Data will be a shot in the arm for government
crucial meeting between the officials of Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd (WAPCOS) and those of the Defence Ministry and Survey of India is scheduled in Delhi on Monday to finalise...
View ArticleTS plans to utilise barrages across Godavari for inland waterway too
The Government of Telangana is planning to utilise the Godavari river course in the State as a viable inland waterway by planning several barrages across the river at different places to maintain a...
View ArticleTelangana nod for Pranahitha-Chevella project after feasibility study
Hyderabad: Reacting to various statements by politicians on changes being contemplated in the Pranahita-Chevella project, the Telangana State government on Monday clarified that it would finalise the...
View ArticleTS to allocate Rs.25,000 cr. for irrigation every yr.
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the engineers of the Irrigation Department to prepare an action plan to provide water to the ayacut, at least in the first phase of the lift irrigation...
View ArticleTS to allocate Rs.25,000 cr. for irrigation every year
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the engineers of the Irrigation Department to prepare an action plan to provide water to the ayacut, at least in the first phase of the lift irrigation...
View ArticleTRS, Cong lock horns over shifting of Pranahitha project
HYDERABAD: After facing opposition on various irrigation projects and sharing of water, including the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation project, from Andhra Pradesh, the TRS government is facing...
View ArticleWill this meeting bear fruit?
he Irrigation Department officials of Telangana would soon visit Maharashtra to finalise the height of barrage to be constructed across river Pranahitha at Tummidihatti village in Adilabad district....
View ArticleGovt. looking for alternative site for Pranahita barrage?
In order to avoid the possibility of a ‘conflict’ with Maharashtra, the Telangana government is reportedly exploring the option of changing the location of the barrage of the mega Pranahita-Chevella...
View ArticleLiDAR survey on Godavari basin projects to begin today
The Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) survey proposed by the Government of Telangana for re-designing of several ongoing and new irrigation projects in the Godavari basin in the State would begin on...
View ArticleMaharashtra’s poll promise forces TS to shift main barrage site
Serious objections raised by the Government of Maharashtra over the large area of submergence in its territory due to the designed height of a barrage planned at Tummidihatti in Adilabad district, the...
View ArticleKaleswaram lift irrigation scheme barrage likely at Medigadda
For optimum utilisation of Pranahita and Godavari river waters, the State government is contemplating to construct the main barrage at Medigadda, near Kaleshwaram temple shrine, in Karimnagar district....
View ArticleLiDAR survey: TRS plans to convince Opposition
The Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) survey taken up by the Water and Power Consultancy Services (India) Ltd – WAPCOS – at the behest of the Government of Telangana as part of the latter’s plans for...
View ArticleEnd in sight for Pranahita-Chevella issue
An early settlement on the dispute lingering for about eight years over the height of a barrage proposed at Tummidihatti village in Adilabad district as part of the Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation...
View ArticleTS-Maharashtra talks to resume today
Telangana Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao will hold talks with his Maharashtra counterpart Girish Mahajan at Mantralay in Mumbai on Tuesday on the barrages planned by Telangana at Tummidihatti across...
View ArticleSecond thoughts on Tummidihatti barrage
The State government is seriously examining the option of changing the location of Tummidihatti barrage, the first component of Pranahitha-Chevella project, considering the possibility of delay in...
View ArticleTelangana banks on Pranahita and Indravati
The redesigned irrigation projects in Telangana are heavily banking on the inflows in two major tributaries – Pranahita and Indravati, which together have annual average flows of nearly 700 TMC ft...
View ArticleTS, Maharashtra to reach accord on projects
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been invited by his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis to Mumbai on March 8 for the signing of an accord between Telangana and Maharashtra over...
View ArticleState, Maharashtra sign historic accord
hief Ministers of Telangana and Maharashtra K. Chandrasekhar Rao and Devendra Fadnavis, respectively, unveiled a new chapter in the inter-State relations in the country by signing a memorandum of...
View Article‘Redesigned Pranahita can still be cost-effective’
The current dilemma whether to agree for the reduction of Thummidihatti barrage to 148 metres as suggested by Maharasthra government — as part of redesigning of Pranahita project — is not an issue...
View ArticleKCR sends a subtle message to Chandrababu Naidu
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has sent across a subtle message, through his presentation on irrigation projects in the Telangana Assembly, to the neighbouring Andhra Pradesh that the two States...
View ArticleKaleshwaram project to prove a blessing for TS
The Kaleshwaram irrigation project, one of the two components of the redesigned Pranahita-Chevella project, proposed across the Godavari after the tributaries – Pranahita and Indravati – join, is...
View ArticleGiving a new shape to agriculture in State
hief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao would lay foundation stone for Kaleshwaram project, the State government’s prestigious irrigation project across Godavari for optimum utilisation of Pranahita and...
View ArticleMedigadda: TS, Maharashtra agree on submergence area
In a step forward towards reaching an agreement with Maharashtra on the height of Medigadda barrage, a team of officials of the Irrigation Department of Telangana led by Minister T. Harish Rao held...
View Article‘CM misleading people over irrigation gains of interstate projects’
Chandrapur: Deputy leader of Congress in state assembly Vijay Wadettiwar on Saturday stated that chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has misled people over irrigation gains from three barrages being built...
