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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Karimnagar District

S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 1. Shri Gandla Anjaiah, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Chegurthi Project. In view of the water availability from the SRSP, Godavari water will be utilized for irrigation. If water will be available in the ground bores will work. He also appreciated the efforts for revival of SRSP (Sri Ram Sagar Project). 2. Shri Manda Rajamallu, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Gopalapuram Project and also appreciated the Government of Telangana. He expressed that after Completion of Kaleshwaram Project and Telangana will drought free state and thereby prices of vegetables and other commodities will reduce benefitting the State. 3. Shri Gangula Kamalakar, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has praised the project. Hon'ble MLA, Karimnagar Project. He expressed his sadness about current situation in Telangana State about migrations from drought prone areas to different parts of the Globe due to lack of Irrigation facilities and also the condition of SRSP for past 10 years due to construction of projects in upstream of Godavari in Maharashtra. He expressed that 200 TMC of water is going waste into the Sea and this project ensures effective utilization of Godavari River and also improves SRSP Project. He also thanked Chief Minister of Telangana for identifying Medigadda Location for construction of Barrage. . He expressed that after Completion of Kaleshwaram Project, Telangana will drought free state irrespective of Caste

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 4. Shri Kotha Krishnamurthy, CE He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. (Retd) (I&CADD) Project benefitting 13 districts of Telangana State. He also appreciated the Re-engineering of this project thereby increasing the water availability. He said that this project will not have any negative impacts on the environment instead it maintains the balance of the environment by improving the socio-economic conditions of all sectors. He said on behalf of all Retired Engineers that they awaiting the completion of the project. 5. Shri Uppu Srinivas, Baddipally, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. R/o Karimnagar Project and requested the authorities to complete the project in a year. He also appealed not to obstruct the project by filing cases in court. He also appreciated the stabilization SRSP ayacut by this project 6. Smt Tula Uma, Zilla Parishad She appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Chairman, R/o Karimnagar Project and appealed for early completion of the project. She said that there this project will not have any negative impacts on the environment instead it helps the environment by recharging the Ground Water. She hoped that all migrated people of Telangana will return after improvement of Irrigation facilities in the State. This Project will improve overall socio-economic conditions of Telangana people irrespective of Caste and creed.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 7. Shri Varna Venkatreddy, R/o He questioned the authorities why public hearing is not Only drinking water supply Karimnagar conducted before commencement of the Project and activities are being also appealed to resolve all the Land Acquisition issues commenced for which at the earliest. He said that information is clearance is not required. communicated properly regarding this public hearing Even the NGTs order of stay meeting held. by not treating the ongoing works as drinking water project has been set aside by the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the matter was remanded to the principal bench, NGT ,New Delhi.(vide judgement dated 08.11.2017 in the Writ petition No. 34458 of 2017)

Land Acquisition issues will be resolved as per LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State R&R rules. 8. Shri Boinapally Prabhakar Rao, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. R/o Thotapally, Karimnagar Project. He requested all the public to support the project construction by all the means and also said that the Kaleshwaram Project is the only hope for the Telangana people keeping in view the condition of SRSP for past 10 years due to construction of projects in upstream of Godavari in Maharashtra and non- availability of water in Krishna River. He thanked the Chief Minister and the Government of Telangana. He stated that this project will not have any negative impact on environment and also improves other sectors like fishing etc

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 9. Shri Naradasu Laxman Rao, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. MLC, Karimnagar Project and requested the authorities to complete the project in a year. He explained about the alignment of the Project and Series of Barrages and their benefits to the en-route district. He also appreciated the ayacut proposed under this project, SRSP ayacut stabilization and huge benefits thereby. 10. Shri Rasamai Balakishan, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Hon'ble MLA, Manakondoor, Project benefitting 13 districts of Telangana State. He Karimnagar explained in detail water scarcity in Telangana from his own experience and observations and how this project benefits people of Telangana. He thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana State for taking up this project. He also appealed to the public to support this project and this will help the Lakes system of Telangana and improves village environment. He requested the authorities for issuing of environmental clearance at the earliest for this project. 