Chief Minister Revanth Reddy held a high-level review on the progress of key irrigation projects in the state on Thursday. He instructed the officials to be fully prepared for the discussions to be held with the Maharashtra government on the construction of the Tummidihatti barrage. He made it clear that the interests of the farmers should be paramount and the work on the projects should be expedited.

The main topics discussed in the meeting were the Tummidihatti, Dindi and Achampet lift irrigation schemes. Officials explained to the Chief Minister that if the Tummidihatti barrage is built at a height of 152 meters, it will be possible to move water up to Yellampally, but this will inundate about 2,300 acres. He said that if it is built at a height of 150 meters, the inundation will be less than a thousand acres. Responding to this, the CM suggested that the barrage design should be prepared so that Telangana has maximum water availability while assessing the impact of inundation in Maharashtra.

Revanth Reddy said on this occasion that the Maharashtra Chief Minister has given signals that he is ready for discussions after October 23. Along with the details of the recent meeting between the two states under the auspices of the Central Water Commission (CWC), the officials were directed to be ready for any information requested by the CWC.

The CM ordered arrangements to be made to transfer 0.5 TMCs of water from the Yedula reservoir and 0.1 TMCs to the Achampet lift irrigation scheme in relation to the Dindi project. He suggested setting up a special system to take an additional 0.6 TMCs of water from Srisailam and divert water from Srisailam and Narlapur to the Yedula reservoir. Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Ministers Uttam Kumar Reddy, Jupally Krishna Rao, D. Sridhar Babu and senior officials of the Irrigation Department participated in the meeting.