KCR takes stock of Kaleshwaram project progress, directs officials to fill up all barrages

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has directed irrigation officers to put together venture-clever operational recommendations and to fill up all barrages in advance of summer, right after going to the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation venture web sites on Tuesday.

Expressing happiness about the venture development and water being pumped into reservoirs/barrages, he instructed the officers anxious to fill them all up.

On Tuesday, the CM, along with his wife Shobha, visited the Laxmi Barrage built at Medigadda and paid out tributes to the Godavari waters.

“The Telangana farming group has faced hardships for many years. We experienced fixed that the moment the Telangana State is shaped, farmers really should get enough water source for two crops. We have strategised for the development of a barrage at a issue right after rivers Godavari and Pranahita be part of so that far more water for far more time can be pumped,” he explained.

In a statement produced right after the web-site take a look at, Rao explained: “After a technical survey, it was made the decision to build a barrage at Medigadda issue. We have estimated that with 16.17 TMC (thousand million cubic toes) storage ability, if the barrage is built on a a hundred MT height, water can be pumped for 7 months in a 12 months. Development has progressed as prepared. Pumping is underway with out any issue.

“Arrangements are being produced to source water to Nizam Sagar from Kaleshwaram. If will need be, water will be pumped to the Sriram Sagar venture from Kaleshwaram. The Kaleshwaram venture has redrawn the irrigation map of Telangana.”