The Telangana state government has decided to expedite works on the Narayanapet-Kodangal Lift Irrigation Scheme (LIS), and it will provide irrigation water to one lakh acres in Narayanpet, Kodangal and Makthal Assembly segments, as well as Narayanpet district. It will also extend drinking water coverage to Narayanpet district.

The government is making arrangements to invite tenders for the project. The estimated cost of Naryanpet-Kodangal LIS is around Rs 4,350 crore and it would be constructed in two phases.

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy laid the foundation for this project in February this year. The water for the proposed project would be lifted from Bhutpur reservoir to the Vutkur tank. From there, it would be lifted to Jayamma tank and then to the Kankurthy tank. The completion of the first phase of the project, which includes the modernisation of Vutkur, Jayamma and Kankurthy tanks will incur a cost of Rs 2,945 crore.

In the second phase, the government proposes to increase the capacity of Jajapur, Doultabad, Bomraopet, Lakshmipur, Yerlapalli, Husnabad and Kodangal tanks and construct distributary canals, at an outlay of Rs 1,404.50 crore. The ayacut proposed is 25,783 acres in Vutkur and Makthal mandals, 20,472 acres in Narayanpet, Dhanwada and Damaragidda in the Narayanpet segment, and 53,745 acres in Kodangal, Maddur, Kosgi, Doulatabad and Bomranpet mandals in Kodangal segment.

Besides this, 0.38 tmcft water would be provided for drinking water purposes in Narayanpet district.