Hyderabad, March 8 -- Telangana Irrigation and Civil Supplies minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday, March 8, said that he will make the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme fully operational in the next 20 months. He also vowed to complete the Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Bhima, and Koilsagar projects by March 2027, and by utilising the state's full share of water from the Krishna river.

At a review meeting of irrigation works in Telangana, Uttam Kumar Reddy said that the ruling Congress government here had spent Rs 7161 crore on the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme from December 7, 2023, till date. He stated that the government also spent Rs 6718 crores on the implementation of the project works, Rs 284.71 crores on land a...