Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has instructed the officials concerned to construct adequate Check Dams on all the streams in the state. He asked them to estimate how many Check Dams are needed and of them, 50 percent Check Dams should be constructed this year and the rest 50 percent, the next year. He also asked them to take up every year, maintenance of the tanks revived under Mission Kakatiya programme.
“Due to construction of the projects, irrigation water problem in the state is getting solved. Kaleswaram. Devadula, Seetharama projects, we are able to take our share of water from River Godavari. From Kaleswaram Project alone we are taking more than 500 TMC of water.
Along with Yellampally, Mid Maneru, SRSP, the newly constructed Mallanna Sagar, Konda Pochampally Sagar, Baswapur Reservoirs will be filled up with water. We will supply water to all the tanks through the projects. With this, there will be water all over the Telangana region. There will be bumper crops. Along with the water supplied from the projects, there will be water availability through rains, water from the natural streams. Water from the streams criss cross over the terrain and travel downwards.
To store this water, Check Dams should be constructed. Prepare estimates on how many Check Dams we have in the state, how many are sanctioned and how many to be sanctioned. Find the required Check Dams and construct 50 per cent of them this year and the rest 50 per cent, next year. Invite tenders for this by January 15. Construct the remaining Check Dams next year. We will allocate funds for the Check dams in the State’s Budget,” the CM said.
The CM said that water from Yellampally should be supplied to SRSP during the summer, as water in large quantities will reach Yellampally from Kadem during the Monsoon.
He wanted officials to ensure that there is no water scarcity for the SRSP Ayacut. He wanted all the reservoirs in the state to be filled with water by October.
