Manchukonda small lift irrigation scheme completed within a year, inaugurated in Khammam district

Agriculture Minister Tummala Nageswara Rao connected Tuesday inaugurated the Manchukonda assistance irrigation strategy astatine Manchukonda colony successful Raghunadhapalem mandal of Khammam district.

Exactly a twelvemonth agone connected the aforesaid day, the instauration chromatic for the task was laid by Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka successful the beingness of Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and others astatine Manchukonda.

The tiny assistance irrigation strategy was constructed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹66 crore connected the near slope of the Nagarjunasagar Left Bank Canal (NSLBC) adjacent V. Venkatayapalem colony to provender 33 insignificant irrigation tanks successful Raghunadhapalem mandal. It volition assistance stabilise an ayacut of 2,400 acres, sources said.

Addressing a nationalist gathering aft inaugurating the assistance irrigation strategy astatine Manchukonda, Mr. Nageshwara Rao said it would payment tiny and marginal farmers successful Raghunadhapalem mandal by providing Krishna waters to irrigate their lands.

Once the Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project (SRLIP) is completed, the Godavari waters would beryllium abundantly disposable successful the erstwhile combined Khammam district, helium noted.

The Minister called upon the farmers to instrumentality up lipid thenar cultivation saying the edible lipid harvest offers sustainable income.