12 checkdams to be built in Sircilla: KCR

The Chief Minister sanctions Rs 50 crore for developing canals to supply water from Upper Manair and restore old ayacut

Sircilla: The erstwhile Karimnagar district has become a hub of live streams, receiving water from Manair River, SRSP Flood Canal, Kakatiya Canal and Godavari River, thanks to the measures taken by the State government, said Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao here on Sunday. He was addressing the local body representatives after inaugurating the Integrated District Collectorate Complex in Sircilla.

A request for construction of 12 checkdams in Rajanna Sircilla district was also approved and officials were asked to send necessary proposals for implementation. He also sanctioned Rs 50 crore for developing canals to supply water from Upper Manair and restore old ayacut.

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Ministers KT Rama Rao, S Niranjan Reddy, Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Puvvada Ajay Kumar, Telangana State Planning Board vice-chairman B Vinod Kumar, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar and others were present.

The Chief Minister said the State has witnessed miracles in agriculture sector in the last six years, and farmers who migrated to other parts of the country for livelihood are now returning to their hometowns.

With completion of several irrigation projects, Telangana took up farming on a large scale and could supply about 92 lakh tonnes of paddy to Food Corporation of India (FCI) last year. The State government spent over Rs 4,000 crore for sheep distribution and will spend another Rs 4,000 crore during second phase to be launched shortly.

“Due to Mission Kakatiya, we revived the chain of tanks in the State which were otherwise neglected during the Andhra regime. As a result, groundwater level has also increased significantly. The tank bunds have been strengthened under Mission Kakatiya and not many breaching of bunds were witnessed despite the State receiving an excess rainfall of about 135 per cent,” he said.

Chandrashekhar Rao said the State had started rebuilding itself with Mission Kakatiya and went all the way to construct the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme. Though many people expressed doubts and others campaigned against it for political mileage, the government completed the pending irrigation projects. He said the State government was ready to pay bills to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore for lifting the water and irrigating the agricultural lands across the State. “Only a couple of projects such as Palamuru Rangareddy and Seetha Rama project are pending which will be completed soon,” Rao said.

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