State’s plea for national project status to Kaleshwaram and PRLIS remains unheeded
The Telangana government's request for national project status for the Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy irrigation projects remains stalled at the southern zonal council. Andhra Pradesh has opposed the request, citing unauthorized expansion of water usage, leading the Union Home Minister to defer the decision.
Why it matters
Inter-state water disputes are critical issues that impact regional development, agricultural stability, and federal-state relations in India.
The State government’s efforts to convince the Centre to confer national project status for its two major lift irrigation projects — Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy — continue to remain unheeded.
The southern zonal council headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah has deferred its response to the Telangana Government’s request for conferring national project status to Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation projects of the State. The issue figured in the recently-held southern zonal council meeting with the Inter State Council Secretariat placing in the agenda the Telangana Government’s request that the Jal Shakti Ministry be impressed upon to consider conferring National Project status on Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Projects, and provide financial support.
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