CPI urges Andhra Pradesh government to stop Telangana from taking up lift irrigation project near Pulichintala

The Communist Party of India (CPI) has urged the Andhra Pradesh government to halt the construction of the Rajiv Gandhi Lift Irrigation Scheme being developed by the Telangana government near Pulichintala in the Krishna River. The project, estimated at ₹394 crore, would lift 2,500 cusecs of water daily and potentially impact 21 lift irrigation schemes in Peddakurapadu Assembly constituency and 51 schemes in Nandigama and Jaggayyapeta constituencies.

The CPI claims that rural drinking water supply schemes could also be affected, potentially impacting 50,000 acres of agricultural land and causing hardship to thousands of farmers. The party argues that Sections 84 and 85 of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, require the approval of the Apex Council and the Krishna River Management Board before any new lift irrigation scheme is undertaken in the Krishna basin, and calls for legal action to halt the project.

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