Telangana Revives Pranahita-Chevella Irrigation Project, Seeks Maharashtra's Approval
Telangana to revive Pranahita-Chevella project, seeks Maharashtra’s approval for barrage
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The Telangana government plans to revive the Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation scheme, initially launched in 2008, by seeking Maharashtra's approval for a barrage construction at Tummidihatti village in Komuram Bheem district. This move aims to utilize water from the Pranahita river for irrigation and drinking water supply across multiple districts.
- 01Telangana aims to revive the Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation scheme, abandoned in 2016.
- 02The state seeks Maharashtra's approval for a barrage at Tummidihatti village.
- 03The project aims to irrigate 16 lakh acres and provide drinking water to Hyderabad.
- 04The estimated cost of the project is ₹38,500 crore (approximately $4.6 billion USD).
- 05Previous redesigns led to cost escalations, with the Kaleshwaram project exceeding ₹1 lakh crore (approximately $12 billion USD).
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The Telangana government has announced plans to revive the Pranahita-Chevella lift irrigation scheme, which was originally launched in 2008 under the administration of Y S Rajasekhar Reddy in undivided Andhra Pradesh but was abandoned by the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government in 2016. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy instructed the irrigation department to engage with the Maharashtra government for approval to construct a barrage at Tummidihatti village in Komuram Bheem district at a height of 150 meters. This barrage is a crucial component of the scheme aimed at lifting 160 thousand million cubic feet (tmc) of water from the Pranahita river, a tributary of the Godavari, to irrigate 16 lakh acres across various districts, including Adilabad and Nizamabad, while also supplying drinking water to Hyderabad. The estimated cost of the project stands at ₹38,500 crore (approximately $4.6 billion USD). Previously, the BRS government had redesigned the project into the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme, relocating the barrage and causing the project's cost to escalate to over ₹1 lakh crore (approximately $12 billion USD). The chief minister emphasized that the new barrage would cause minimal submergence in Maharashtra and expressed readiness to compensate affected residents.
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The revival of the Pranahita-Chevella project could significantly enhance irrigation and drinking water supply in Telangana, benefiting farmers and residents in the region.
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