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TS govt to integrate Rajiv Sagar, Indira Sagar LIS
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The TS government has reportedly came up with a plan to integrate Rajiv Sagar and Indira Sagar Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) projects which were left abandoned midway after spending a whopping Rs 1,800 crore. If everything goes according to plan, not less than 4.5 lakh acres in Khammam district will get an assured irrigation facility.
- Minister for Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageswara Rao is confident of completing the project in two years
- If the plan materialises, the new combined lift irrigation scheme will provide assured irrigation to 4.5 lakh acres in Khammam district
Khammam: The TS government has reportedly came up with a plan to integrate Rajiv Sagar and Indira Sagar Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS) projects which were left abandoned midway after spending a whopping Rs 1,800 crore. If everything goes according to plan, not less than 4.5 lakh acres in Khammam district will get an assured irrigation facility.
It was almost a decade since Indira Sagar and Rajiv Sagar, the most-sought after projects in Khammam district, had been taken up by then Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhara Reddy under Jalayagnam; both the lift schemes made no headway mainly due to paucity of funds and problems associated with the land acquisition.
After the State bifurcation, both AP and TS governments had shown no interest on continuing the Indira Sagar, which was designed to irrigate two lakh acres in Khammam, Krishna and West Godavari districts. It may be noted here that the government had earlier spent around Rs 870 crore as against its estimated cost of Rs 1,227 crore.
On the other hand, stuck in land acquisition problem, the Rajiv Sagar project, which was proposed to irrigate two lakh acres, was also delayed. The project was designed to lift 16.50 tmcft from upstream of Dummugudem anicut on the Godavari near Aswapuram mandal by laying of 74.34 km pipeline and constructing a 74-km gravity canal. The government had spent around Rs 900 crore as against the estimated cost of Rs 1,681 crore.
In this backdrop, the TS government has asked Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) to redesign in such a way to irrigate 4.50 lakh acres in Khammam district by integrating both the projects. The plan is to utilise the canals and pipelines dug up under the Indira Sagar project.
As part of the newly-proposed plan, the water is supplied from Dummugudem to Kinnerasani using gravity and from there to Anisettipalli through lift. A pipeline will be laid from Anisettipalli to Rollapadu where a reservoir with a capacity of 14.5 tmcft is constructed. Again by virtue of gravity, the water will be supplied to Bayyaram and to Palair Balancing Reservoir.
Apart from this, by constructing a lift at Jaggaram, the water will be supplied from Rollapadu to Indira Sagar canal at Arlapenta. The irrigation facility will also be extended to Sathupalli by constructing a canal from Chaparalapalli under Mulakalapalli mandal.
The government is also considering providing irrigation facility lands in Kothagudem, Julurpadu and Chandrugonda mandals. Efforts are also on to explore the possibility of linking DBM 60 canal to SRSP canal.
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, who reviewed the progress of the projects with Minister for Roads and Buildings Tummala Nageswara Rao and officials of Irrigation and WAPCOS recently, made it clear that the project should be completed within two years, according to official sources.
Speaking to The Hans India, Rythu Sangham Telangana State joint secretary Nunna Nageswara Rao said: “If the plan materialises, it would augur well for the farmers in the district. It would also stabilise entire ayacut under the Nagarjunasagar Project Left Canal even though there is no flow of water in Krishna river.”
By:Adepu Mahende
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