Adilabad: An effort for redesigning Dr B.R Ambedkar Pranahitha- Chevella Sujala Sravanti Lift irrigation project by the state government has created tension not only among the people of Adilabad district but also in the state.
The efforts for redesigning the project poses new challenges regarding sharing of river water within the districts in the state like between the two states. It also creates many doubts on their due share of the water in the project and basis for giving priority to give water to various districts in the state.
The issue of the re-designing of various irrigation projects proposed during the Congress government came to light with the news that state government was planning to shift the project site to Kaleshwaram in Karimnagar from the existing Thummidihatti in Koutala mandal of Adilabad.
The proposal for dividing the Pranahitha- Chevella irrigation and constructing at two places in Adilabad and Karimnagar gave enough ammunition to the Opposition parties to fight against the state government. Now, all the major political parties joined the bandwagon against shifting the site or dividing the Panahitha – Chevella project.
All the major political parties — Congress, CPI, BJP and CPM have launched agitation against state government’s decision to construct same project at two places or shifting the project site. The issue is snowballing into controversy.
