Hyderabad, June 5 -- Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy on Friday issued a firm directive to irrigation officials to expedite land acquisition for all ongoing and pending irrigation projects in Telangana, giving it the highest state priority.

The announcement came during a comprehensive two-day tour of the drought-prone Palamuru region, where the CM conducted aerial surveys and on-ground inspections of key projects. Officials have been instructed that project works cannot proceed without resolving land acquisition and rehabilitation issues, and that the process must be completed on a war-footing.

The Chief Minister, accompanied by Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy, visited sites including the Makthal-Kodangal-Narayanpet lift i...