The State Government on Thursday approved the proposal of the Engineer-in-Chief (Irrigation) for the line estimate of Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme for Rs 6,190 crore.
The Dindi Lift Irrigation Scheme envisages to provide drinking water to the most affected areas by flourosis and irrigation facilities to drought-prone areas of Devarakonda and Munugodu Assembly constituencies of Nalgonda district and some parts of Achampet and Kalwakurthy constituencies of Mahbubnagar district by lifting the flood water from the foreshore of Srisailam Reservoir to Dindi Reservoir at 0.5 TMC per day for 60days to a quantum of 30TMC. It involves two stage pumping, two offline and three online reservoirs system. The gross command is 3,68,880 acres and the net commendable area is 3,41,000 acres and covers five mandals of Mahbubnagar district and 14 mandals of Nalgonda district. (NSS)