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Irrigation officials have begun releasing water from the Singur multipurpose project to facilitate repair works recommended by the National Dam Safety Review Panel. Storage will be reduced over the next 30 to 40 days while experts assess damage to the dam and embankment.

The Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme, a flagship project intended to irrigate up to 6 lakh acres in drought-prone regions of Telangana, will miss its December 2025 deadline and is now expected to be fully operational by mid-2027. Former Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah criticized the current government for underutilizing Godavari water and failing to activate key pumping units.

Former Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao and ex-Irrigation Minister T. Harish Rao have challenged the Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose Commission’s report on the Kaleshwaram project in the High Court, calling it politically motivated, defamatory, and a violation of natural justice.

Following a warning from the Dam Safety Review Panel, the Irrigation Department is likely to cap water storage in the Singur reservoir at 22 TMCft, below its full level. This move, a first since 1999, may impact Yasangi irrigation

The Irrigation Department’s eviction notices to residents near the Lower Manair Dam sparked political backlash in Karimnagar. BRS MLA Gangula Kamalakar visited affected colonies and vowed support, questioning the move and warning against HYDRAA-style demolitions in the district

The Telangana government revised the Pranahita-Chevella project plan despite prior hydrology clearance, citing insufficient water at Tummadi Hatti and Central Water Commission warnings, leading to relocation of the barrage site

Flood forecast indicates further rise in water levels over the next 48 hours due to widespread rainfall in the catchment areas spanning Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha

Move prioritises drinking water needs in Khammam district; parts of Mahabubabad district will also benefit from the release, say officials

At least five teams are conducting simultaneous searches at 12 places in Hyderabad, Siddipet and Karimnagar

At least 15 officials caught this year; Revenue and Police Departments top the list

Kothagudem's Murredu stream embankment, proposed in 2023, remains unbuilt. Revised Rs. 50 crore estimates await funding. With monsoons nearing, residents fear flooding and erosion in Srinagar, Sanjay, and Hamali colonies

Mumbai-based company bags the Rs 1,439.55 crore contract; work to be taken up on pilot basis

Since the irrigation department failed to impound water in Ankampet lake from River Godavari this yasangi, farmers said that the crops in hundreds of acres withered out in these two villages

The irrigation officials will pump in one TMC of water. Since the project has 1.42 TMCft of water now, it will take the total storage to 2.42 TMCft against its full storage capacity of 3 TMCft

Say the impounding of Ankampet lake is mandatory to meet irrigation needs of Yasangi

State government considering handing over management of 10,000 irrigation tanks to WUAs, followed by a phased increase

The Irrigation department's top brass is deeply divided over the fate of the Medigadda barrage and the broader Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP). While a significant majority, barring a few exceptions, supports putting two of the three barrages back into operation, some senior officials believe that the Medigadda barrage's issues are being overemphasized.

CM Revanth Reddy advised the officials to present arguments in the Supreme Court that there should be no interference of Godavari and Krishna boards until the water sharing was completed by the Tribunal

Following the outcome and seizures, ACB booked a case against Nikesh Kumar and took up investigation.

The Telangana High Court comprising Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice J Sreenivas Rao on Wednesday issued notices in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) case challenging the state government's failure to implement the Official Languages Act, 1966.