Mother Nature Aug / Sep 2017
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Telangana Irrigation & Water resources
The Telangana government is eager to complete 26 pending projects in Telangana in two years ’ time . For the completion of these projects Rs 18,000 crores will be needed and it would help in irrigating 24 lakh acres of land in Telangana . The goverment promised to provide water for 10 lakh acres of land in every district and this has to be done at any cost . “ My government will allocate more than Rs 1 lakh crore for irrigation ” says CM KCR prompting the irrigation experts to complete the works . There is a need to complete the Kalwakurthy lift irrigation scheme , Nettempadu lift irrigation scheme , Bheema lift irrigation project , Koilsagar lift irrigation project , Srisailam left bank canal ( SLBC ) and Devadula lift irrigation scheme on a war- footing . Stressing the need to take up new irrigation projects on Godavari river , the TRS chief said that there was a need take up projects such as Kanthanapally lift irrigation Project in Warangal district , Inchampalli project in Karimnagar and Pranahita-Chevella project . If anything is at stake for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS ) government in the youngest State of the country for the next elections due in 2019 , it is the execution of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project ( KLIP ).
Why is Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project ( KLIP ) important ?
Claimed to be the costliest irrigation project to be taken up by any State till date with an estimated cost of ? 80,500 crore , the project holds the key to the TRS government ’ s promise of providing irrigation facility to one crore acres of land under all projects / tanks . The government has already spent . 10,000 crore on the project , including land acquisition , and has allocated . 7,000 crore in the current budget , besides tying up a . 7,400 crore loan from a consortium of banks . Notwithstanding its share of controversies , particularly related to land acquisition for the Mallannasagar reservoir , one of the key components of the project for storage of 50 tmc ft water , the project is making swift progress .
Nagarjuna Sagar
Priyadarshini Jurala Project
Sriram Sagar
Nizam Sagar
Sripada sagar yellampally project
Srisailam Dam
Manair Dam Karim Nagar
Koilsagar Dam is built on minor tributary of the Krishna river , located near Koilsagar village in Mahabubnagar district