To go or not to Godavari
M.C. Vaijayanthi Telangana has been demanding separate statehood mainly on the grounds of lack of development vis-à-vis the rest of Andhra Pradesh. The region has been constrained by lack of water sources for irrigation and its topography made cultivation of large tracts difficult. So, when the Godavari Lift Irrigation project was taken up, a majority was in favour of the scheme despite controversies over the ultimate cost of the water that would be supplied. The Godavari Lift Irrigation Scheme, billed as the largest lift irrigation scheme in the country to date, envisages lifting of water from Godavari river near Gangaram, Eturnagaram, Warangal district, to irrigate 6.47 lakh acres ayucat of upland drought-prone areas of Karimnagar, Warangal, Nalgonda and Medak districts from 70 m to elevation of 540 m to utilise 50 tmc of water. The water would be transported through 200 km of pipeline using existing village tanks as online reservoirs. There is no other reply to the question as ...