Palamuru BRS leaders urge govt. to run KLIP pumps 24x7, fill tanks
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders in Telangana have demanded that the state government operate the Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Project pumps 24/7 to support farmers. They allege that the current administration is failing to manage water resources effectively compared to neighboring Andhra Pradesh.
Why it matters
This highlights regional political tensions over water rights and agricultural resource management between Indian states.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leaders of the combined Mahabubnagar (Palamuru) district visited Kalwakurthy Lift Irrigation Project stage-three pump house at Gowridevipally in Revally mandal of Wanaparthy district and demanded that the government run all the KLIP pumps round-the-clock to fill minor irrigation tanks linked to it and balancing reservoirs till water is available in Srisailam reservoir.
This was necessary since Andhra Pradesh had been drawing huge quantities, almost 10 times more than what Telangana had been drawing, of water to the areas outside the basin. Former Ministers S. Niranjan Reddy, Dr. C. Laxma Reddy and V. Srinivas Goud, and former legislators M. Janardhan Reddy and B. Harshavardhan Reddy said it was unfortunate that the Congress Government was unable to give water to farmers despite availability.
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