Hyderabad: The Centre on Thursday indicated that Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) was unlikely to get national project status, saying “currently the techno-economic appraisal of PRLIS cannot be carried out”.Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha from Congress MP P. Balram Naik on whether there was any plan to grant national project status to PRLIS, Jal Shakti minister of state Raj Bhushan Choudhary said the Telangana government had sought this status but some pre-requisite factors were held up.In his reply, the minister said, “A techno-economic appraisal of the project by Central Water Commission (CWC), followed by acceptance of the project by the advisory committee on irrigation, flood control and multipurpose projects of DoWR, RD&GR (department of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation) is an essential pre-requisite for further considering any project for inclusion under the ongoing schemes of this ministry.”The state submitted the detailed project report for PRLIS for techno-economic appraisal to CWC in September, 2022. “However, as the project involves use of Krishna river waters and inter-state aspects of project are included in terms of reference of the Krishna Waters Dispute Tribunal-II, the matter is now sub-judice and currently the techno-economic appraisal of Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme cannot be carried out,” Choudhary said.
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