Lok Sabha Question No. 1050 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-08
Subject: Irrigation Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1050

ANSWERED ON 08.02.2024

## IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 1050. SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the irrigation projects funded by the Union Government in Andhra Pradesh, projectwise;
- (b) the progress made so far in these projects; and
- (c) whether any time frame has been fixed for the completion of these irrigation projects and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

- (a) to (c) Water being a State subject, planning, implementation and funding of irrigation projects lies in the domain of the State Government concerned. However, partial financial assistance to the identified irrigation projects is being provided by Government of India under its ongoing schemes.

Pradhan  Mantri  Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)  was  launched  during  the  year  2015-16  to  enhance physical access of water on farm and expand cultivable area under assured irrigation, improve on-farm water use  efficiency,  introduce  sustainable  water  conservation  practices,  etc.  This  Ministry  is  providing  partial financial  assistance  to  the  State  Governments  for  major/medium  irrigation  projects  under  Accelerated Irrigation  Benefit  Programme  (AIBP)  component  of  PMKSY.  Further,  for  most  of  these  projects,  partial financial  assistance  for  pari  passu  implementation  of  Command  Area  Development  &  Water  Management (CAD&WM) is also being provided by this Ministry.

The details of the projects being provided partial financial assistance under PMKSY-AIBP, including projects with pari passu implementation of CAD&WM, are given below.

| Sl No.                                                                                    | Name of the Project                                                                       | Ultimate irrigation potential (thousand hectare)                                          | Irrigation potential created (thousand hectare)                                           | Proposed Completion                                                                       |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Irrigation projects being funded under PMKSY-AIBP with pari passu implementation ofCAD&WM | Irrigation projects being funded under PMKSY-AIBP with pari passu implementation ofCAD&WM | Irrigation projects being funded under PMKSY-AIBP with pari passu implementation ofCAD&WM | Irrigation projects being funded under PMKSY-AIBP with pari passu implementation ofCAD&WM | Irrigation projects being funded under PMKSY-AIBP with pari passu implementation ofCAD&WM |
| 1                                                                                         | Maddigedda project (completed)                                                            | 1.71                                                                                      | 1.71                                                                                      | Completed                                                                                 |
| 2                                                                                         | Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma reservoir project                                         | 32.40                                                                                     | 26.45                                                                                     | Jun-25                                                                                    |
| 3                                                                                         | Tadipudi lift irrigation scheme                                                           | 83.61                                                                                     | 63.76                                                                                     | Mar-26                                                                                    |
| 4                                                                                         | Thota Venkatachalam Pushkara lift irrigation scheme                                       | 71.18                                                                                     | 55.19                                                                                     | Jun-25                                                                                    |

|   5 | Sardar Gouthu Latchanna Thotapalli barrage          |   79.00 | 55.44   | Mar-25   |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|---------|---------|----------|
|   6 | Tarakarama Thirtha Sagaram project                  |   10    | -       | Mar-26   |
|   7 | Musurumilli Reservoir project                       |    9.16 | 9.03    | Jun-25   |
|   8 | Karatam Krishna Murthy Yerrakalva reservoir project |   10    | 5.47    | Mar-24   |

In addition, Polavaram irrigation project (PIP) has been declared as a National project by the Andhra Pradesh Re-organisation Act, 2014. As per Ministry of Finance approval of 2016, Government of India is to provide 100% of the remaining cost of the irrigation component only of the project for the period starting from 1.4.2014, to extent of the cost of the irrigation component on that date. However, Government of Andhra Pradesh  is  implementing  the  project  on  behalf  of  Government  of  India.  The  project  proposes  ultimate irrigation  potential  of  about  437  thousand  hectare,  which  is  yet  to  be  created.  The  presently  projected completion date for phase I of the project (storage upto EL 41.15m) is March, 2026.

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