HYDERABAD
The State Government is hopeful of getting environmental clearance soon for Gauravelli irrigation project overcoming all other legal hurdles in the completion of works on it, said Minister for Irrigation and Civil Supplies N. Uttam Kumar Reddy.
In a meeting with the officials held here on Monday, he said the land acquisition process for the project would be completed in a time-bound manner. Minister for Transport Ponnam Prabhakar and senior officials of the Irrigation Department participated in the review meeting.
The Irrigation Minister stated that Gouravelli project was one of the reservoirs constructed under the Indiramma Flood flow Canal (IFFC) project, and it was initially proposed with a storage capacity of 1.41 tmc ft in Siddipet district with a potential to irrigate 1.06 lakh acres ayacut. Subsequently, the reservoir capacity was enhanced to 8.23 tmc ft.
Assuring fair compensation and speedy payments to farmers parting with land, he said the government was firm on completion of the land acquisition task by releasing required funds well before June 2, he noted.
The Minister instructed the District Collectors of Karimnagar, Jangaon and Siddipet to pay focused attention to the land acquisition issues. He asked the Advocate General to be ready with the required strategies as the Supreme Court case involving the project would be coming up for hearing in two days.
Mr. Uttam Kumar Reddy expressed the hope that the State would be able to overcome all the legal hurdles to the Gouravelli project. Mr. Prabhakar asked the officials to complete land acquisition for all critical ongoing works of projects, including Gouravelli and Devadula, at any cost by June 2, the deadline set by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy.
Published – February 23, 2026 08:44 pm IST
