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Gattu lift irrigation scheme;Foundation stone by CM on June 29

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Press Trust of India Hyderabad

: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will lay the foundation stone for construction of Gattu lift irrigation scheme at Penchikala village in Jogulamba Gadwal district on June 29.

An official release here said he would also oversee the works of Tummilla Lift Irrigation project in the district.

The Chief Minister would address a public meeting in Gadwal town, organised by the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti, the release said.

A senior engineer official of the State Irrigation Department saidthe Gattu lift irrigation scheme, being constructed at a cost of nearly Rs 554 crore would irrigate 33,000 acres of agricultural land in Gattu mandal, one of the most remote parts of Telangana.

 

In a separate release the CMO said former Hyderabad High Court Judge M S K Jaiswal has been appointed as the chairman of the Telangana State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.

Rao signed the file pertaining to the appointment.

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First Published: Jun 25 2018 | 5:20 PM IST

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