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3 months, 1 week ago

Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials

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 …

Officials Uttam Ndsa Kaleshwaram Barrage

4 months, 1 week 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. …

Designs Kaleshwaram Irrigation Barrages Enc Cdo Iit Roorkee

4 months, 3 weeks ago

KTR, BRS party workers threaten to forcibly release Godavari water

Hindustan Times

Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president and former Telangana minister KT Rama Rao on Friday threatened that his party, along with 50,000 farmers would storm the Lakshmi pump house of Kaleshwaram project at Medigadda and forcibly start the pumps to release Godavari water to the command area, if the state government does not act on it by August 2. He sought …

Water Congress Project House Lakshmi Brs Ktr

5 months, 3 weeks ago

Long-term safety of KLIS barrages need re-engineering: Study

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The flood protection measures may be in place at Sundilla, Annaram, and Medigadda barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme but if the latest model studies of the Medigadda barrage, and a recent previous study for Annaram are anything to go by, the medium and long-term stability and safety of the barrages will require a massive engineering effort to …

Flood Barrages Barrage Medigadda

7 months 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 Cabinet Kaleshwaram Barrage Medigadda Temporary Repairs

7 months ago

Telangana Cabinet approves Rs 500 bonus to paddy farmers

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Fulfilling yet another poll promise made during Assembly polls, the Congress government has decided to give Rs 500 per quintal bonus to paddy farmers producing 'sanna vadlu' from the upcoming kharif season. The government has decided to utilise sanna vadlu procured from farmers to produce sanna biyyam for supplying to students in hostels run by welfare departments and also …

Farmers Paddy Cabinet Repair Works Decided

8 months, 2 weeks ago

Mahtab slams state govt over water crisis, low penetration of tap water

New Indian Express

BHUBANESWAR: Cuttack MP and BJP candidate from the seat Bhartruhari Mahtab on Tuesday targeted the Naveen Patnaik government over its failure in solving water crisis and creation of additional storage capacity in the state. With the Central Water Commission reporting that four rivers have completely dried up in south Odisha, Mahtab told a media conference here that while the water …

Water Water Crisis Mahtab

9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Committee Ndsa Barrages Medigadda Central Water

9 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Cwc Ndsa Barrages Director Central Constitutes Committee

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Medigadda Not Safe: Central Officer

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: The BRS’ claims that the Medigadda and Annaram barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme can still be used to pump water, as well as its stand that it had received permissions from the Central Water Commission for the project, were carpet-bombed on Thursday. HIGHLIGHTS Sriram Vedire debunks BRS’ KLIS claims CWC never said enough water was not available …

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9 months, 3 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,” …

Brs Rama Rao Irrigation Medigadda

10 months, 1 week 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 …

Design Department Cag Barrage

$Kaleshwaram\'s Sundilla, Annaram Barrages in Trouble$

1 year, 1 month 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 …

Sand Barrage Sources Sundilla Annaram

$Doubts Over Kaleshwaram Barrages\' Structural Stability$

1 year, 1 month 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 …

Foundation Kaleshwaram Irrigation Deccan Chronicle Medigadda Klis Structural Stability

1 year, 1 month ago

Design flaws likely caused sinking of barrage's pillars

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: A possible design fault that did not factor in the shifting of sand from under the foundations of the Lakshmi barrage at Medigadda on the Godavari river is believed to be the primary cause for the subsidence of one of the seven blocks of the barrage, making the structure useless with respect to the storage of water. On Tuesday, …

Design Water Foundation Department Sources Irrigation Barrage

1 year, 5 months ago

Incessant Rains Bring More Flood to KLIS Barrages

Deccan Chronicle

Warangal: High volume inflows were recorded with a rising trend at several minor and major irrigation projects in erstwhile Warangal and Karimnagar districts on Saturday with the upper catchment areas have been lashed by the incessant rains for the past few days due to the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The officials will announce the first level warning …

Storage Gates Tmc Cusecs Barrage Tmcft

1 year, 5 months ago

AAP, BJP spar over release of water from Hathnikund, ITO barrages

The Hindu

With the rising water level of the Yamuna causing flooding in many parts of the city, AAP and the BJP continued to spar on Thursday after 1.62 lakh cusecs of water was released from the Hathnikund barrage in Haryana. Hitting back, Devender Singh, Haryana CM’s adviser, said AAP’s allegation was “absolutely false” as Hathnikund is a barrage and there is …

Delhi Water Haryana Flood Bjp Singh Barrage

1 year, 5 months ago

Kaleshwaram barrages receive copious inflow

Deccan Chronicle

KARIMNAGAR/WARANGAL: With the recent heavy rains in nearby Maharashtra, water from upstream is flowing into the barrages present under the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme project in Peddapalli of the old Karimnagar district. The water storage level of Lakshmi barrage is currently 13.05 tmcs, compared to its full capacity of 16.17 tmcs. The water storage level at Saraswathi barrage is currently …

Water Kaleshwaram Cusecs Barrage Tmcs Its Full Capacity

1 year, 7 months ago

Rythu Sangham seeks two new barrages on Krishna River

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: The Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham has passed a unanimous resolution seeking construction of two new barrages across River Krishna at Chodavaram in Penamaluru mandal and at Bandikolla Lanka in Mopidevi mandal to store 3 TMC of water in each barrage. Prasad said the general body meeting of the Sangham met here and unanimously demanded that the government urgently complete …

Rythu Sangham River Krishna

1 year, 10 months ago

Murray River barrage gates closed by SA Water as flows continue to drop

ABC

SA Water has begun closing gates on the barrages that connect the Murray River to the Coorong wetlands and the ocean as flows along the river drop. Key points: All of the operational gates were opened in December to let the Murray River floodwaters pass through Flow levels into South Australia are dropping rapidly The closure will be managed to …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Mahanadi tourists throw Covid caution to the wind

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: Throwing Covid-19 guidelines to the winds, thousands of people from Cuttack gathered on the Mundali and Naraj barrages to watch the gushing flood waters of the Mahanadi. An exasperated official said, “Despite repeated requests and appeals, people did not maintain social distancing on the barrages.” The Hirakud Dam authorities have been letting out pent up water from the Mahanadi …

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Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials

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

KTR, BRS party workers threaten to forcibly release Godavari water

Long-term safety of KLIS barrages need re-engineering: Study

Telangana to take up temporary repairs to Kaleshwaram project barrages

Telangana Cabinet approves Rs 500 bonus to paddy farmers

Mahtab slams state govt over water crisis, low penetration of tap water

NDSA forms technical panel to inspect barrages in Telangana

NDSA Constitutes Committee for Inspection of Kaleshwaram Barrages

Medigadda Not Safe: Central Officer

I wasn't Irrigation Minister: KTR on Medigadda Problems

Design defects led to damages to Kaleshwaram barrages: CAG

Kaleshwaram\'s Sundilla, Annaram Barrages in Trouble

Doubts Over Kaleshwaram Barrages\' Structural Stability

Design flaws likely caused sinking of barrage's pillars

Incessant Rains Bring More Flood to KLIS Barrages

AAP, BJP spar over release of water from Hathnikund, ITO barrages

Kaleshwaram barrages receive copious inflow

Rythu Sangham seeks two new barrages on Krishna River

Murray River barrage gates closed by SA Water as flows continue to drop

Mahanadi tourists throw Covid caution to the wind