Telangana Government's decision to keep the Medigadda pumps idle caused a massive irrigation failure, letting 2,742 TMC of Godavari water flow unused. Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project gained instead, intensifying regional water politics and distressing 18 lakh acres across 13 districts of Telangana
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The initiative was aimed to provide a permanent solution to Hyderabad's drinking water woes and bring new agricultural areas under irrigation under these projects, he said.The Singur, Manjeera, and Nizam Sagar projects are all built on the Manjeera river, which is a tributary of the Godavari.