Govt. gearing up to invite tenders for Sangameshwara and Basaweshwara LISs
The Hindu
DPRs for the two schemes are ready
The State government is gearing up to invite tenders for the Sangameshwara and Basaweshwara lift irrigation schemes aimed at facilitating irrigation water to over 3.8 lakh acres in the united Medak district.
Preparation of detailed project reports for the two schemes is completed and the government has decided to mobilise the funds required for the projects as loan from the NABARD. The cost of Sangameshwara scheme envisaged to irrigate 2.19 lakh acres is estimated at ₹2,653 crore and that of Basaweshwara scheme to irrigate 1.65 lakh acres is ₹1,774 crore, Finance Minister T. Harish Rao said.
Replying on behalf of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao during the Question Hour on Friday, he said the tenders were likely to be invited within two months and this would be followed in laying of foundation stone for the projects by the CM. The Manjeera Lift Irrigation Corporation would mobilise the required loans from NABARD.
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