Minister Uttam says TG will invest Rs 10,820 cr and irrigate 30 lakh acres in five year
Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said the Congress Government in Telangana has outlined a comprehensive investment plan for fiscal 2024-25, focusing on irrigation projects across the Godavari and Krishna basins. Uttam was addressing the press at the Jal Soudha on Sunday, where he reviewed the state of the Irrigation Department. Uttam announced that the irrigation sector received a clear focus in the budget, with a capital allocation of Rs 10,820 crore. He announced that the Government would create an additional 30 lakh acres of ayacut across Telangana in the next five years. The Chinna Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) is set to receive Rs 183.96 crore to create a new ayacut of 12,267 acres. The Modikunta Vagu project will receive Rs 163.08 crore, while the Lower Penganga, including the Chanka Korata LIS project has been allocated Rs 147.23 crore to irrigate 27,794 acres. The Sripada Yellampally LIS will receive Rs 545.95 crore to create 41,000 acres of new irrigation potential. The JCR DLIS project, with an allocated budget of Rs 512.18 crore, plans to irrigate 1,32,012 acres. The largest allocation in the Godavari Basin goes to the Sita Rama LIS of Rs 1,487.31 crore for creating 1,18,933 acres of new ayacut. This includes the stabilisation of 1,11,818 acres and the creation of a new ayacut of 7,115 acres.
Godavari Basin projects will see a new ayacut of 3,32,006 acres with a total fund requirement of Rs 3,039.71 crores. In the Krishna Basin the Koil Sagar LIS will receive Rs 121.56 crore to irrigate 3,078 acres. The RBLIS project has been allocated Rs 127.34 crore to irrigate 21,692 acres, and the JNLI project will receive Rs 67.88 crore to irrigate 35,000 acres. The Kalwakurthy LIS project is set to receive Rs 489.16 crore to irrigate 134,994 acres. The largest allocation in the Krishna Basin goes to the Dindi LIS for which Rs 1881.1 crore has been allotted to irrigate 8,000 acres. The AMR SLBC project will receive Rs 1,679.66 crore to irrigate 50,000 acres. Overall, Krishna Basin projects will irrigate 252,764 acres with a total budget of Rs 4,366.72 crore. The total proposed new ayacut across both basins is 584,770 acres, with a combined funding of Rs 7,406.43 crores for fiscal 2024-25. An expenditure of Rs 7,406.43 crores is planned for the creation of a new ayacut covering 5.85 lakh acres across 12 projects. The Minister said that in the Kaleshwaram Project, Packages 9, 20, 21, 21A, and 22 have been prioritised
