State’s plea for national project status to Kaleshwaram and PRLIS remains unheeded

The State government’s efforts to convince the Centre to confer national project status for its two major lift irrigation projects — Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy — continue to remain unheeded.

The southern zonal council headed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah has deferred its response to the Telangana Government’s request for conferring national project status to Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation projects of the State. The issue figured in the recently-held southern zonal council meeting with the Inter State Council Secretariat placing in the agenda the Telangana Government’s request that the Jal Shakti Ministry be impressed upon to consider conferring National Project status on Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Projects, and provide financial support.