Hyderabad: Water-sharing disputes between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states are causing hurdles to expansion of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme, the dream project of Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao.
Sources in the state government said the Chief Minister is pursuing the issue both legally as also with the parties concerned so that the construction of all irrigation projects in the state can be expedited and completed as per schedule.
The state has planned to lift 2 TMC of water per day from Godavari river. As the first phase is already complete, the government invited tenders to increase the lifting capacity from 2 TMC to 3 TMC in a day and entered into agreements with 6 contract companies to go-ahead for expansion.
But, due to the objections raised by the AP government on irrigation projects of Telangana, Union Jal Shakthi Ministry asked both the governments to hold back their projects.
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