Reserved land for Telangana dam approved by Centre
After receiving the report on compliance of various conditions from the state, stage-2 final approval will be accorded.
Hyderabad: The Centre has given in principle (stage-1) approval for the Kaleshwaram project of the Telangana government. A letter to this effect was sent by the Union ministry for environment, forests and climate change to the Telangana government and released by the irrigation minister’s office on Wednesday.
The in-principle approval has been granted for diversion of 3,168.13 hectares (revised from 3,221.29 ha) of forest land in eight forest divisions — Mahadevpur, Karimnagar-Sircilla, Siddipet, Yadadri, Medak, Nizamabad, Banswada and Nirmal — for construction of canals, tunnels, lift system, surge pool, delivery cistern and reservoirs etc for the project, the letter stated.
Some conditions have been put, such as order obtaining approval of the National Green Tribunal and clearances from other courts, where cases may be pending against this proposal. Also, work in areas falling in eco-sensitive zones have to be carried out only after getting due permission from the competent authority, the Centre emphasised.
After receiving the report on compliance of various conditions from the state, stage-2 final approval will be accorded.