Desperate to tide over the power deficit in the state, Telangana Government  has decided to call for bids towards procuring 2,000 MW of power on medium term basis immediately, from generation in Southern region. Through a GO on Wednesday, it authorised the Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana as the lead procurer, and instructed it to initiate proceedings for power procurement for five years through Case-I bidding. The 2,000 MW is expected to be for medium term period of 5-7 years and a successful bid may translate to getting additional power in few months through the southern grid.While 1,000 MW is being purchased from Chhattisgarh on a long-term basis, that plan may need time to fructify considering the non-availability of ...

Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao beaming with pride over the who of Hyderabadi sportspersons at the Glasgow Common Wealth Games, today stated that his Govt. will reshape Hyderabad with international standards to conduct the Commonwealth Games. The Government will encourage sports and games in the state in a big way with all possible support, he promised. He congratulated winners of medals in the CWG at the Secretariat. Those felicitated includes Badminton Coach P Gopichand, medalists and participants such as Saina Nehwal, Kasyap P, PV Sindu, Jwala Gutta, Gagan Narang, Aruna Reddy and  Sai Dathu. He announced Rs 50 lakhs to Badminton coachs Gopichand and Arifuddin. He also announced an award of Rs 50 lakh for Gold medallists, Rs 25 lakh for Silver and Rs 15 lakh for Bronze ...

Telangana Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao today said the government would supply irrigation waters to 5 lakh acres in Mahbubnagar district in the next Kharif season. Harish Rao said major irrigation projects like Kalwakurty, Bheema, Nettempadu, RDS and Koilsagar will be completed shortly. The government will give top priority for completion of irrigation projects pending for long time, and which can be completed with some extra effort for few months, to cater to the needs of agriculture, he said. The TRS government will address the needs of irrigation sector in the district which is facing perennial drought conditions due to scanty rainfall. “The TRS government is committed to provide the farmers of the district with adequate waters to cultivate their parched lands and increase produce”, he said. Reiterating ...

The Telangana government announced a Telangana Water Grid project, on the lines of Gujarat Water Grid, at an estimated cost of Rs.25,000 crore to permanently solve the drinking water problem and the rampant fluorosis problems in the state.The grid, which will use 160 TMC ft (thousand million cubic feet) water, will be completed in four years, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Karimnagar Tuesday night. CM KCR said the grid would use 80 TMC ft each from Godavari and Krishna rivers. All ongoing drinking water projects will be integrated into the proposed project. The grid would be modeled on the lines of similar project undertaken in Gujarat, which is dubbed a larger than Indian Railways with it’s spread of 1,20,769 km. The state ...

AP Government blocked a bid by the Neeraja Mathur Committee to give Telangana it’s due share in power, as per the AP Reorganisation Act. In the 2nd meeting held in Delhi yesterday, AP questioned the locus standi of the Committee to oversee the PPA dispute between both the states. This brings the issue back to square one. AP’s stance was always questionable as AP CM Chandrababu Naidu declared even earlier that the Committee is just an advisory body. The Committee held it’s 1st meeting on July 14th and both states presented their arguments. Based on the arguments, the Committee sent a draft of its recommendations last week to both the state governments. AP which didn’t question the authority of the ...