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The State authorities has resolved to instrumentality up the pending and ongoing irrigation projects successful the erstwhile undivided Mahabubnagar territory connected a warfare footing to supply h2o to 26 lakh acre arsenic assured successful the past.
The authorities has accordingly acceptable a timeline for completion of the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) up to Uddandapur earlier June adjacent year. The decisions travel Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy’s sojourn to inspect pending projects successful Mahabunagar district. “We are committed to allocate funds and implicit the projects during this tenure itself,” Mr. Revanth Reddy and Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy said.
The visit, according to them, revealed that the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government, which was successful powerfulness from June 2, 2014 till December 2023, did not implicit basal works similar onshore acquisition which was important constituent of irrigation projects.
“BRS president K. Chandrasekhar Rao cleared proposals for lifts and pumps arsenic they impact commissions. He did not implicit onshore acquisition for immoderate project. Civil works person been neglected and truthful person the electro-mechanical works,” the Chief Minister said. He said portion ₹55,000 crore was required for completion of Kulwakurthy Lift Irrigation Scheme, the BRS authorities had spent ₹27,000 crore, a large chunk connected pumps and lifts without bothering astir trunk canals and reservoirs pertaining to the project.
Outlining the load connected the Congress government, helium said the BRS authorities had spent ₹1.81 lakh crore connected irrigation assemblage but did not implicit immoderate large task portion the destiny of Kaleshwaram task was determination for everyone to see. The BRS repaid ₹41,118 crore main and ₹43,285 crore interest, taking the full to ₹84,503 crore, for the immense loans it had raised successful the sanction of irrigation projects. “They (the BRS leaders) assertion that 90% of the PRLIS has been completed. There has to beryllium immoderate correlation betwixt the funds allocated by them and their claims connected completion of works. The BRS leaders are continuing their efforts to hoodwink the radical with their mendacious claims,” helium said.
The Congress authorities had spent ₹33,567 crore connected repayment of main and ₹18,554 crore involvement totalling to implicit ₹52,120 crore, successful the past 30 months. “This is lone astir irrigation projects,” helium said. The Congress authorities had spent ₹22,000 crore connected works connected antithetic projects of which, ₹8,000 crore was spent connected projects successful Mahabubnagar territory unsocial indicating the government’s committedness to implicit the projects. Focus would beryllium connected completion of trunk canals arsenic good arsenic reservoirs arsenic determination should beryllium scope for retention of h2o which flows done dams.
In this context, helium said Irrigation officials were directed to survey the bridge-cum-barrage exemplary of neighbouring Karnataka which would let retention of h2o that would successful crook amended crushed h2o levels.
The Chief Minister said the authorities was steadfast connected taking up onshore acquisition successful the coming days arsenic 4,000 acre much was needed for speeding up task works. The two-day sojourn had enabled the authorities to hole a factual enactment program to guarantee that works were completed during this tenure itself. “We are acceptable to wage bully compensation to those losing lands. I entreaty to the radical to cooperate with the authorities arsenic works volition ne'er beryllium completed if not now,” helium said.