11. Shri Pavan Kumar, R/o Rekurthi He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Project and requested for early completion of the project 12. Shri V Ramesh, MPP, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Karimnagar Project and stated the importance of water and its role in all sectors of the society. He requested the authorities for issuing of environmental clearance at the earliest for this project 13. Shri Mallaiah, Bommakal, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Karimnagar Project. He explained the requirement of the Kaleshwaram Project due to unavailability of Water in SRSP due to construction of Irrigation projects in the upstream of Godavari in Maharashtra state. He appealed to all to support the project 14. Shri K. Srinivas, Bommakal, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Karimnagar Project and thanked the Government of Telangana.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 15. Shri Anand Rao, Nagunoor, R/o He welcomed the project and stated that the He has supported the project. Karimnagar reengineering of the project will restore the SRSP and stabilize its ayacut 16. Shri Chandrashekar Rao, R/o He welcomed the project and thanked the Irrigation He has supported the project. Khazipur, Karimnagar engineers for bringing water to Sripada Yellampally Project and Mid Manair Project benefitting the ayacut. 17. Shri Burra Ramulu, R/o Nagula He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Malyal, Karimnagar Project and its overall benefits for all sectors of people. He appealed to resolve all the Land Acquisition issues at the earliest. 18. Shri Kishan Reddy, MPP, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Ramadugu Project and requested for early completion of the project. He said people will be thankful to the Chief Minister of Telangana for taking up the project. He appealed the public not to oppose the project. 19. Shri Sudhakar, R/o Bommakal He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Project and thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana. He said that the farmers are the backbone of this society and this project will benefit the socio-economic conditions of the state 20. Smt Kavitha, ZPTC, Karimnagar She appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Project and appealed for early completion of the project. She also said that farmers who lost land for the project in acquisition will ultimately be benefitted by the results of the Project. 21. Smt B Shoba, MLA, She appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Choppadandi, Karimnagar Project and appealed for early completion of the project. She stated that the Kaleshwaram Project will remain as one of the prominent project in Telangana. She appreciated the Ministers of Irrigation and Finance Departs for their continuous efforts and hard work for the project. She also called for people’s support for the project. If Kaleshwaram project completes, suicides will stop. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 22. Smt Kusumala Meena, R/o She welcomed the project and reminded that the He has supported the project. Thotapally aspiration for Telangana State formation started with need for water, employment and funds. She also said that 70% of the State population depends on Agriculture and therefore the project is needed for their benefits. 23. Shri Raji Reddy, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Kondannapally Project and requested for early completion of the project. He explained the need for the project and also thanked the Telangana Government for taking up the project. 24. Shri Prabhakar, R/o Elagandala He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Project. He said that the Kaleshwaram Project is needed for the Telangana people keeping in view the condition of SRSP for past 10 years due to construction of projects in upstream of Godavari in Maharashtra. 25. Shri Malla Reddy, R/o He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Choppadandi Project. He requested the authorities for release of water to enroute villages of Choppadandi Mandal from Package 8 of the project. 26. Shri Ziauddin, Retd SE (I& He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. CADD) Project. He appealed to the authorities that environmental clearance is not required for Irrigation and Drinking water projects as these projects will not generate any pollution and instead benefit the environment. On behalf of the Retired Engineers Forum he welcomed the project 27. Md. Shukruddin, R/o Velchal He welcomed the project and reminded the quotes of He has supported the project. Shri Jawaharlal Nehru that Irrigation Projects are Modern day temples and this project will envisage the upliftment of all sections of the society. 28. Shri Shashibushan Kache, He appealed to the authorities for better compensation Compensation will be paid Advocate, R/o Peddapally for the land losers due to the project and also requested based on the LARR act 2013 to address all the land acquisition issues before of GoI/ State R&R rules. proceeding with the work. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan . from I&CAD 29. Dr.Bhupathi Ramesh, R/o He welcomed the project and stated that this project will He has supported the project. Karimnagar benefit both Agricultural and Industrial Sectors in future. He also requested for environmental clearances at the earliest. 30. Shri Raghuveer, R/o Annaram He appealed to the authorities not to acquire The land will be acquired as Agricultural land which gives 3 crops in a year, to per the drainage pattern and reduce the submergence area of the online reservoirs the water flow network for and to avoid forest land. constructing the canals and reservoirs.

Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Nizamabad District

S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 1. Sri Rathan Singh R/o He has represented that lands, houses are affected Compensation shall be paid as Amrabad Thanda, Nizamabad due to submergence and they were brought up in per the RFCTLARR Act 2013 of District. forest and depends on forest produce and they GoI/State R&R rules. belong to Scheduled Tribe Community and they shall be provided with all rehabilitation / benefits. 2. Sri Eshwar Singh Naik R/o He has represented that they are residing in the Compensation shall be paid as Amrabad, Nizamabad District village for the past (200) years and they are per the RFCTLARR Act 2013 of depended on forest yield and requested for GoI/State R&R rules. reconsideration of project work. 3. Sri Prathap Sing h Naik R/o He has represented that they are residing since so Compensation shall be paid as Bhairapur, District many years from their forefathers and will be difficult per the RFCTLARR Act 2013 of to change their habitants and requested for payment GoI/State R&R rules. of compensation, rehabilitation on par with or as per RFCTLA&RR Act, 2013.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 4. Sri Dilip Kumar R/o Bhairapur, He has represented that by rising Manchippa Project Proponent has planned Nizamabad District Reservoir for 3.5 TMC capacity their lands are according to the design and also Nizamabad coming under submergence and the already existing for the benefit of the people capacity of the Reservoir is 1.5 TMC and rising of additional 2 TMC their lands are being affected and requested to rethink on the project. 5. Sri Bajireddy Govardhan, He has represented that the villages / tandas from He has supported the project by MLA, Nizamabad Rural his Assembly Constituency are coming under explaining about the LARR Act submergence / land acquisition and most of the 2013. families belongs to SC/ST and he has brought this issue to the notice of the Hon’ble Chief Minister, and the Hon’ble Chief Minister taken a decision to go for pipeline instead of going for open gravity canal just because to protect the lands / interest of the farmers / agriculturists. He has also represented that few people of his constituency is being affected by this project at the same time many people will be getting benefitted by the construction of this Reservoir. He has also represented that the best rehabilitation will be provided to all the effected families as per LA Act, 2013. With this project pipeline water supply will be extended to Sirikonda, Dharpally by way of backward pumping and lift in Sirikonda Mandal.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 6. Sri Bigala G anesh Guptha, He has represented that with this project 4.00 Lakhs He has supported the project by MLA, Nizamabad Urban population of District Headquarters will be benefitted enumerating about the benefits of with drinking water supply. Alisagar drinking water the project. supply is the only source to Nizamabad. The Nizamsagar, SRSP have not received inflows of water due to drought in upstream States. This Kaleshwaram Project from Godavari will fetch sufficient water to irrigate 1.85 to 2.00 Lakhs Acres ayacut under the works of package 20 & 21. He has also expressed that few people are affected but most, majority of the people will be benefitted with this Reservoir / Project. 7. Sri Mala Ganga Reddy R/o He has represented that water is essential for He has supported the project. Ankapur, Nizamabad District drinking, irrigation, generation of electricity. Water is important and essential for all purpose and support for this project but requested for suitable rehabilitation to the effected families. 8. Sri Yadagiri R/o Nizamabad He has represented that the damages are more than Project Proponent has planned benefits and requested for to brief the reasons for according to the design and also redesign of combined Manchippa / Kondam for the benefit of the people. Cheruvu. He has also represented that around Compensation will be paid based (700) families are mainly depended on forest on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ produce and represented for rehabilitation for land to State R&R rules. land, house to house and requested for grant of other benefits. 9. Sri Narsaiah R/o Mogpal He has represented that all these days there is no Compensation will be paid based water, but the Government have proposed to on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ construct this project / reservoir and requested to State R&R rules. protect the interest of land loosers by giving suitable rehabilitation and compensation.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 10. Sri Prabhakar, Rythu Cooli He has represented that they are not against the Compensation will be paid based Sangam – CPI(ML), project of Manchippa and requested for suitable on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Nizamabad rehabilitation and resettlement for the effected State R&R rules. families as per Act, 2013. He has represented that there are no house numbers to certain houses and no patta certificates are issued for the lands under cultivation and all these issues shall be resolved at the earliest. He has also represented for compensation viz., land to land, house to house, employment, pension of Rs. 2,000/- for family per month. 