Telangana to take up 5 irrigation projects with Central assistance.

The Centre has agreed to provide financial assistance to five irrigation projects in Telangana under AIBP (Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme) and the newly-launched Pradhan Manthri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY), State Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao has said.

Interacting after attending the first meeting of the National Water Resources Coordination Committee constituted by the Centre to prepare a roadmap to complete the pending irrigation projects in the country, Harish Rao said proposals for the execution of the five projects would be forwarded to the Union Ministry by March 11 and expressed the need to provide more funds for such projects.

The meeting was presided over by Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharati and the Committee Chairman Brij Mohan. Harish was one of the members of the committee.

Harish Rao in a statement said Indiramma Flood Flow Canal, Rajiv Bheema, Jagnathpur, Komarmbheem and Palem Vagu projects would be included under AIBP and PMKSY this year and taken up the project on priority basis with Central assistance.

The Union Minister was requested to increase funding under AIBP from the present 25 to 60 per cent of the total cost of the each project. The allocations for the projects taken up in extremist affected areas in Maharashtra, Telangana and Chhattisgarh were also discussed.

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