SLBC project to be a panacea for water-starved south Telangana
Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy announced that the Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) project will be completed by June 2028 to provide water to the fluoride-affected Nalgonda district. The government is also accelerating other irrigation projects in the region to improve water security.
Why it matters
The project is critical for addressing long-standing water scarcity and health issues caused by fluoride contamination in South Telangana.
The Srisailam Left Bank Canal (SLBC) tunnel project would prove a panacea to the water-starved areas of south Telangana, particularly the erstwhile Nalgonda district, where generations of people had suffered devastating consequences of fluoride contamination, Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said on Saturday.
Speaking at a public meeting organised at Nakrekal to celebrate 1,000 days in office for the Congress Government, he said the government was determined to complete the decades-old SLBC project irrespective of the obstacles encountered in its execution. “For decades, the people of erstwhile Nalgonda district have waited for the SLBC project. We are taking the project forward and will complete it by June 2028,” he reiterated.
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