ADILABAD: The Telangana authorities is initiating steps to take up building of the proposed Pranahita-Chevella barrage on the Pranahita river at Thummidihatti in Komaram Bheem Asifabad district.

Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy is more likely to go to the challenge web site at Thummidihatti in Kautala mandal on Could 7, in response to a tentative schedule. Preparations are being made by the district administration and irrigation officers for the go to of the Chief Minister and irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy.

The federal government is planning to assemble a barrage with a proposed top of 150 metres and provoke discussions with the Maharashtra authorities, with the involvement of Union minister G. Kishan Reddy.

MLC Dande Vittal, district collector Ok. Haritha, superintendent of police P. Nitika Pant and sub-collector Shraddha Shukla inspected the positioning on Friday following instructions from senior irrigation officers.

Vittal stated the Chief Minister would overview the challenge on web site and maintain a gathering with officers. He added that the state would search Maharashtra’s approval for rising the barrage top to 150 metres, in comparison with the sooner settlement of 148 metres in the course of the BRS govt.

He stated the rise in top might allow storage of a further 2 TMC ft of water, benefiting farmers within the erstwhile Adilabad district.

The state authorities can also be planning to hunt the help of BJP Union ministers to safe Maharashtra’s consent, whereas providing compensation for land more likely to be submerged alongside the border. Officers famous that about 71 km of canals had already been excavated and practically Rs 11,000 crore spent beneath the sooner Pranahita-Chevella challenge.