Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme Will Be Ready By June Mar 08, 2021, 17:23 IST
Hyderabad: The Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme envisages lifting water in five stages through pumping from the foreshore of Srisailam Reservoir near Yellur village of Kollapur Mandal in Nagarkurnool district to the proposed KP Laxmidevipally Reservoir (+670.00 M) near Shadnagar.
The project was envisaged to create irrigation potential in upland areas of Nagarkurnool, Mahabubnagar, Vikarabad, Narayanapet, Rangareddy, and Nalgonda districts, for an ayacut of 10 lakh acres with a proposal for enhancing the ayacut to 12.03 lakh acres and drinking water needs en-route villages, GHMC, and industrial use.
As per the government of Telangana irrigation and cad department Hyderabad there was a draft environmental impact assessment report issued and the environmental clearance of the Palamuru Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme has been resolved.