Mandal level committees to oversee El Niño mitigation measures in Telangana

The reservoir bed of Manjeera Project in Sangareddy district dried up, on Tuesday (October 27, 2026). Telangana tasks mandal coordination committees with multiple responsibilities aimed at mitigating impact of El Niño on water availability, agriculture and rural livelihoods. | Photo Credit: MOHD ARIF

The Telangana government has ordered constitution of mandal coordination committees in all rural mandals to mitigate the impact of El Niño on , water availability, agriculture, livestock and rural livelihoods. Panchayat Raj and Rural Development department issued a government order (G.O.) on Wednesday (October 28, 2026), under VB-G RAM G Act. io

As per the G.O. issued by Special Chief Secretary M. Dana Kishore, the committees will be chaired by MPDO with AEEs of Panchayat Raj, Irrigation and Rural Water Supply (RWS), Mandal Agriculture Officer (MAO), Veterinary Officer, Horticulture Officer as members and Mandal Panchayat Officer (MPO) as convenor.