Hyderabad: While Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has been repeatedly claiming that the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy lift irrigation project would be completed in four years and the Pranahita-Chevella in five, a report submitted by the Telangana government to the World Bank recently to seek loans states that the projects would be completed by 2022.
The report states that the TRS government in its remaining term of three-and-a-half years can complete one-third of the project works and the rest have to be done by the government that assumes office in the next term (2019-24).
The report assumes significance in the backdrop of Mr Rao wanting to hold a joint session of the Legislature this week to explain to legislators, through a Power-point presentation, the need to redesign irrigation projects to protect the interests of the state by utilising its full share of water in Krishna and Godavari rivers.
In its report, the government categorically stated that it requires Rs 1.03 lakh crore to complete pending and new projects, modernisation of the Nagarjunasagar and Nizamsagar dams among others besides restoration of lakes under Mission Kakatiya.
Interestingly, it has proposed to spend only Rs 55,931 crore in its term till 2019 and the remaining Rs 47,120 crore is left to in the next term till 2022.
