irrigation

North Andhra Forum seeks statutory council, ₹8,000 crore for irrigation and development

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North Andhra Forum seeks statutory council, ₹8,000 crore for irrigation and development

Former Vice-Chancellor of B.R. Ambedkar University Hanumanthu Lajapathirai. Hanumanthu Lajipathirai, Chairman of the North Andhra Development Advisory Forum and former Vice-Chancellor of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University–Srikakulam, has urged the State government to establish an exclusive Regional Council for North Andhra with statutory powers and allocate ₹8,000 crore for the completion of long-pending irrigation and other … Read more

‘Irrigation projects in Karnataka stalled owing to delay in release of funds by Centre’

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‘Irrigation projects in Karnataka stalled owing to delay in release of funds by Centre’

While there is no dearth of funds for Railway and national highway projects in the State, Karnataka’s irrigation projects have been in limbo for many years as the Centre has not released the announced funds, Additional Chief Secretary Gaurav Gupta has said. He was apprising the State government’s Special Representative in New Delhi T.B. Jayachandra … Read more

Upparu desilting to be fully completed this year

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Upparu desilting to be fully completed this year

With the River Conservation Division of the Water Resources Department (WRD) taking up the second phase of desilting of the Upparu, the drainage canal in Lalgudi taluk would be fully cleared of silt this financial year. The canal is being desilted for a length of about 4 km at an estimated cost of about ₹1.10 … Read more

BRS blames Congress government for return of DPR of Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme by Centre

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BRS blames Congress government for return of DPR of Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme by Centre

HYDERABAD The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has blamed the Congress government in the State for the return of detailed project report (DPR) of the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) recently without according necessary permissions and clearances, long after the project getting environmental and forest clearances during BRS rule and conduct of trial run of a … Read more

CPI writes to Naidu seeking fund allocation for lift irrigation schemes

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CPI writes to Naidu seeking fund allocation for lift irrigation schemes

The Communist Party of India (CPI) wrote to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu urging him to take immediate measures and allocate funds for the repairs of the Rajolibanda diversion scheme and Guru Raghavendra Lift Irrigation Scheme in Kurnool district. In a letter on Sunday, CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna said that Mantralyam, Emmiganuru, and Kodumur constituencies … Read more

Farmers in Kancheepuram district say they have no water due to clogged channel of irrigation tank

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Farmers in Kancheepuram district say they have no water due to clogged channel of irrigation tank

A farmer standing by the channel of the Uthukkadu irrigation tank, which is clogged with buses and brambles, making it too narrow for proper water flow | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement   A section of farmers of Uthukkadu village in Walajahbad taluk in neighbouring Kancheepuram district have not been able to take up agricultural operations … Read more

Farmers’ body opposes release of water to T.N.; seeks release of water to irrigation canals

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Farmers’ body opposes release of water to T.N.; seeks release of water to irrigation canals

President of Federation of Karnataka Farmers’ Associations Kurubur Shanthakumar (second from left) addressing reporters in Mysuru on Sunday. | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram Opposing the release of water from reservoirs in the Cauvery basin to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, the Federation of Karnataka State Farmers’ Association president Kurubur Shanthakumar has urged the State government to instead … Read more