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The Andhra Pradesh State Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, connected Thursday approved large irrigation works with a combined administrative authorisation of implicit ₹775 crore aimed astatine fast-tracking captious h2o assets projects and ensuring businesslike irrigation crossed the State.
The Cabinet gave its motion to a connection to heighten onshore worth for rehabilitation purposes for the Polavaram project-displaced families, empowering the District Collector to hole ₹4.20 lakh per acre for the affected lands.
Disclosing the details of the Cabinet meeting, Information and Public Relations Minister Kolusu Parthasarathi said the Cabinet had taken a bid of large decisions to accelerate irrigation projects, fortify h2o absorption systems, and enactment farmers crossed the State.
It had taken cardinal decisions connected the Polavaram project, focusing connected rehabilitation, continuation of works, and ensuring semipermanent benefits to the affected regions. It was decided to guarantee just compensation for the displaced families, portion continuing captious components specified arsenic the Polavaram Lift Scheme, which was indispensable for providing drinking h2o during drought conditions.
The Cabinet besides approved the allocation of h2o from the Gandikota Reservoir for the projected 2,400-MW Koppolu Pumped Hydro Storage Project successful Kadapa district.
The Cabinet besides focused connected expediting works nether the Handri–Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) project. These see completion of equilibrium works nether Package No. 36A and construction-related works astatine Km 188.200 of the main canal.
The earlier contractor was removed owed to mediocre performance, and the remaining works were expected to supply irrigation to 55,608 acres. Cost escalation was unavoidable owed to hard terrain conditions specified arsenic hard stone and anemic soil, which required structural modifications to guarantee due h2o flow, the Minister said.
“Emphasis is connected completing pending works by removing non-performing contractors and strengthening canal infrastructure successful Rayalaseema truthful that h2o flows arsenic per plan capacity,” helium said.
Modernisation of the Punganur Branch Canal had been approved, with absorption connected improving h2o travel done due canal lining and structural strengthening based connected tract conditions.
In Kurnool district, the Cabinet approved attraction of assistance irrigation schemes to guarantee irrigation successful areas not covered nether the existing canal systems, thereby supporting farmers successful spread ayacut regions. The Cabinet cleared administrative sanctions for these projects, Mr. Parthasarathi said.
To code misuse of h2o resources, the Cabinet decided to instrumentality measures to curb amerciable h2o diversion by deploying watch-and-ward unit on the susceptible canal stretches. “These steps are aimed astatine ensuring equitable organisation of h2o among the farmers,” helium said.
The Minister said the Cabinet besides approved the strengthening of the State’s ineligible squad to efficaciously correspond Andhra Pradesh successful the ongoing inter-State stream h2o disputes.
The Minister said these decisions bespeak a broad and focused attack towards improving irrigation infrastructure, ensuring businesslike h2o utilisation, and safeguarding farmers’ interests.
