The Telangana Government has once again requested the Ministry of Jal Shakti to stop the Andhra Pradesh Government from going ahead with the proposed Polavaram-Banakacherla Link Project (PBLP), now changed as Polavaram-Nallamallasagar Link Project (PNLP), give clearance to Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) and resolve other outstanding issues of Telangana.
In a letter addressed to the Secretary of MoJS V.L. Kantha Rao on Saturday, Minister for Irrigation N. Uttam Kumar Reddy brought to the notice of the former that the State had submitted a detailed project report of the PRLIS to the Central Water Commission for clearance based on the re-allocation of 90.81 tmc ft, including 45 tmc ft share from non-utilisation in the minor irrigation sources and another 45 tmc ft in lieu of AP’s diversion of over 80 tmc ft Godavari water to the Krishna Basin.
He asked the MoJS Secretary to expedite clearances from various Directorates of the CWC on a fast-track to alleviate the hardships of farmers in the parched regions and to prevent further escalation in the project cost and time over-runs in extending the desired benefits by giving clearance to at least first phase of the project to utilise 45 tmc ft water for which the DPR was submitted on November 18 (recently).
