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Harish Rao urges Telangana to pump Kaleshwaram water for Kharif
BRS leader T Harish Rao has demanded that the Telangana government immediately switch on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme’s pumps at Kannepalli to fill reservoirs for the ongoing Kharif season. In a…
The Story in Brief
BRS leader T Harish Rao has demanded that the Telangana government immediately switch on the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme’s pumps at Kannepalli to fill reservoirs for the ongoing Kharif season. In a letter to Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, Rao said farmers are stressed due to inadequate rainfall from El Nino and delays in filling reservoirs. He urged the government to pump water from Mid Manair, which currently holds 22 TMCft against a capacity of 27 TMCft, to fill the Lower Manair Dam and other reservoirs. Rao said the move would help irrigate nearly four lakh acres and urged utilisation of Godavari floodwater.
The Indian Opinion
The Kaleshwaram project has become a political football between BRS and Congress. Harish Rao’s demand to pump water now sounds urgent, but the same leaders who accuse each other of delaying water releases were in power when the scheme was built. Farmers need irrigation, not blame games. The real test will be whether the government publishes daily reservoir levels and pumping data, that will show if water is being withheld or if inflows are genuinely insufficient.
Source: telanganatoday.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
