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Mancherial: MLA Nadipelli Diwakar Rao said that the long pending dream of a bridge across Godavari river between Mancherial and Anthargao of Peddapalli district would be realised soon. He addressed pressmen here on Monday. Diwakar Rao said that the government accorded administrative sanction to the high-level bridge to be created at an estimated cost of […]
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Jagtial: Unable to cope up with age-related ailments, a 93-year-old man committed suicide by jumping into Godavari river at Rayapatnam bridge, Dharmapuri mandal. According to police, Dornala Rajireddy from Kachireddypalli, Ramadugu mandal of Karimnagar district, was suffering from age-related health issues for the past few years. Rajireddy, who went from the home on April 8, […]
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Peddapalli: Even as the majority of farmers in the State have ditched the old practice of growing the vegetables, fruits and root vegetables in a piece of land available in the surrounding of their respective houses due to various reasons, a farmer from Munjampally of Palakurthy mandal in Peddapalli district is trying to impress upon […]
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Hyderabad: Lambasting the BJP-led Central government for announcing inter-linking of rivers without taking the States into confidence, Finance Minister T Harish Rao on Monday demanded that the Centre immediately finalise the river water allocations to Telangana State and permit the proposed projects on Godavari River. Unless the water needs of Telangana are met, the State […]
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Nirmal: This Monday would remain as one of the contented days in the lives of five fishermen belonging to the neighboring Nizamabad district as they displayed exemplary courage and rescued three persons of a family who attempted to commit suicide by plunging into Godavari river near temple town Basar. Basar sub inspector U Mahesh said […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao inaugurated the mammoth Mallanna Sagar reservoir, which was constructed as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS), and dedicated it to the nation on Wednesday. He performed a special puja at the reservoir before releasing the Godavari River water into Mallanna Sagar on the Tukkapur Surge Pool. Here […]
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Mancherial: In a tragic incident, three Intermediate students drowned in Pranahita when they tried to swim in the tributary of Godavari river on the outskirts of Alugama village in Kotapalli mandal on Monday. Their bodies are yet to be traced. Chennur Rural Inspector K Nagaraju said the deceased were identified as Ambala Vamshivardhan (16), Ambala […]
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Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Sunday directed the Irrigation officials to submit the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) pertaining to irrigation projects proposed on Godavari River to the Central Water Commission (CWC) immediately and obtain necessary permissions to take up the works. He asserted that the DPR on Dr BR Ambedkar Pranahitha Project should […]
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Hyderabad: Jal Shakti (MoJS) Secretary Pankaj Kumar on Tuesday assured that the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of half a dozen irrigation projects in Telangana on Godavari River would be cleared soon. He gave this assurance during a video conference with the Chief Secretaries of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Somesh Kumar and Sameer Sharma, respectively, on […]
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Kothagudem: The ashes of four farmers and a journalist, who were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Uttar Pradesh, were immersed in river Godavari at Bhadrachalam in the district on Friday. The ashes were brought from the respective places of the victims from Uttar Pradesh by All India Agriculture Workers Union (AIAWU) leaders for […]
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Hyderabad: With the gazette notification on projects’s control issued by the Union Jal Shakti Ministry coming into force on October 14, the Godavari River Management Board (GRMB) has proposed to supervise the operations of Peda Vagu project on Godavari River on a pilot basis. The Telangana government has already requested the Centre to postpone implementation […]
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Kothagudem: Four gates of Taliperu reservoir at Cherla in Kothagudem district were lifted to discharge 5087 cusecs of excess water downstream on Wednesday. Though the district remained dry on Wednesday, the project received inflows due to rains in its upper catchment and there has been an inflow of 5542 cusecs into the reservoir, officials said. […]
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Hyderabad: Since June 1, as much as 278.785 TMC of water has flowed down to Godavari River from Sriram Sagar project near Pochampad in erstwhile Nizamabad district. This is only the second time that water in such huge quantity was released downstream of the project, which is considered as the lifeline for several parts of […]
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Mancherial: Vigilance was stepped up across the coastal areas of Pranahita river, in view of the week-long foundation day celebrations of Maoist party from September 21 to 27. As per instructions by Ramagundam Commissioner of Police S Chandrasekhar Reddy, personnel belonging to special party, greyhounds and other wings carried out massive searches and intensified vigilance […]
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Karimnagar: Incessant rains wrecked havoc in the erstwhile Karimnagar district. Many villages were cut-off from the rest of the world as water bodies were continuously overflowing, inundating nearby towns as well. Two persons Kudukala Gangamallu (47) and his son Vishnuvardhan (7) washed away in flood water near Mallannapta of Gollapalli mandal of Jagitial district. A […]
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District Collector D Anudeep said the river had crossed the first warning level of 43 feet at 7.45 am and the water level touched the second warning level of 48 feet at 5.40 pm
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He directed Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to deploy NDRF teams immediately to Nirmal town where several areas were in diluge.
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The Chief Minister sanctions Rs 50 crore for developing canals to supply water from Upper Manair and restore old ayacut
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Come June 25 an international documentary film on KLIS titled ‘Lifting a River’ will be aired on Discovery Channel networks with the project aerial shot pictures and videos at 8 pm
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With a total of 10 TMC water, the project to irrigate one lakh acres
