Palamuru irrigation project inauguration will be historic : Minister KTR

Telangana Industry Minister KT Rama Rao has said that the “Inauguration of the Palamuru Rangareddy project on September 16 will be a historic occasion in Telangana .

Around 2 lakh people will be mobilised to the public meeting organised in Mahabubnagar on the same day which will be attended by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao.

Stating that the Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation (PRLI) project would address drinking and irrigation water requirements of the erstwhile Palamuru and Rangareddy districts, the Minister said that the government completed the project despite facing many hurdles and challenges.KTR was speaking while reviewing arrangements to inaugurate the PRLI with ministers V.Srinivas Goud, Satyavathi Rathod, Sabitha Indra Reddy and Niranjan Reddy at the Secretariat.“The way the State government constructed the Kaleshwaram and Palamuru projects in not just a matter of pride for Telangana people but for citizens of India as well,” KTR said, adding that the plans for constructing the project were made way back in 2001.

The project plans were taking shape in the Chief Minister’s vision since the days of the separate State agitation, he said.