Hyderabad: Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed the officials to complete the level fixation for the off-take point of the Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme immediately, facilitating the process for speedy completion of the project.
He held a meeting with Legislative Council Chairman Gutta Sukender Reddy, on Thursday. He later instructed the Irrigation Secretary, E Sridhar and ENC (General), Ramesh Babu to immediately finalise the level at which water has to be drawn to the approach channel of the lift scheme from the Yedula Reservoir of the Palamuru-Ranga Reddy Lift Irrigation Scheme.
He also wanted the works on the Dindi lift Irrigation scheme barrage at Pothireddypalli village to be taken up immediately by obtaining finance-related clearance by May 15.
The Minister also emphasised the need for enhancing the carrying capacity of the AMRP SLBC main canal from 2,400 cusecs to 4,000 cusecs before taking up the cement concrete lining works. It may need further enhancement to 6,000 cusecs, once the project is completed, he said.
The Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme will help address water woes in seven Assembly constituencies, covering 228 fluoride-affected villages extending an irrigation support to 3.61 lakh acres.
As part of the scheme, four online reservoirs and five offline reservoirs would come up with a combined storage capacity of 25.31 TMC. The headworks of the scheme were divided into four packages, which included the barrage at the Pothireddypalli village and a 16 km tunnel.
So far as the Dindi Balancing reservoir was concerned, 95 per cent of the works were completed. A stretch of the spillway remained incomplete due to submergence problems affecting three villages involving rehabilitation and forest land of 180.14 hectares in Nalgonda and Nagarkurnool districts.
The Minister said that the Stage -I forest clearance was expected in a month’s time. He instructed the officials to call tenders for erection of the gates on the Dindi Balancing Reservoir immediately.