Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Thursday visited Siddipet district and inspected the Konda Pochamma Reservoir and other water bodies in the Gajwel Assembly constituency which is represented by Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.
The Punjab Chief Minister, who is on a two-day visit of Telangana, made the field visit to study the irrigation system in Telangana.
He first visited the Konda Pochamma Reservoir and its pumphouses built at Markook village as part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, and then a check-dam built across the Kudavelly Vagu near Erravalli village and Pandavula Cheruvu in Gajwel town which has been developed into a mini tank bund after restoration.
Speaking to news reporters, Maan said that he appreciated the Telangana government's work in efficient use of water by taking up the Kaleshwaram project, and said that his government would plan to replicate Telangana's canal-based irrigation system in Punjab.
Mann also interacted with few farmers during his visit and enquired how their lives had changed. The farmers replied that their income had increased considerably since they were getting irrigation water. The groundwater table too had improved considerably since the government built a number of reservoirs across the State, they told him.
The Punjab Chief Minister was accompanied by Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar and other senior officials.