SRSP to get water from KLIS from this year: CM KCR

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Tuesday announced that the Sriram Sagar Project will be filled with water from Kaleswaram Project this year itself. He visited the works in progress as part of the Sriram Sagar Revival Scheme in the day. He examined the works on eight pump houses at Srirampur. Reviewing the progress with the officials, he wanted them to complete the Pump Houses at Rampur in Jagtial district by putting them on the fast track.

The CM has instructed the officials to complete the works on five pump houses within a month and the remaining three by August. He asked them to make arrangements for the power supply to the pump houses. Since water flows in river Godavari will last till October and November, water pumping should continued till then for the SRSP. He urged the officials to take steps to supply water for even the second crop in SRSP ayacut from this year.

“Telangana people in general and farmers in particular have lots of hopes pinned on Kaleshwaram and they are looking forward for supply of the water from the project. They were of the firm hope that the difficulties they



have faced for decades together for water for cultivation are coming to an end. State government has embarked upon new projects as irrigation is top on its agenda. 

The State government has taken up construction of Palamuru-Rangareddy, Kaleswaram and Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme to extend irrigation facility to over one crore acres

Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy, Chief Whip Rajeshwar Reddy, MP J Santosh Kumar, MLC Seri Subhash Reddy, ZP Chairperson Tula Uma, IDC Chairman Eedha Shankar Reddy, Irrigation E-in-C Muralidhar Rao, Advisor Penta Reddy, CM secretary Smita Sabharwal, State Finance Corporation Chairman Rajesham Goud and others accompanied the CM. The CM who is firm on completing the works on Kaleswaram Project on time, made a second visit to the project site within a fortnight. On May 19, the CM visited Medigadda barrage and Kannepally pump houses. 

Despite the severe heat conditions, the CM went around the sites and interacted with the officials and engineers and gave them necessary instructions.