11. Sri Laxminarayana R/o He has represented that with the construction of He has supported the project. Nizamabad Kaleshwaram Project the State will be benefitted and greenery can be developed. 12. Sri Y.Poshetty R/o Chandoor He has represented that Nizamabad is severely He has supported the project. Village, Nizamabad drought affected until now. For the benefits of people of Nizamabad / Kamareddy this project shall go ahead for improving irrigation / drinking water facilities substantially. 13. Sri Sarichand R/o Bhairapur He has represented that most of the tribals are Compensation will be paid based Village, Nizamabad District settled in thandas and are affected due to on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ submergence in Manchippa / Kondam Cheruvu State R&R rules. Tanks and requested for providing employment for each of the effected family and a provision of 3.00 Acres land, 500 Sq.Yards for house site. He has also informed that around 80% of the effected families have given consent for the above project / reservoir.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 14. Sri T.Saibaba R/o Nizamabad He has represented that previous Government have Project proponents will see that not taken any initiative for improvement of irrigation the affected families will be given sector, but the present Government have proposed rights in fishing under the construction of Kaleshwaram Project and this project constructed reservoir as per the will benefit to all event in condition of drought. He act. has also appealed to the Government for taking of initiation for development of fisheries in the combined reservoir and in command area tanks by sanctioning special funds. 15. Sri Govoor Bhupathi, R/o He has represented for allotment of 5.00 Acres land, The families who are going to Manchippa, Nizamabad house site, employment, education, cattle to all the loose their land will get District effected families. compensated as per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 16. Sri Rajeshwar, MLC, He has represented that once upon a time The families who are going to Nizamabad Nizamabad District was fully developed with loose their land will ge agriculture lands, farms and people from compensated as per the LARR act surrounding districts use to migrate to Nizamabad 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. for labour works, but due to scarcity of water source, there is a drought situation prevailing in Nizamabad District. He has represented for justice to the effected families and also requested the public to Cooperate with the project to go ahead. 17. Sri Peddi Venkata Ramulu R/o He has represented that they have no objection for Compensation will be paid based Nizamabad construction of above reservoir / Kaleshwaram on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Project, but the interest of the submergence village State R&R rules. people shall be protected and they shall be suitably compensated as per LA Act, 2013. 18. Sri Kuldeep Singh R/o He has represented for grant of best compensation Compensation will be paid based Bheemgal Village, Nizamabad to the effected families of submergence villages. on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ District State R&R rules. 19. Sri Azeem R/o Manchippa He has represented to grant best compensation Compensation will be paid based Village, Nizamabad District package to the effected families as per LA Act. on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 20. Smt.Ba yamma R/o She has represented that she is (60) years and Preference will be given to the Manchippa, Nizamabad majority of the families belongs to Tribal community local people in employment District and are very poor and requested for providing opportunities. employment, agriculture lands to the effected families. 21. Sri V.G.Goud, MLC, He has represented that we all are depend on He has supported the project Nizamabad agriculture and around 1.80 Lakhs Acres of agriculture land in Armoor, Bheemgal and other Mandals have become dry due to scarcity of water, but by construction of Kaleshwaram Project all these dry lands can be irrigated and the local peoples migrated from Nizamabad will come back and take up agriculture works if sufficient water for two crops is supplied. The Government is making all efforts to improvement the irrigation / agriculture sector in the State. Suitable rehabilitation as provided under LA Act will be sanctioned to all the effected families. 22. Sri A.Jeevan Reddy, MLA, He has represented that it is the strategy of the He has supported the project. Armoor State Government to provide irrigation facilities to around 1.20 Lakhs Acres in Armoor Assembly Constituency and the Kaleshwaram Project is one of them to improve irrigation facilities in the State of Telangana. He has also represented that he will request the Hon’ble Chief Minister to grant all monitory benefits to the effected families of submergence villages.