TheTelanganagovernment has spent over 1.61 lakh crore on construction of major and medium Irrigation projects in the past eight years between 2014 and 2022. Of this, over 1 lakh crore has been spent on two major irrigation projects,KaleshwaramandPalamuru-Rangareddylift irrigation schemes (LIS). According to officials, the state would have to pump in another 1 lakh crore to complete pending projects in the state.
The has earmarked 26,000 crore in the 2023-24 budget and announced that it would provide irrigation facilities to another 50 lakh acres in the next two to three years to achieve one crore irrigated Agriculture-notes-for-state-psc-exams”>Agriculture land.
Of the 1.61 lakh crore spent so far on irrigation projects, over 50% (84,500 crore) was spent on the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation scheme (KLIS) alone and another 22,800 crore on the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation project till December, 2022. Some projects such as Kaleshwaram redesigning happened after BRS (then TRS) came to power, while some projects, which were taken up byCongressand TDP governments in the united AP, were completed by the BRS government.