Krishna Control Board to resolve water disputes between Andhra and Telangana
HYDERABAD: Even as sharing of river water is being projected as the bone of contention for the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, government sources point out that the Centre is ready with a comprehensive...
View ArticleNo breakthrough in sight
Hyderabad: The height of the Tummidihatti Barrage in Adilabad district, which is part of the Pranahita-Chevella major lift irrigation scheme in Telangana state, is back in the news. Talks between...
View ArticleTelangana, Andhra Pradesh let godavari flow into the sea
Hyderabad: During its 60 years of existence, the rulers of united Andhra Pradesh failed to take up projects that could link the Godavari with its massive surplus with the Krishna which always runs out...
View ArticlePalamur LI scheme tops TS agenda
In a move to build a strong case for taking up Palamur lift irrigation scheme in Mahabubnagar, the Telangana Government is veering round to the argument that the said project is nothing but the...
View ArticlePushkaralu begins; govt releases water from 3 dams into Godavari
HYDERABAD: Telangana is all set to celebrate the 12-day Godavari Pushkaralu from Tuesday morning. While last minute arrangements were on at several of the 106 locations along the river where the...
View ArticlePushkaralu begins; govt releases water from 3 dams
HYDERABAD: Telangana is all set to celebrate the 12-day Godavari Pushkaralu from Tuesday morning. While last minute arrangements were on at several of the 106 locations along the river where the...
View ArticleTS govt. proposes to irrigate 72,000 acres by Devadula
The Telangana government has proposed to irrigate 72,000 acres by Devadula lift irrigation scheme on Godavari in the current kharif. Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao made this announcement after...
View ArticleTelangana makes its stand clear on interlinking of rivers
The Government of Telangana has asked the Centre to go for a detailed project report (DPR) only after establishing that the State has water in excess of its needs – water for its existing and new...
View ArticleString of barrages proposed by TS on Godavari
Looking beyond irrigation, an expert has come up with an innovative plan of turning the string of barrages proposed on Godavari river by Telangana Government into a major multipurpose revenue yielding...
View ArticleTS, Maharashtra agree to sort out differences
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his Maharashtra counterpart Devendra Fadnavis have agreed to form a joint experts’ committee to thrash out contentious issues on inter-state irrigation...
View ArticleThe big picture
Looking beyond irrigation, an expert has come up with an innovative plan of turning the string of barrages proposed on Godavari river by Telangana Government into a major multipurpose revenue yielding...
View ArticleCriticism mounts on move to change Pranahitha-Chevella design
Activists and political parties targeted Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao for proposing to change the design of the Pranahitha-Chevella irrigation project, quite a few of them castigating him for...
View ArticleDisputes over Godavari to greet new A.P. govt.
Chief Minister-designate N. Chandrababu Naidu may have to grapple with what could be a smouldering dispute between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh over the utilisation of the promised amount of water from...
View ArticlePushkarams nearing, but Godavari bone dry
HYDERABAD: The Telangana government may want to celebrate the once-in-12-years Godavari Pushkarams on a scale that rivals the Maha Kumbh Mela at Allahabad, but it may well need some divine intervention...
View ArticlePositive signals on Inchampalli raise hopes
Inchampalli, the much sought after multi-purpose irrigation project in Karimnagar district, is back in focus with Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao stressing the need to take up the project by...
View ArticleBarrage remains contentious issue
chief engineers-level meeting between Telangana and Maharashtra here on Monday failed to thrash out the critical issue of the height of the barrage of Pranahita-Chevella irrigation project, as...
View ArticleKakatiya canal to carry more water
Minister for Major Irrigation T. Harish Rao, along with Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender, on Wednesday inspected the Kakatiya canal widening...
View ArticleMaharashtra nod for barrage across Pranahita
In a major step towards speeding up the Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation project works, the Maharashtra government has in principle agreed to allow construction of a barrage across Pranahita river in...
View ArticleRedesign all Godavari projects: KCR
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed irrigation officials to redesign all projects on Godavari, right from Tummidi-Hatti where Pranahita joined the river to Dummugudem in Khammam...
View ArticleTS, Maharashtra officials discuss Pranahita barrage height
A visit of top Irrigation Department officials from Telangana and Maharashtra to the originally proposed site of Pranahita project barrage at Tummidihatti village in Koutala mandal on Thursday has once...
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