
Telangana irrigation projects to be in focus at today’s SZC meeting
The Hindu
Karnataka’s objections to Palamuru-Rangareddy likely to figure
As expected, Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao is not attending the meeting of the Southern Zonal Council convened by the Union government in Tirupati on Sunday.
The State government will be represented by Minister for Home Mohd. Mahmood Ali and a delegation of officials led by Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar in the meeting that will be presided by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The 29th meeting of the Southern Regional Council is being organised after a long gap as the meeting scheduled on March 4 had been deferred in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as also because of the unavailability of Mr. Amit Shah.
According to the tentative agenda finalised for the meeting, issues relating to irrigation projects Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation System (PRLIS) and Nakkalagandi LIS, taken up by the State of Telangana from the foreshore of Srisailam reservoir, are expected to be among the major issues that will come up for discussion.

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