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Our Telangana: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has reiterated that the main duty of his government is to protect agriculture and farmers. CM KCR has directed the Irrigation Department to take early steps to supply irrigation water without disrupting crop cultivation in view of the monsoon conditions. He clarified that it does not matter how much it costs. The chief minister ordered the officials to save the crops. In view of delay in monsoons, ministers, public representatives,
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao with officials of the Irrigation Department. B.R. Ambedkar held a high-level review meeting at the Telangana Secretariat. CM KCR also reviewed the progress of Palamuru-Ranga Reddy works. Chief Minister K.Cham Drasekhar Rao has suggested that in the wake of warnings that rainy conditions will prevail till the first week of July as per the forecast of the Meteorological Department, there should be no problems for drinking water. The CM ordered the irrigation authorities to take a break for a few days in the release of water for irrigation during these rainy days.
Inquire about water reserves
CM KCR inquired about the current water reserves in the reservoirs and the requirements of Mission Bhagiratha from the concerned authorities. In the first week of July, the CM ordered to review the rainfall, water storage in the reservoirs and take appropriate decisions according to the situation. The CM inquired about the water storage details in the reservoirs under Kaleswaram. At present, the Ranganayak Sagar reservoir has only 0.69 TMC of 3 TMC of water, and the engineers said that two TMC of Ranganayak Sagar water will be diverted in mid-12th.
The CM ordered the officials to immediately remove from the reservoir. He said that under the Ranganayaka Sagar reservoir, Ayakattu will be able to irrigate the crop during the monsoon season.
Engineers have indicated that the current 4.95 TMC water reserves in the Nizamsagar reservoir will be sufficient for 3 dams till the end of August, after which 5 TMCs will be required for another three dams. For this, the meeting decided to shift 5 TMC to Nizam Sagar via Kondapochamma Sagar in August. In the month of August itself, it was decided to take 30 to 35 TMC of water through the Kaleshwaram project through the Sriramsagar revival scheme after reviewing the water reserves in the Sriramsagar project. It has been decided to fill 10 more TMCs in Mallannasagar this year. After the rainy season ends and the inflow into the reservoirs stops, there is a significant flow in the Godavari rivers at Kaleswaram in the months of October and November.
It was decided in the meeting to lift the water for the needs of the second crop and store it in the reservoirs of Ellampalli, Sriramsagar, Mid Maneru, Lower Maneru, Annapurna, Ranganayak Sagar, Mallanna Sagar and Kondapochamma Sagar to a sufficient level. For this, the CM directed the irrigation officials to prepare an operation manual on how many pumps should be turned on at what time. The Chief Minister suggested that the Irrigation Department should be prepared to deal with the rainy conditions this year.
Review on progress of Palamuru Ranga Reddy lift works
CM KCR reviewed the works of Palamuru Ranga Reddy. The CM directed the officials to lift water into Narlapur, Yedula, Karivena and Uddandapur reservoirs for drinking water by the end of August, subject to the Supreme Court’s verdict, and to complete all the necessary works at the earliest. It is suggested to remove the works from the contractors who are delaying in the works and hand them over to competent contractors. Similarly, it is suggested that water for drinking water needs should be lifted from Mid Maneru in Gauravelli reservoir. The CM ordered the officials to take steps for the construction of canals to supply irrigation water to Gauravelli Ayakattu. For Wardha Barrage Project Administration permission Rs. ENC Muralidhar said that the proposal for 4252.53 crores has been sent to the government.
As the DPR examination of Wardha Barrage project has started in the Central Water Association, the ENC requested the CM to grant administrative approval to the project soon. The CM directed the concerned officials to complete the administrative approval process for the project and send it for government approval. In this review meeting, Ministers Harish Rao, Vemula Prashant Reddy, Gangula Kamalakar, CS Shanti Kumari, Principal Advisor to Government Rajeev Sharma, Chief Advisor to CM Somesh Kumar, Finance Special Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao, CM Secretaries Smita Sabharwal, Bhupal Reddy, CM OSD Sridhar Rao Deshpande, Elevation Adviser Pentareddy, ENCs Muralidhar, N. Venkateshwarlu, Shankar, Chief Engineers Hamid Khan, Ramana Reddy, Srinivas, Ajay Kumar and others participated.
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