region of his constituency. On February 23, Mr Harshavardhan said the lift irrigation project will help fill up 12 dried-up tanks in Nanjangud taluk, which would cater to the requirements of …

Legitimise irrigation projects in Rayalaseema, urge activists
3 years, 2 months ago

Legitimise irrigation projects in Rayalaseema, urge activists

The Hindu  

Farmers, villagers, and members of several rights groups held a day-long ‘hunger strike’ seeking legitimacy for six ongoing and partially operational irrigation projects on the Krishna as all of them are at the risk of being declared ‘illegal projects’ if permissions are not granted within six months of the Krishna River Management Board turning functional on October 14. Rayalaseema Saguneeti …

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