# Suryapet police launch drive to protect lift irrigation projects 2026-08-10T06:39:07+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Suryapet district police have launched a coordinated drive to prevent thefts at lift irrigation schemes across Huzurnagar and Kodad constituencies. Officials held an awareness seminar on Thursday where District Collector Tejas Nandalal Pawar said thefts of transformers, motors, and wires inflict heavy losses on farmers. He urged farmers to form cooperative societies and monitoring committees for every lift irrigation project and install CCTV cameras. Superintendent of Police Narasimha said thieves target remote schemes and that patrolling will be intensified with point books at every site to track security. Kodad MLA Uttam Padmavathi Reddy asked farmers to treat the projects as their own property and protect them. ## Coverage - thehansindia.com Tags: farmers committees, lift irrigation, Suryapet police, Telangana, theft prevention Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/suryapet-police-launch-drive-to-protect-lift-irrigation-projects/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/suryapet-police-launch-drive-to-protect-lift-irrigation-projects/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.