HYDERABAD: Union ministry of jal shakti has listed 11 irrigation projects in Telangana and four in AP as unapproved. AP hasn't submitted detailed project reports for three, while Telangana hasn't submitted DPRs of all 11 projects.
In AP, unapproved projects are Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme (LIS), Purushothapatnam LIS-pump houses at stage-I and stage-I, LIS at Chintalpudi and LIS at Venkatnagaram.
Telangana's projects are PV Narsimha Rao Kanthalapally barrage, Kaleswaram project's additional 1 TMC/day, regulator on Ramappa Lake-Pakhal Lake link, Tupakulagudem Barrage, Modikuntavagu Project, Chowtpally Hanumanth Reddy LIS, Kandukurthi LIS, Dr B R Ambedkar Pranahita Project, Gudem LIS, Mukteshwar (Chinna Kaleshwaram) LIS and, Sitarama (Rajiv Dummugudem) LIS.
Stop works on upapproved projects: Min
Minister of state for jal shakti Bishweswar Tudu said the two state governments have not handed over jurisdiction of operational projects as specified in Schedule II of the notification to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) and Godavari River Management Board (GRMB).
"The state governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have not provided seed money of ₹200 crore each to GRMB and KRMB. The Andhra Pradesh government has issued orders for handing over certain components of the Srisailam Project and Nagarjunasagar project under their control to KRMB simultaneously with the handing over of components under the control of Telangana. The Telangana government has issued no government order for handing over the components of the project under their control," Bishweswar said.
"Both the state governments should stop all ongoing works on unapproved projects as on the date of publication of the notification until the said projects are appraised and approved as per the provisions of the Act and following the decisions taken in the second meeting of the Apex Council. If approvals are not obtained within six months after the publication of this notification, full or partial operation, if any, of the said ongoing unapproved projects should cease to operate," he added.
