AP government initiates steps for green clearance to RLIS
1 year, 3 months ago

AP government initiates steps for green clearance to RLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: The Andhra Pradesh government has started the process for obtaining environmental clearance for the ₹3,829 crore Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme, which will be constructed on backwaters of Krishna River. Jagan Mohan Reddy government in August 2020, the RLIS is designed to provide assured water to approximately 19 lakh acres of land in four districts of Rayalaseema – Kadapa, Kurnool, Anantapur, and Chittoor. Now, officials are devising a strategic approach to obtain the environmental clearance by emphasising that the key reason for the project is to provide drinking water to the backward Rayalaseema region. The Muchumarri Lift Irrigation Scheme, a crucial component of Handri Neeva Sujala Sravanthi project, has the potential to provide irrigation facilities to only 6 lakh acres of land in the drought prone Rayalaseema districts.

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RTI reveals Polavaram height set by Andhra Pradesh govt in 2021 amid blame game
4 weeks ago

RTI reveals Polavaram height set by Andhra Pradesh govt in 2021 amid blame game

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: At a time when both the TDP and YSRCP are blaming each other responsible for the reduction in height of the Polavaram Irrigation Project, the Polavaram Project Authority has made it clear that the Phase-1 concept emerged from the State government’s proposal, and the Centre approved it at a review meeting held on April 10, 2023 that the focus …

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Telangana officials have requested that the Krishna River Management Board restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing any water from the Srisailam reservoir for this water year. In a letter to the KRMB, Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja said that AP is entitled to draw only 15 tmcft from Srisailam for drinking water supply to Chennai. “As such it is to be …

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam
10 months, 1 week ago

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday slammed the opposition BRS, accusing the previous BRS government of “permanently damaging” Telangana’s prospects on claims to Krishna River water by repeatedly agreeing to not only hand over projects to KRMB, but also by letting Andhra Pradesh drain the river and watch silently, in 10 years of its rule. Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar …

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana has urged the Krishna River Management Board to immediately stop Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the Rayalaseema lift irrigation scheme contending that its plans for increasing drawal of water from the river were in contravention of how the water is to be shared between the two states. Hours after the Centre on Wednesday announced that it was …

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 …

Water released to Pothireddypadu from Srisailam
1 year, 4 months ago

Water released to Pothireddypadu from Srisailam

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Water from the backwaters of the Srisailam project was released towards Pothireddy Padu on Friday to meet the irrigation and drinking water needs of the Rayalaseema region. Nandyal MLA Silpa Chakrapani Reddy along with irrigation officials offered pooja at the Pothireddypadu head regulator and released Krishna water from the backwaters of Srisailam dam after the water level was recorded …

Sitammasagar project hits green hurdle
1 year, 5 months ago

Sitammasagar project hits green hurdle

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The National Green Tribunal has ordered the Godavari River Management Board to issue a notice to the state government to stop works on the Sitamma sagar Project, which was being carried out without obtaining the environmental clearance. The NGT on July 17 stated that the GRMB had powers to take action against the government for violation of the stay …

Green hurdles continue to haunt PRLIS in Telangana
1 year, 5 months ago

Green hurdles continue to haunt PRLIS in Telangana

The Hindu  

Green hurdles continue to delay the implementation of the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme in its full scope as a recent meeting of the expert appraisal committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest has faulted the Irrigation Department for not calculating the environmental damage costs as per the standard operating procedure, even after executing several components without environmental clearance. The …

Environmental clearance to Avulapalli reservoir: AP moves SC against NGT order
1 year, 7 months ago

Environmental clearance to Avulapalli reservoir: AP moves SC against NGT order

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on May 17 a plea filed by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging an order of the National Green Tribunal which set aside environmental clearance granted to the Avulapalli reservoir in the state. Rohatgi said this is an extraordinary case where the NGT has set aside the environmental clearance to the …

NGT Quashes Environmental Clearance Given To Andhra Pradesh’s Avulapalli Reservoir, Imposes 100 Cr Penalty On Govt
1 year, 7 months ago

