The state government has decided to make a district irrigation plan (DIP) to expand cultivable area under assured irrigation.
The dam is located between Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh state and Nalgonda district of Telangana. The incident took place when both sides failed to reach an understanding on release of water, though talks were held between officials of irrigation and other departments.
In the season of scams, Union Minister Sharad Pawar and his close relatives were today dragged into a corruption scandal by a former IPS officer-turned-lawyer for benefitting a private developer by allegedly bestowing undue favours for the controversial Lavasa hill city project.