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Telangana Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said that Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy would inaugurate the Sadarmat barrage successful Nirmal district. The State authorities is committed to completing each pending irrigation projects, including the Chanaka-Korata barrage successful Adilabad, connected a precedence basis.
He said that ₹70 crore was released towards compensation for onshore oustees of the Chanaka-Korata barrage, to the PD relationship of the Adilabad District Collector.
Responding to questions raised by BJP MLAs successful the Winter Session of the Assembly during Question Hour connected Saturday (January 3, 2025), the Irrigation Minister said that an on-site sojourn would beryllium conducted to inspect the advancement of the Chanaka-Korata barrage aft the inauguration of the Sadarmat barrage.
“A peculiar reappraisal gathering volition beryllium held to expedite the works of each pending irrigation projects successful the erstwhile Adilabad district,” Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy said, adding that Package 28, taken up arsenic portion of the Pranahitha-Chevella Lift Irrigation Project, would besides beryllium completed by allocating the required funds aft the reappraisal meeting.
₹792 crore required for Chanaka-Korata barrage completion
Adilabad MLA Payal Shankar said that ₹792 crore is required for the completion of the Chanaka-Korata barrage, taken up connected the Penganga stream to irrigate 51,000 acres of land. He slammed the erstwhile Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) Government for the inordinate hold successful executing the project. “The task has not been completed adjacent aft 10 years. ₹12,144 crore had already been spent the project,” helium said, criticising the State authorities for the hold successful paying compensation to farmers who parted with their lands for the projects.
₹135 crore needed for Jainathpur task
Sirpur MLA Palavai Harish Babu stressed the request to merchandise ₹135 crore for the Jainathpur task taken up nether the centre-sponsored Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme (AIBP). Mudhole MLA Rama Rao Pawar besides urged the Government to implicit the Pipri Lift Irrigation Project successful his constituency, portion Armoor MLA emphasised the request to modernise the Nizam Sagar task canals by allocating ₹1,500 crore to Rs 2,000 crore.
