Articles for Irrigation Project

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 …

Water Reddy Lakh Kaleshwaram Sriramsagar Irrigation Project Nizamsagar
Displaced villagers protest for ‘promised compensation’ in exchange for lands for Karanja irrigation project
2 weeks ago

Displaced villagers protest for ‘promised compensation’ in exchange for lands for Karanja irrigation project

Hindustan Times  

Belagavi: The displaced villagers of the Karanja irrigation project in Bidar district, who have been protesting for past 885 days, have slammed the government for not giving the compensation that was assured in exchange for the land where they resided and agricultural lands that were acquired for the project. Displaced villagers protest for ‘promised compensation’ in exchange for lands for …

Compensation Land Protest Project Bidar Karanja Displaced Villagers
Pursue NDSA To Expedite Kaleshwaram Barrage Report: Uttam to Officials
3 months, 1 week 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 …

Officials Uttam Ndsa Kaleshwaram Barrage
I-Day Milestone at Khammam: Revanth Launches Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme
4 months, 1 week ago

I-Day Milestone at Khammam: Revanth Launches Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme

Deccan Chronicle  

Pusugudem: Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy inaugurated the Sita Rama lift irrigation scheme on Thursday, marking a significant milestone in Khammam district's irrigation infrastructure. It was launched at Pusugudem with the Chief Minister switching on the project's pumps, along with minister Uttam Kumar Reddy and Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, to mark the operational commencement of the much-anticipated scheme which will provide …

Minister Reddy Rama Uttam Uttam Kumar Reddy Sitarama Revanth Reddy
Tummala objects Harish Rao’s comment
4 months, 1 week ago

Tummala objects Harish Rao’s comment

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: Agriculture minister Tummala Nageswara Rao on Tuesday made it clear that he never tried to take credit for the completion of the Sita Rama lift irrigation scheme. Reacting to comments made by BRS MLA T. Harish Rao against him, he said that the Dummugudem project was divided into Indirasagar and Rajivsagar projects by the earlier Congress government and tenders …

Congress Irrigation Project
Rs.22,301 Cr proposed for irrigation sector in Telangana budget
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Rs.22,301 Cr proposed for irrigation sector in Telangana budget

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Congress government has proposed Rs.22,301 crore for irrigation in the budget presented by the Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka in the Assembly here on Thursday. As many as 73 irrigation projects have been undertaken in the State till date including 34 large and 39 medium projects. The previous government neglected completion of many projects though they were …

Projects State This Project Irrigation Project Cr Proposed Public Money
Works on Mallabad Lift Irrigation project expedited
5 months, 1 week ago

Works on Mallabad Lift Irrigation project expedited

The Hindu  

Deputy Chief Minister and Minister for Water Resources D.K. Shivakumar has ensured the implementation of Mallabad Lift Irrigation Project on an immediate basis and also directed the officials to complete the tendering process, Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board Chairman Ajay Singh has said. In a release on Sunday, Dr. Singh reiterated that the Congress-led government in State was committed to …

Project Singh Mallabad Lift Irrigation Project
Irrigation communities protest at Murray-Darling Basin water buybacks but some still support them
1 year, 1 month ago

Irrigation communities protest at Murray-Darling Basin water buybacks but some still support them

ABC  

Irrigators, councils, and business groups want to stop water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin, but some argue they are the most cost-effective way to recover water for the environment and can be good for farmers. Key points: An academic says water efficiency projects are more expensive and less effective than water buybacks Some irrigators defend buybacks, as they add more …

Water Farmers Commonwealth Projects Project Efficiency Wheeler
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 …

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Proposal to lower water level in Srisailam reservoir: Buggana
1 year, 4 months ago

Proposal to lower water level in Srisailam reservoir: Buggana

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath has announced that the government would evaluate the water levels in the Srisailam reservoir and take necessary steps to release water for irrigation for Kurnool and Nandyala districts through various sources. Rajendranath also said a proposal was under consideration to lower the water level in the Srisailam reservoir from 863 feet to 854 feet, using …

Water Minister Kurnool Water Level Irrigation Project Srisailam Reservoir Nandyal
Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent
1 year, 8 months ago

Andrew and Nicola Forrest lose bid to build irrigation project that traditional owners fear could kill sacred serpent

ABC  

A pastoral company owned by West Australian billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest has lost an appeal to build an irrigation project in a Pilbara river sacred to traditional owners. Key points: The Forrest family's cattle business has lost an appeal to build 10 weirs on the Ashburton River The river is a registered Aboriginal Heritage Site sacred to the Thalanyji …

Water Project Tribunal Station River Forrest Aboriginal
Testing The Waters: 5 Things to Know about Telangana's Controversial Kaleshwaram Project
1 year, 9 months ago

Testing The Waters: 5 Things to Know about Telangana's Controversial Kaleshwaram Project

News 18  

YSR Telangana Party president YS Sharmila took her fight against the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation project in the southern state to Delhi on Tuesday. Built on the Godavari river at Kaleshwaram village in Jayashankar Bhupalpally district, it is said to be the largest multi-stage lift irrigation project in the world. Kaleshwaram project is said to have the world’s largest underground pumping …

Water Telangana Alleged Sharmila Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project Kaleshwaram Project
Unprecedented flood in Godavari damages Kaleshwaram pump houses
2 years, 5 months ago

Unprecedented flood in Godavari damages Kaleshwaram pump houses

The Hindu  

An unprecedented flood in the river Godavari has left a massive trail of loss to the prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project by submerging two of its five key pump houses linked to Medigadda and Annaram Barrages and the facility linked to Sundilla Barrage just escaped the nature’s fury as flood level started receding before water reached it. The submergence of …

Water Flood Houses State Pump Kaleshwaram Godavari
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 …

Mla Lift Irrigation Project
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 …

Water Projects Rayalaseema State Ima Irrigation Project
‘Navali balancing reservoir project would be taken up after consulting Andhra, Telangana’
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Navali balancing reservoir project would be taken up after consulting Andhra, Telangana’

The Hindu  

Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol said that construction of a balancing reservoir at Navali in Koppal district, which was meant for balancing the deficit of water in Tungabhadra reservoir due to accumulated silt on the bed, would shortly be taken up after consulting Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments. Interacting with mediapersons at Vaikunta Guest House near Tungabhadra reservoir in Munirabad, …

Karnataka Water Telangana State Minister Reservoir Navali
Kaleswaram Irrigation Project Granted EC Ex Post Facto Violation of Law, Directs Constitution of Committee Assess Damage & Identify Restoration Measures: NGT
4 years, 2 months ago

Kaleswaram Irrigation Project Granted EC Ex Post Facto Violation of Law, Directs Constitution of Committee Assess Damage & Identify Restoration Measures: NGT

Live Law  

The National Green Tribunal has held that the environmental clearance granted to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project was ex post facto "in violation of law", after substantial work was carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.A bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel & SP Wangdi & Dr. The National Green Tribunal has held that the environmental …

Climate Change Committee Expert Environmental Clearance Ngt Eia Irrigation Project