Telangana government has been given the green nod for its Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project.
The lift irrigation project will divert Godavari river water from upstream of existing Dummugudem Anicut to irrigate 2,72,921 hectares of Bhadradri Kothagudem, Khammam and Mahabubabad districts of Telangana.
The objective of the project is to provide water for irrigation as well as to enroute tanks, villages, towns and supplement some of the existing/ proposed irrigation schemes.