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 23. Smt. Tanuja R/o Jakranpally She has represented that it is difficult for the local Compensation will be paid based (M), Nizamabad residents to leave their lands / houses and settle at on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ some other place but at the same time the aspect of State R&R rules. others getting benefitted by this project shall also be taken into consideration and the number of families effected is very less compare to those who are getting benefitted with this project. The drinking water problem for Nizamabad Town will be completely solved by constructing this project. She has requested to sanction suitable compensation to the effected families. 24. Sri E.Ganga Reddy R/o He has represented that this project will benefit the Compensation will be paid based Nizamabad cultivator / farmers and create source of water for on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ irrigation sector and requested others not to oppose State R&R rules. this project. He has requested to provide the best compensation package to the persons who are loosing their lands. 25. Smt.K.Laxmi R/o Manchippa She has represented that she is the resident of local Compensation will be paid based Manchippa Village opined that she will offer her on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ lands only if good R&R package is given. State R&R rules. 26. Sri A.Kishan, President, He has represented that with the construction of He has supported the project. TNGO’s Union, Nizamabad SRSP Project, Karimnagar, Warangal, Khammam Districts are getting benefitted but there is no irrigation facility in Nizamabad District and by this construction of Kaleshwaram Project in Nizamabad the local people will get benefitted for irrigation as well as drinking water facilities. With this project around 1.70 Lakhs Acres ayacut will come under cultivation for two crops and represented that the project has to be taken up in full sprit and compensation to be awarded for the submergence villages.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 27. Sri Sama Venkat Reddy R/o He has represented that the Mandals of Bheemgal He has supported the project. Mogpal (V), Nizamabad and Sirikonda are in higher level and no irrigation District facilities to these Mandals and by this project these two Mandals will get benefitted 28. Sri Vanjara Bhoomaiah R/o He has represented that the Government shall Compensation will be paid based Kammarpally Mandal, ensure good compensation package for the on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Nizamabad submergence villages as per LA Act, 2013. State R&R rules. 29. Sri Akula Papaiah, Rythu He has represented that the effected families of Compensation and livelihood will Cooli Sangam, Nizamabad submergence villages are worried and Government be paid based on the LARR act shall ensure that suitable land shall be provided to 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. them for cultivation. 30. Sri Pedda Rajanna R/o He has represented for paying compensation @ Rs. Compensation will be paid based Jakranpally Mandal, 50.00 Lakhs per acre to the effected families of on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Nizamabad District submergence villages. State R&R rules.

31. Smt.Akula Sujatha, Mayor, She has represented that all the problems / issues He has supported the project. Nizamabad Municipal of the effected families of submergence villages Corporation shall be brought to the notice of the Hon’ble Chief Minister. At the same time, the Government is ensuring for supply of drinking water to tap connection under Mission Bhagiratha Scheme and by this the local residents of Nizamabad will get sufficient drinking water. 32. Sri Thota Rajanna R/o He has represented that there is no source of water He has supported the project by Sirikonda, Nizamabad District to Sirikonda Mandal from any project and to the expressing that sufficient drinking construction of this Manchippa Reservoir the water facilities will be provided by villages of Sirikonda Mandal will get sufficient water this project. and around 2000 Acres of dry land can be brought into cultivation under this Reservoir. 33. Sri Gopi R/o Dharpally He has represented that land compensation shall be Compensation will be paid based Mandal, Nizamabad District given to the effected families and as per their on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ demand. State R&R rules.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/t hought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 34. Sri Gangadhar Patwari, He has represented that with this proposed project Compensation will be paid based Chairman, DCCB, Nizamabad the people of Nizamabad will get benefitted and on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ requested for suitable compensation package. State R&R rules.

