Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka addressing a public assembly at Vangaveedu village in Khammam district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
If 11 tmc ft of water is diverted day by day, farmers of the erstwhile Nalgonda and Khammam districts in Telangana will undergo extreme losses and the Srisailam Project might be emptied in simply 25 days, he identified.
Mr.Vikramarka was addressing a public assembly after laying the inspiration stone for the Jawahar Lift Irrigation Scheme at an estimated price of round ₹600 crore at Vangaveedu village in Madhira mandal of Khammam district on Sunday. Ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy, Vakiti Srihari and Komatireddy Venkat Reddy had been current.
Unequivocally opposing Andhra Pradesh authorities’s proposed Banakacherla challenge, he expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy for standing agency on guaranteeing that the Banakacherla and the Srisailam elevate operations are halted.
He alleged that the then BJP authorities on the Centre in connivance with the earlier Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) authorities within the State secretly introduced in an ordinance in 2014, handing over two lakh acres belonging to tribals in Bhadrachalam division to the Polavaram challenge.
He stated the A.P. Chief Minister ought to scale back the peak of Polavaram dam to avoid wasting these two lakh acres from submergence.
He stated farmers within the tail-end areas of Madhira constituency suffered immensely as water from the third zone needed to first go into Andhra territory earlier than coming again to them, one thing virtually not possible. The TRS throughout its 10-year rule uncared for this downside regardless of a number of reminders, he charged.
It is just after the Congress authorities got here to energy that the Irrigation minister shifted the villages in Madhira constituency into the Nagarjunasagar Project second zone and sanctioned ₹600-crore Jawahar Lift Irrigation Scheme to irrigate 30,000 acres, he stated thanking Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy for his pro-farmer initiative.
Speedy completion
Mr. Vikramarka inspected the Sammakka Sarakka barrage and the off-take level of the Devadula Project in Kannaigudem mandal of Mulugu district on Sunday night. He, together with Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy, held a evaluate assembly with the challenge officers on the web site.
He stated land acquisition prices and different excellent payments of the J Chokka Rao Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme (JCRDLIS) totalling round ₹100 crore might be launched in a phased method to make sure its speedy completion.
Revised challenge price
Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy stated the revised challenge price is ₹18,500 crore, of which ₹14,168 crore had been spent. An further ₹4,331 crore was urgently required to clear contractor dues, full supply principal encasement works and end pending land acquisition.
Once accomplished, the JCRDLIS would stabilise current ayacut, present ingesting water to rural habitations, enhance crop yields and scale back migration from water-scarce areas. He has additionally requested the officers involved to expedite the pending land acquisition course of to finish the challenge works in all respects.
Published – August 11, 2025 01:38 am IST
