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'''Inchampalli project hits the limelight again

Inchampalli project first conceived by Nizam in 1807 Project would irrigate 1,37,883 hectares ________________________________________''' KARIMNAGAR: The execution of ambitious Inchampalli multi-purpose irrigation project at the tri-junction of Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States on the river Godavari has again come into focus. The government had initially stated that the Inchampalli project would not be isolated and would be taken up as a twin project along with Polavaram. But, now it has projected the Polavaram project as ‘national’ indicating an attitude of negligence towards the Inchampalli project in Karimnagar district. Tight-lipped It may be recalled that the Telangana Congress legislators’ forum had also conducted a padayatra to Inchampalli project site in Mahadevpur mandal in February 2001 demanding the then TDP government execute the project. Now that the Congress was in power, the ruling party legislators have remained tight-lipped on execution of the project. According to experts, the Inchampalli project was conceived by the Nizam in 1807. The area was selected for construction of a dam across the river Godavari between two hills. On the Nizam’s request, the French engineers had arrived at a site in 1867 and started the construction of the dam, which is still in existence at the project site even after several decades. However, the work was stalled following the outbreak of the devouring plague of 1869. Early design Again the State government had decided to start the project three decades ago as a joint venture with Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh States. The project was designed to construct at a height of 112.5 metres to generate about 975 MWs of power and utilise 498 tmcs of water. However, around 229 villages and 92,555 hectares of land including forests would be submerged. Submergence issue The submergence of lands in Andhra Pradesh State include 36,875 hectares, Maharashtra 33,614 hectares and Chhattisgarh 24,137 hectares. The project would irrigate 1,37,883 hectares of lands in Karimnagar, Khammam and Warangal districts. On the submergence of forest lands, the experts have suggested reducing the dam height to 95 metres so that it would be limited to 17,900 hectares.

Routhu Kanakaiah M.E Progressive Telangana Foundation