Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today launched the BRLS project in Khammam along with Ministers and officials. Bhakta Ramadasu Lift Irrigation Scheme in Khammam district has been completed in a record time. This project is going to be role model for other irrigation projects in the State.
At a time when irrigation projects mean time delays and years of extended project completion periods, Bhakta Ramadasu project is completed within 11 months from the date of laying foundation stone and is all set to release water. The Chief Minister has laid the foundation stone for Bhakta Ramadasu scheme on February 16, 2016 in Palair in Khammam district. It was targeted that the project will be completed by March 2017.
But the project is completed 2 months ahead and earlier than expected. It is one of the fastest completed projects in the country. On Jan 31, to commemorate Bhakta Ramadasu Jayanthi, the CM will dedicate the project to the people.
The scheme is going to irrigate 60,000 acres in hitherto parched Tirumalayapalem, Kusumanchi, Nelakondapally, Mudigonda, Khammam Rural mandals under Palair Assembly Constituency represented by R&B Minister Sri Tummala Nageswar Rao and Dornakal mandal of Mahabubabad district. Agriculture lands DBM 60 under Sriram Sagar project will also be irrigated by this project.
Works on supplying power to this scheme have also been commenced simultaneously. The Telangana State Transco has planned to set up 7.83 kilometers HT power lines till the Kusumanchi Power House and 132/11 KV Sub Station at the Pump House within 100 days and executed accordingly.
Trail run of the first Pump, Motor and pipeline was conducted on January 23, 2017 successfully. 300 CuSecs of water was released through this pump to Kakatiya Sub Channel DBM-60. The second trail will be held in February.
There is irrigation facility in Khammam district drawing water from both Godavari and Krishna rivers. But some Mandals under Paliar are facing water scarcity. Though there are crops all over the district, lands in these mandals turn arid patches. To facilitate water canals were also dug under SRSP stage-II. This is also the last Ayucut under SRSP. However never water could be drawn through SRSP. Never the water flow crossed Warangal District boundaries.
Minister Sri Tummala Nageswar Rao has taken special care on this scheme and reviewed the progress of works on a daily basis. He has convinced the farmers to give lands for project work wherever required and ensured better coordination among the officials, visited the project site several times and this has helped the project to get over much earlier.
The CM also congratulated Sri Nageswar Rao and Sri Harish Rao for their efforts. The CM also congratulated Irrigation officers, engineers and the Irrigation Minister for completing the project on time and showing the specialty of the T State.
January 31 is celebrated as Ramadasu Birth Anniversary and appropriately the project is being inaugurated coinciding his birth day and is dedicated to the people. On this day Government is officially celebrating the birthday celebrations on a large scale. The Telangana movement took place mainly for water and the state government has fixed irrigation as its top priority. More funds are allocated in the Budget for Irrigation only. The state government has several schemes and projects to give water to one crore acres of land in the state.
