Hyderabad, May 26 : Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed irrigation department officials to prepare estimates for the proposed 15 lift irrigation projects (LIP) and invite tenders for the same at one time.

Mr Rao held a high-level meeting at Pragathi Bhavan here on Tuesday night on the proposed Lift Irrigation projects under the Krishna Basin, progress of projects being constructed on Godavari river, repair and maintenance works of the projects on the onset of Monsoon, and other related irrigation issues.

During the meeting, Mr Rao suggested that 15 Lift projects sanctioned with laying foundation stone at Nellikallu, construction of canals, setting up of the Pumps and other related works’ estimates should be prepared.

The CM instructed the Irrigation department officials to prepare estimates for each Lift irrigation project separately and invite tenders for all of them at one time.

He also instructed the officials concerned to complete estimates for all the Lift Irrigation Schemes proposed from Devarakonda to Kodad under Nagarjuna Sagar Left Canal jurisdiction by June 15 and get ready for inviting the Tenders.

He asked Minister Jagadeeshwar Reddy to take the responsibility to coordinate with the Irrigation officials in this regard.

The CM said for the Nellikallu Lift whose foundation stone was laid under the Nagarjuna Sagar Assembly segment recently, which has a capacity to supply water to 24,000 Acres, old tender should be cancelled and new tender should be invited.

The CM instructed that this process should be completed in a week’s time.(UNI)