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Complete all projects as per timelines: Uttam
The New Indian Express Hyderabad
|May 19, 2025
Bette Thanda, Janpahad lift irrigation projects
STRESSING that the government was committed to developing additional ayacut with less expenditure, Irrigation & Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy on Sunday asked the officials as well as the implementing agencies to expedite the works and complete all ongoing irrigation projects across the state at the earliest.
The minister said that during a comprehensive review of irrigation projects, held at Jala Soudha on May 14 in the presence of Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, clear timelines were set for the completion of each ongoing and pending scheme.
"All works must be taken up on a war footing," Uttam said and asked irrigation officials and implementing agencies to expedite all works.
He also instructed the district collectors to expedite the land acquisition process.
This story is from the May 19, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Hyderabad.
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