HYDERABAD: Telangana irrigation department special chief secretary Rajat Kumar has filed a counter-affidavit in the National Green Tribunal, Chennai bench, against the stop-work order issued by the tribunal regarding the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS).
Telangana irrigation department informed NGT that the project has to be brought to a safe level and said stopping of work will cause substantial financial loss to the public exchequer. NGT on October 29, 2021, issued interim order against proceeding with PRLIS without obtaining environmental clerance.