NGT Quashes Environmental Clearance Given To Andhra Pradesh’s Avulapalli Reservoir, Imposes 100 Cr Penalty On Govt

Live Law  

Setting aside the Environmental Clearance granted to Avulapalli Reservoir in Andhra Pradesh by State-Level Environmental Impact Assessment, the National Green Tribunal has imposed a Rs.100 Crore penalty on the State's Water Resource Department. The bench of Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana, Dr. Satyagopal Korlapati said, “It is extremely disturbing to note that a Government Department, in gross violation of the environmental laws, …

SC asks CWC & Godavari Board to consider revised DPR of Kaleshwaram project
1 year, 11 months ago

SC asks CWC & Godavari Board to consider revised DPR of Kaleshwaram project

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Central Water Commission and Godavari River Management Board to consider the Telangana government’s revised detailed project report relating the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme which is already pending with two authorities. The court clarified that its status quo order pertained to the physical aspects of the project and did not impede the …

Telangana violated environmental norms, says NGT
2 years ago

Telangana violated environmental norms, says NGT

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government’s pursuit of constructing two lift irrigation schemes without securing environmental clearances has landed the BRS-led state government in hot water, with the National Green Tribunal penalising it with a hefty Rs. In its decision on a case related to the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme, the NGT on …

SC directs AP to pay penalty for flouting green norms
2 years, 2 months ago

SC directs AP to pay penalty for flouting green norms

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Supreme Court has directed the Andhra Pradesh government to pay Rs 2.48 crore for Purushottpatnam and Rs 1.90 crore for Pattiseema irrigation projects for violation of environmental norms during the execution of these projects as per the recommendations of the joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal. A Division Bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and J.K. Maheswari …

TS, AP in fresh row over power generation
2 years, 2 months ago

TS, AP in fresh row over power generation

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: A fresh dispute erupted between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana following reports of TSGenco drawing water from Srisailam left bank for power generation. While the AP government raised an objection, its water resources department’s engineer-in-chief C. Narayana Reddy dashed off a letter to the chairman of Krishna River Management Board seeking his immediate intervention. He said that in the KRMB …

NGT says TS flouts green norms by taking up PRLIS
2 years, 4 months ago

NGT says TS flouts green norms by taking up PRLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The National Green Tribunal observed that the Telangana government was flouting its own undertaking by constructing the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation scheme on the Krishna river by not obtaining environmental clearance. The NGT’s Chennai bench which was hearing a petition of the AP government on the PRLIS on Thursday observed that for utilising six tmc ft of water for …

SC orders status quo on Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project
2 years, 4 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 …

Setback to Telangana as NGT Stalls Palamur-RR Project Works, Asks to Obtain Environment Clearance
3 years, 1 month ago

Setback to Telangana as NGT Stalls Palamur-RR Project Works, Asks to Obtain Environment Clearance

News 18  

In a setback to the Telangana Government National Green Tribunal in Chennai on Friday issued orders against the ongoing works of the Palamur-Rangareddy lift irrigation project. Issuing the orders from the tribunal in this regard staying the works immediately, NGT said that the AP Government objected to it on the same issue. NGT further clarified that it will give permission …

Rayalaseema scheme must, says Jagan
4 years, 2 months ago

Rayalaseema scheme must, says Jagan

The Hindu  

While making a strong pitch for providing water to the drought-prone Rayalaseema districts by scaling up the irrigation projects, Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said the State has no option but to take up the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme to utilise 3 tmcft per day from the Srisailam Reservoir to supplement its projects. In a letter to Union …

Krishna River Management Board Directs Andhra Govt to Stop Work on Rayalaseema Irrigation Project
4 years, 4 months ago

Krishna River Management Board Directs Andhra Govt to Stop Work on Rayalaseema Irrigation Project

News 18  

The Krishna River Management Board has instructed the Andhra Pradesh government not to proceed with the tender process for the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme till it was appraised by the Board and the Central Water Commission and also sanctioned by the Apex Council. The project report of RLIS has not been submitted to the KRMB and CWC for appraisal, therefore, …

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