The Andhra Pradesh Government has speeded up work on all its ongoing lift irrigation projects to bring a large track of arid land in its Telangana region under irrigation.

The work on the Jawahar Lift Irrigation scheme near Muchonipalli village under the Priyadarshini Jurala Irrigation Project is underway and is likely to be completed by March 2012. Once complete, it will facilitate irrigation of 20 lakh acre of arid land in Mahabubnagar and Kurnool districts. The project is expected to cost of Rs 1,428 crore and Rs 1,037 crore has been spent till date.

The other projects under process are the Sanganbanda Bridge-cum-Barrage, the Srisailam Left Bank Irrigation Project, the Telugu-Ganga Project, Pulichintala Lift Irrigation Project, Veligonda Lift Irrigation Project, Handri Lift Irrigation Project, Galeru Lift Irrigation Project, Bhima Lift Irrigation Project, and Sri Gururaghavendra Lift Irrigation Project.