The State government will soon submit a proposal to the Centre seeking national project status for Upper Krishna Project (UKP), one of the biggest irrigation projects in the country, said, Shivayogi Kalasad, Commissioner Upper Krishna Project (Resettlement and Rehabilitation).

The commissioner of UKP told Deccan Herald, "The Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd (KBJNL) has prepared a proposal seeking national project status to UKP and the same has been sent to Department of Water Resources. The State government will soon forward the proposal to the Centre."

If the project gets national project tag, the works which are going at a snail's pace for the last four decades, will gather momentum and the project would be completed soon.

After the implementation of Phase-3 of the project, 5,30,475 hectares of dry land will be covered under irrigation. As many as 150 villages in Mumbai Karnataka and Hyderabad Karnataka region will get drinking water...............Read more

Source web page: Deccan Herald