TS moves to resolve inter-State row
Has the State government managed to resolve inter-State issues by proposing to change the barrage site of the ambitious Pranahita-Chevella project or will the same continue to haunt it at the new place...
View ArticleTS to build series of barrages across the Godavari
The Telangana government is planning a series of barrages across the Godavari for irrigation on the lines of Maharashtra and Karnataka which have together constructed nearly 300 of them on the...
View ArticleNew irrigation policy to benefit one lakh acres, says KCR
Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday indicated that a new irrigation policy would be brought in soon to match the government’s plans to irrigate at least one-lakh acres land in every assembly...
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...
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 ArticleMaharashtra sticks to its guns
The Government of Maharashtra has ‘sealed’ the fate of the main barrage of Pranhita-Chevella lift irrigation project originally proposed with 152-meter full reservoir level (FRL) at Tummidi-Hatti...
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 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 ArticleWhat project redesigning means to RR
The ongoing process of redesigning irrigation projects in Telangana, particularly the ones based on Godavari water, will soon decide the fate of northern parts of Ranga Reddy district, where it was...
View ArticleDecks cleared for Tummidihatti barrage
The Maharashtra Government on Tuesday gave in-principle consent to the barrage to be built across Pranahita river by Telangana at Tummidihatti in Adilabad district, without any submergence...
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 ArticleCrucial meet on Sileru hydro project today
HYDERABAD: Stage is set for a high-voltage drama between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh as Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) meets on Tuesday to decide the fate of Sileru hydroelectric project. The...
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