Irrigation Minister asks officials to pursue clearances, speed-up Gouravelli project

Ministers N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and Ponnam Prabhakar holding a meeting on Gouravelli project in Hyderabad on Saturday. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement

HYDERABAD

The Telangana government is giving a renewed push to the Gouravelli irrigation project initiated during the Congress regime in united Andhra Pradesh towards its early completion by resolving outstanding approvals, land acquisition and rehabilitation issues through a time-bound programme, Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy said.

Chairing a meeting to review the progress of the project here on Saturday, the Minister stressed the need to translate the substantial investment made into the project already to extend irrigation benefits to farmers across its intended ayacut of 1.06 lakh acres. Minister for Transport and BC Welfare Ponnam Prabhakar and senior officials of the Revenue and Irrigation Departments participated in the meeting.

Instructing the officials to prepare a clear work schedule, to process eligible compensation claims promptly and bring financial, administrative and legal bottlenecks to the notice of the higher ups, Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy stated that Gouravelli in Akkannapet mandal of Siddipet district forms part of the Indiramma Flood Flow Canal project based on Sriramsagar Project.