RS MP Nandi Yellaiah said that the 3 projects started to provide water for irrigation and drinking in the Mahabubnagar district weren't completed yet.
The Rajya Sabha MP of the Congress party Nandi Yellaiah on Wednesday requested Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao to complete the pending irrigation projects of the Mahabubnagar district.
Speaking to media persons at Gandhi Bhavan in Hyderabad, Yellaiah said that 3 major irrigation projects had been started in 2005-06 to provide drinking water, and water for irrigation, in the district. However, none of the projects has yet been completed, and people did not get any relief despite the expenditure of hundreds of crores.
Citing examples, he said that the MG Kalwakurthi Lift Irrigation Project was aimed to provide irrigation facility to 3.40 lakh acres of land besides supplying 100 TMC of drinking water in 22 mandals of Kollahpur, Achampet, Nagarkurnool, Wanaparthy and Kalvakurthy. As against the total cost of the project of Rs 2,990 crores, the government had already spent Rs 2,601 crores. However, the people were yet to benefit from the project.
He also requested the Chief Minister to increase the water allocation from here by 25-40 TMC.
Similarly, Yellaiah said, the work on the Rs 1862-crore Jawaharlal Nehru Lift Irrigation Project was yet to be completed despite the expenditure of Rs 1735 crores. And likewise, the Bheema Lift Irrigation Project was still incomplete, although the government had spent Rs 1,438 crores out of the slotted Rs 1,555 crores. Each of these projects was aimed at irrigating 2 lakh acres of land.
In a letter written to the Chief Minister, Yellaiah requested him to complete the pending projects at the earliest. He said that the people of Mahabubnagar lacked water for irrigation and drinking although two major rivers, Krishna and Tungabhadra, flowed through the district. (INN)