Irrigate every farm land: Telangana CM KCR to officials

HYDERABAD: Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Sunday directed the officials to prepare an action plan to extend river water to agricultural fields that have remained unserved by irrigation projects built by the state government on Godavari and Krishna rivers.
“Huge money has been spent and we have overcome numerous hurdles to complete irrigation projects. If the fruits of these projects are to reach every farmer, then water from these projects should reach up to the last ayacut,” CM KCR said at a review meeting on Sunday.
He said that the top priority is to create irrigation facilities that will reach the last farmer. “Ensure that two crops are cultivated on 30 lakh acres in a year under Sri Ram Sagar project (SRSP) as 2 tmc of water can be released into SRSP from Kaleshwaram project. Store 25 to 30 TMC of water in SRSP,” the CM told officials.
KCR further instructed officials to identify tanks in the state which are not getting water from irrigation projects and supply water to them within six months. “Only 90,000 acres can be irrigated from Yellampally water and give water to remaining ayucut from SRSP,” he said.
As the water availability has increased from Kaleshwaram, officials were told to study and take up works to enhance the water holding and discharge capacity of canals to supply water to every acre of agricultural land.
“Water received during the monsoon should be stored in larger quantities by releasing it from irrigation projects to fill up tanks, check dams and reservoirs to improve the ground water levels in lakhs of borewells,” he told the officials.