Harish Rao urges govt. to fill reservoirs, MI tanks of Kaleshwaram project
BRS leader T. Harish Rao has urged the government to fill five major reservoirs of the Kaleshwaram project using water from the Mid Manair reservoir. He argues this is necessary to ensure irrigation for 4 lakh acres of farmland.
Why it matters
Water management and irrigation infrastructure are critical political and economic issues for the farming community in Telangana.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) senior leader and Deputy Floor Leader in the Assembly T. Harish Rao demanded that the government fill Annapurna, Ranganayakasagar, Mallannasagar, Kondapochammasagar and Nrusimhasagar reservoirs with water from Mid Manair and ensure water for irrigation to about 4 lakh acres under them.
In a letter addressed to Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Monday, he said the five reservoirs of the Kaleshwaram Project could be given water since the Mid Manair reservoir has about 22 tmc ft storage now against its full capacity of 27.5 tmc ft. It is being filled by pumping water from Yellampally through Nandi and Gayathri pump houses of the Kaleshwaram Project and it would get more water since Yellampally was getting good inflows with rains in the upstream areas.
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