View Article‘Govt. not keen on national status to Kaleshwaram’
Chairman of the Forum for Utilisation of Godavari Waters, Marri Shashidhar Reddy, has alleged that the Telangana government has not been demanding national status to Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project...
View ArticleForum suggests changes to Kaleshwaram project to cut costs
Telangana Engineers’ Forum has strongly recommended a canal between Mailaram and Sundilla instead of three lifts between Medigadda and Sundilla as part of the Kaleshwaram irrigation project. Talking to...
View ArticleIrrigation projects: KCR, Devendra Fadnavis to sign historic pact in July
Hyderabad: TS Chief Minister K, Chandrasekhar Rao and his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis will sign a historic accord for construction of Medigadda, Tummidihatti and Korata-Chanaka barrages...
View ArticleK Chandrasekhar Rao and Devendra Fadnavis to sign historic pact in July
Hyderabad: TS Chief Minister K, Chandrasekhar Rao and his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis will sign a historic accord for construction of Medigadda, Tummidihatti and Korata-Chanaka barrages...
View ArticleK Chandrasekhar Rao, Fadnavis to sign pact on projects today
Hyderabad: TS Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis will sign a pact on Tuesday that will pave the way for TS to take up construction of five more major...
View ArticlePact with Maharashtra will be historic, says Vinod Kumar
The signing of an agreement with Maharashtra scheduled on August 23 over construction of five barrages by Telangana across Penganga, Pranahitha and Godavari rivers will be a historic day for the people...
View ArticlePact with Maharashtra on barrages next week
The signing of an agreement between Telangana and Maharashtra on the construction of three barrages, including the all-important Medigadda barrages planned as part of the Kaleshwaram project, a...
View ArticleState studying suggestions on further improving Kaleshwaram project
As part of keeping its options open on utilisation of river waters by improving the designs or re-engineering of irrigation projects further, the State Government is studying some of the suggestions...
View ArticleTS-Maharashtra to ink pact on Medigadda, Tummidihatti on July 15
Ending nearly a decade-long uncertainty over the prospects of Pranahita-Chevella project, the stage has been set finally for signing of an agreement between Telangana and Maharashtra, after engaging...
View ArticleState submits Medigadda designs to Maharashtra
The Central Designs Organisation (CDO) engineers and officials of the Irrigation Department of Telangana handed over documents comprising designs and other necessary technical details on the Medigadda...
View ArticleTelangana keeps options open on project redesigning
The Telangana Government is keeping its options open on improving the efficiency of irrigation projects even after completing their redesigning/reengineering to a large extent already, even as it has...
View ArticleTelangana, AP water experts to argue their cases on sharing of river water
Hyderabad: The representatives of Telangana State and Andhra Pradesh would argue their cases on the sharing of river water in front the five-member expert committee headed by former Central Water...
View ArticleTS ‘firm’ on altering Pranahita-Chevella design
The Government of Telangana appears to have come to a conclusion on changing both the design and nomenclature of the Pranahita-Chevella project, if Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao’s opinion at a...
View ArticleJustice Chandra Kumar wants govt. to shelve Mallannasagar
Retired High Court Judge Justice B. Chandra Kumar, Telangana Rythu Sankshema Samithi and Telangana Rashtra Praja Samithi demanded that the State government shelve the Mallannasagar project as it was...
View ArticleTelangana, Maharashtra sign MoUs on 3 irrigation projects
HYDERABAD: Clearing the decks for three major inter-state irrigation projects proposed across the Godavari river and its tributaries Penganga and Pranahita, the Telangana and Maharashtra governments on...
View ArticleKCR for Mumbai to ink pacts on projects
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao said that he will go to Mumbai on August 23 to sign the final agreements on construction of irrigation projects on inter-State borders with his Maharashtra...
View ArticlePress Brief about The Achievements of The Ministry of Water Resources, River...
A number of challenges in the field of water sector have been identified by Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. A few can be listed as bridging gap of Irrigation...
View ArticleHoping President's nod for land bill, state government readies to acquire 10k...
HYDERABAD: With the Land Acquisition Bill awaiting the President's nod, the Telangana government is getting ready to take over about 10,000 acres under the Act that it expects to happen anytime soon....
View ArticleCongress takes out ‘black flag’ protest
The Congress has termed the agreement between Telangana and Maharashtra on Kaleshwaram as “huge injustice” meted out to Telangana and wondered why the government was portraying it as a historic...
View ArticleMedigadda: Telangana, Maharashtra agree on submergence area
In a step forward towards reaching an agreement with Maharashtra on the height of Medigadda barrage, a team of officials of the Irrigation Department of Telangana led by Minister T. Harish Rao held...
View ArticleKarimnagar set to be irrigation hub of Telangana
The erstwhile Karimnagar district, which was the epi-centre of Telangana movement, is now likely to be emerge as the irrigation hub of State with the existing irrigation projects and the ongoing new...
View ArticleWhy is Telangana's Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project important?
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...
View ArticleTRS planning to shelve projects: Congress
The Congress legislator from Jagtial, T. Jeevan Reddy alleged that the TRS government was planning to shelve all the pending ongoing irrigation projects on the pretext of redesigning. Talking to...
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