35. Sri Bhasker Yadav R/o He has represented that the project shall be Suitable compensatory Kammarpally (M), Nizamabad constructed in the same place by taking the locals afforestation will be extended District into confidence and represented that all the villagers wherever there is tree evacuation will support for this project. The Government shall by this project. initiative steps for suitable compensatory afforestation for the environmental balance. 36. Smt. Manjula R/o Sirikonda, She has represented that with the construction of Compensation will be paid based Nizamabad District proposed reservoir; the people of Sirikonda Mandal on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ will get benefitted and requested for compensation State R&R rules. to the effected families. 37. Sri Laxman R/o Bheemgal He has represented that though the SRSP Project in He has supported the project. Mandal, Nizamabad District Nizamabad, the locals of Bheemgal Mandal are not getting benefitted with the SRSP Project. The Kaleshwaram Project will fulfill the need of Bheemgal villages for drinking water, as well as water for cultivation.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Medchal District

S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 1 Sri Bhaskar Yadav, TRS party Member, He stated that the people are happy and they Compensation will be paid Medchal never expected this kind of Irrigation project based on the LARR act earlier. Earlier they were unable to cultivate 2013 of GoI/ State R&R their lands due to lack of water. Now, rules. Shameerpet Lake will receive water from River Godavari through the proposed project. It will help the farmers to cultivate the crops in two seasons which will result in their economic development. There may be minor losses due to land acquisition under this project, but it will give more benefits in many ways such as more area will come under cultivation, irrigation of the dry lands, growth of the other communities like Fishermens, Shepard’s. He requested the Government to compensate the people who will lose their land under this project. 2 Smt. Shailaja, ZPTC Member, Medchal She expressed her gratitude to the Government The existing tanks will be for proposing this irrigation project in Medchal. stabilized based upon the She stated that the proposed Kaleshwaram water flow from this project project is a biggest gift for them. She stated that through the conveyor they are having one Irrigation tank at Nutankal system and if it is feasible village and requested the Government to to stabilize. include this tank under this project so that more area will be cultivated. She stated that ground water table will be increased and fishermens, Gouda Sangam will be benefitted by this project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 3 Sri Venu Gopal Reddy, Congress leader, He requested to establish canals through forest • The land will be Shamirpet and Government land available in the area to acquired as per the avoid effects on existing agricultural lands. He drainage pattern and requested the Government to compensate the the water flow network people who are losing lands under acquisition for constructing the more than 10 times of basic value registered in canals and reservoirs. sub registrar office as per the Act. • Compensation will be paid based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 4 Mohd. Jahangir, MPTC, Turkapally He stated that they are happy about this Compensation will be paid project, earlier there was no sufficient water for based on the LARR act drinking, irrigation etc. Due to this project, all 2013 of GoI/ State R&R the problems will be solved and the area will be rules. developed economically. He requested the Government to compensate the public who are losing the land and to issue Environment Clearance as early as possible as this is a very useful project in all the ways 5 Sri Prabhakar, R/o Ravalkole He stated that they are having small irrigation Once the proposed project water bodies in their village. He requested the implementation is Government provide project water to their stabilized, your suggestion village under the proposed project. will be considered based upon the water conveyor system of this project. 6 Sri Venkates h, Farmer, Lalgadi Malakpet He stated that this project will be very much Compensation will be given beneficial to their village. He requested the as per the LARR act 2013 Government to allot alternative land to the of GoI/ State R&R rules. public under compensation, those who are losing land due to this project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 7 Sri Vishnu Vardhan Reddy, Jaggamguda, He requested the Government that check dams Check dams shall be BJP Mandal President may be constructed for storage of more water. constructed based upon the requirement and feasibility. 8 Sri Narayan Goud, Rajabollaram, He stated that cultivation lands will be -- Sarpanch increased; ground water table will be increased due to this project. The water levels in the other small tanks will be increased due to this project. He stated that this project will help in development of livelihood of the people. 