Telangana government to complete irrigation projects

Hyderabad, January 19: Telangana Government is set to complete all irrigation projects of 1.25 crore acres, Telangana will spend about Rs 1.17 lakh crore during the next five years, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Friday. The government has already spent Rs 77,777 crore out of the estimated cost of Rs 2.25 lakh crore for all irrigation projects.

"In addition to this, for land purchase, compensatory afforestation and for rehabilitation and resettlement packages another Rs 22,000 crore has been spent. The total expenditure as of now is Rs. 99,643 crore," KCR told in a review meeting with officials on irrigation projects.

"By the end of March this year it is estimated that another Rs 7,000 crore expenditure would be incurred. With this, by the end of March, the expenditure would touch Rs 1.07 lakh crore," Cm said. He directed the officers to speed up the works on irrigation projects. In addition to irrigation projects in Godavari and Krishna basin, Mission Kakatiya will help the state achieve the target of irrigating 1.25 crore acres.

“In the erstwhile rule of united Andhra Pradesh, the irrigation projects of former Adilabad district were a joke. Except for seeking votes during elections on the name of projects, they never constructed projects and gave water. The history of Adilabad should be changed by providing adequate water in abundance. A comprehensive strategy should be evolved to provide water to the erstwhile Adilabad district,” the CM KCR said.