Hyderabad, July 16 -- Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka on Thursday, July 16, said the state government would make maximum use of Godavari waters through gravity and lift irrigation, and vowed to complete the Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme without delay or misuse of funds.

Vikramarka was speaking to reporters after inspecting the Sitarama and Seethamma Sagar projects in Bhadradri Kothagudem district with ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy and Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy. He said the aim was to complete the project at the earliest and ensure Godavari water reached the last ayacut.

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He recalled that the Rajiv Sagar and Indira Sagar lift irrigation schemes were designed under for...