KCR unveils major plans for minor irrigation sector in TS.

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has unveiled his government’s plans to make the minor irrigation sector the lifeline of the rural economy in the State again by spending a large amount of Rs. 22,500 crore on restoration of tanks, including revival of chain-link tank system, over the next five years.

By restoring the primacy of the minor irrigation sector, the Chief Minister intends to achieve multiple benefits such as utilising 265 tmcft of already allotted water of Godavari and Krishna rivers, improving the groundwater table, reducing overdependence on groundwater and easing the burden on the power sector. He wanted the officials to bring all water bodies – minor/medium irrigation tanks, panchayat raj tanks and ponds under the Irrigation Department.

THE HINDU