Briefing media persons after the cabinet meeting, Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the SLBC tunneling works would be completed by September 2027
Irrigation authorities in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are taking precautionary measures to handle the increasing flood flow by scaling up discharges at key projects
Munugode MLA Komatireddy Rajgopal Reddy’s comments that Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy would become the next Chief Minister has triggered turmoil in the State unit of the Congress.
The State government, which accorded top priority for Devadula works seeks to complete it by December 2025 for providing water to an additional ayacut of 89000 acres
He criticised the State government for its failure to address critical issues like delayed crop loan waiver and Rythu Bharosa support to farmers, and rising healthcare costs due to widespread fevers, and other challenges.
The former Minister would also participate in the State-wide protests being organised by the BRS at Alair to hold the State government responsible for its failures to implement the crop loan waiver
Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy said the loan waiver was pending in respect of over 17 lakh accounts. The waiver was could not be implemented due to technical reasons and that their issues would be addressed soon.
Disputing claims that 90 per cent of the project work was completed during the BRS regime, they said the project was estimated to cost Rs.18,300 crore, but the previous government had spent only up to Rs.7,300 crore before the Congress party came to power
The action to be initiated in the case would be decided after taking it up with the Chief Minster A Revanth Reddy once he was back from his visit to the US.
The Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy said as promised to the unemployed youth before the elections, a job calendar would be released officially in the Assembly on Friday to provide legal sanctity to the calendar.
Answering a question in the Council, Uttam Kumar Reddy clarified that the new ration cards would be exclusively issued to Below Poverty Line (BPL) families.
Bhatti Vikramarka's visit gains significance after holding discussions with MLC T Jeevan Reddy who revealed his plans to quit the party and the post, miffed over Revanth Reddy's decision to admit his political rival and Jagtial MLA M Sanjay Kumar into the party fold.
The Congress government had sanctioned Rs 72 crore to complete the nine km long Enkur link canal to connect Sitarama project with Nagarjuna Sagar project left canal.
