Hyderabad:The Palamuru Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme (PRLIS), one of the priority projects for completion by the Congress government which was hoping to put it to use from early 2027, is in jeopardy with the Central Water Commission (CWC), for all practical purposes, refusing to give it the required permissions.
The project, when completed, was to irrigate 12.3 lakh acres in Nagarkurnool, Mahbubnagar, Vikarabad, Rangareddy, Narayanpet, and Nalgonda districts. It is also expected to supply drinking water to surrounding villages and support industrial use. The project is designed to lift 90 thousand million cubic (tmc) feet of flood water for 60 days from the foreshore of the Srisailam project reservoir on Krishna river.
It may be recalled that it was in a letter dated December 19 that the CWC said it was sending back the detailed project report of the PRLIS back to the state irrigation department and was removing the project from its list of projects under its appraisal.
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