Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Telangana Fast-Tracks Devadula Scheme With One-Year Completion Target
Telangana wants to finish the Devadula water project within one year.
The project has been incomplete for nearly two decades.
It will move water from the Godavari River to farmland.
The plan is to lift about 38 TMC of water.
It could provide irrigation to nearly six lakh acres.
The government has included it in a Rs 6,000 crore package for unfinished projects.
So far, Rs 2,500 crore has been released from that package.
Officials will work on land, rehabilitation and forest problems and use available pumps to move as much water as possible.
The Telangana government has set a one-year target to complete the long-pending Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme.
Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy directed officials to prioritize the project and remove completion obstacles.
Devadula is part of a Rs 6,000 crore package for under-construction irrigation projects, with Rs 2,500 crore released.
The scheme is designed to lift about 38 TMC of Godavari water and irrigate nearly six lakh acres.
Officials will address land acquisition, rehabilitation, resettlement and forest issues while using available pumping facilities.
- Who
- The Telangana government, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, Irrigation Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy and irrigation department officials.
- What
- The government has fast-tracked the Devadula Lift Irrigation Scheme and set a target of completing it within one year.
- When
- The target was announced on Tuesday after a high-level review meeting; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- The project will draw water from the Godavari River for command areas and reservoirs across parts of Telangana, including Hanamkonda, Warangal, Karimnagar, Jangaon, Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri, Suryapet, Siddipet, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Mulugu and Jayashankar Bhupalpally.
- Why
- The government aims to complete the long-pending project, expand irrigation and remove land acquisition, rehabilitation, resettlement, forest and other implementation obstacles.
- Completion target
- Within one year
- Project status
- Long-pending and incomplete for nearly two decades
- Funding package
- Rs 6,000 crore for under-construction irrigation projects
- Amount released
- Rs 2,500 crore
- Water source
- Godavari River
- Planned water lift
- About 38 TMC
- Planned irrigation coverage
- Nearly six lakh acres
- Key implementation issues
- Land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement, and forest-related matters
