Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed the authorities to lift water available in the Godavari and Krishna rivers with the help of Kaleshwaram and other lift systems on a war-footing to keep the drought conditions staring at the country, including Telangana, at bay in the wake of monsoon playing truant.
At a review meeting held here on Sunday with the officials of Agriculture, Energy, Irrigation and other departments to lift water from rivers and keep sufficient water in reservoirs to ensure the lands linked to the irrigation systems get water for the first crop. He enquired with the authorities about the rainfall conditions as also availability water in the Pranahitha river that supplements water to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project and the energy demand.
The Chief Minister asked the authorities to ensure that there was no scarcity to drinking water and irrigation needs in the State in spite of the scanty rainfall and lack of inflows into major reservoirs from the upstream. He told the engineers of KLIP to lift Pranahitha water at Medigadda and lift it back into Annaram, Sundilla, Yellampally and Mid Manair, Lower Manair, Sriramsagar and other projects for giving water to the ayacut.
