Hyderabad: Eyeing the clock on long-stalled irrigation works, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has handed state officials a two-year ultimatum—finish every pending Krishna basin project by June 2027. No leeway, no extensions. Get it done.
The direction came during a high-level review at Jalasoudha on Wednesday, soon after the CM handed over appointment letters to 244 freshly recruited Assistant Executive Engineers and 199 Junior Technical Officers. The newly inducted staff were brought in under the Irrigation Department.
Finance officials were told point-blank to keep funds flowing for top-priority schemes, especially those in the Krishna basin. Smaller, cheaper projects? Rush them. Wrap them up quick.
He made it clear: departments must coordinate like clockwork. Land acquisition? Revenue Department needs to speed that up. Special officers? Push the pace. Every cog in the system must move faster.
Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project came up first—CM wants the works till Uddandapur done before anything else. Target: 18 months. He told officials to chalk out a tight action plan and stick to it.
Next on his radar: Koilsagar lift—finish it by June next year. Kalwakurthy, Nettempadu, Rajiv Bheema—wrap all three by this December. No spillover.
At the review, Revanth demanded a breakdown of pending works and funding gaps across these projects. He made it clear: Telangana’s fair share of Krishna waters isn’t negotiable.
He lashed out over the inequity—70% of Krishna’s basin lies in Telangana, yet the state gets only 30% of the water. That has to change. He wants a stronger push at the Tribunal level to assert Telangana’s rightful 70% claim.
Also on the checklist: Andhra’s draw of 90 TMC from Godavari via Pattiseema—Telangana should look at upstream use and push for an increase in its quota. The Krishna Board needs to hear this loud and clear, he said.
He urged legal teams to be sharper and more assertive when arguing Telangana’s allocations for all Krishna-side projects approved at the time of state formation.
One last pointer—Palamuru project permissions must follow the original GOs issued at launch. No ambiguity there.
రాష్ట్రంలోని సాగునీటి ప్రాజెక్టులను ప్రాధాన్యత క్రమంలో పూర్తి చేయాలని ముఖ్యమంత్రి శ్రీ @revanth_anumula గారు అధికారులను ఆదేశించారు. వచ్చే రెండేండ్లలో 2027 జూన్ నాటికి కృష్ణాపై అసంపూర్తిగా ఉన్న సాగునీటి ప్రాజెక్టులను పూర్తి చేయాలని, అందుకు అనుగుణంగా నిర్ణీత గడువుతో పాటు లక్ష్యాలను… pic.twitter.com/Wdnxlcg2NN
— Telangana CMO (@TelanganaCMO) May 14, 2025