9 Sri Sridhar Reddy, Farmer, Yadaram He stated that they are very much happy about -- Village this project and they don’t have any objections on this irrigation project 10 Sri Hanuman Das, Farmer, Yadaram He stated that they are unable to cultivate more The land will be acquired Village lands due to lack of water. He stated that now as per the drainage pattern this irrigation project will provide water to and the water flow network cultivate the lands. He stated that the farmers for constructing the canals will lose agriculture land due to construction of and reservoirs and the canal. He requested the Government to wherever feasible to diverted the canals through forest lands instead construct. of individual lands 11 Sri Venkat Rami Reddy, Farmer, He stated that they are happy about this Compensation will be given Turkapally irrigation project. He requested the Government as per the LARR act 2013 to compensate the people who are losing lands of GoI/ State R&R rules. under this irrigation project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 12 Sri Ravinder Reddy, Farmer, Turkapally He stated that he is happy that water will come The land will be acquired to Shamirpet tank which will help to solve the as per the drainage pattern village problem pertaining to irrigation. The and the water flow network project will help in development of Fishery. for constructing the canals Most of the farmers in the area are small / and reservoirs and marginal farmers with 2 to 3 acres of land. The wherever feasible to land cost is high in Medchal and Shamirpet construct. areas when compared to the other rural areas. He requested the Government to compensate as per the land value not based on the • Compensation will be Government rule so that public will be given as per the LARR benefited. He requested the Government to act 2013 of GoI/ State avoid canals through residential zone to avoid R&R rules but not as pollution per the land value.

13 Sri Anthireddy, Farmer, Murahari pally He stated that they don’t know about the exact As per the line diagram routing of canals under this project. He provided the routing from requested to clarify about the same. He kondapochamma to requested to include the lakes in the shamirpet tank is provided. Muraharipally village under the proposed project so that public will be benefited. The enrouted lakes will be filled by the project after implementation.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 14 Sri Satyanarayana, Farmer, Pudur Village He stated that due to this project more area will The areas which are not be cultivated and the ground water table will be considered in project increased. He requested the Government to development shall be include the Quthubullapur area under this considered once the project for benefit of more areas. He requested project is implemented and the Government to compensate the people stabilized and as per the those who are losing agriculture lands under feasibility. this project

Compensation will be given as per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules but not as per the land value. 15 Sri Syed Ghouse, Farmer, Lalgadi He stated that this irrigation project will provide Compensation will be given Malakpet irrigation to cultivate dry lands. He requested as per the LARR act 2013 the Government to compensate the people of GoI/ State R&R rules. those who are losing agriculture lands under this project 16 Sri V. Mallesh, Ex -Sarpanch, Turkapally He expressed their gratitude to the Government Compensation will be given Village for providing this irrigation project. The project as per the LARR act 2013 is very beneficial to the farmers. He requested of GoI/ State R&R rules. the Government to pay the compensation to the farmers before starting the project. 17 Sri Chandra Shekar Reddy, Ex -Service He stated that this is a very good project and The canal will be Men, Ravalkole Village public may benefit under this project. He constructed as per the requested the Government to clarify the area feasibility and the water which is affecting under this project and to flow network and the establish canals through forest lands instead of drainage pattern and individual farmer lands. accordingly the land is acquired.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 18 Sri G. Anjaneyulu, Farmer, He stated that Malak Cheruvu which is located The areas which are not LalgadiMalakpet Village at Lalgadi Malakpet may be included under this considered in project project. The proposed project will increase the development shall be water table so that water will be available considered once the through bore wells. project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility. 19 Smt. Shyamalamma, Sarpanch, She stated that earlier the agriculture in the The areas which are not Lakshmapur Village area depended on rain fall. Many farmer considered in project families have stopped cultivation due to drought development shall be and migrated to the city. She stated that they considered once the will get water to cultivate in two seasons, and project is implemented and many other communities also benefit due to this stabilized and as per the project. She requested the Government to feasibility. include the Laskhmapur Cheruvu under this project so that it can help to irrigate more area. 20 Sri Penta Reddy, President, Farmer He stated that the project will help for irrigation Compensation will be given Cooperative Society, Shamirpet in the area. He requested the Government to as per the LARR act 2013 compensate for alternative lands to those who of GoI/ State R&R rules. are losing agriculture lands under this project. 21 Sri Gopal Y adav, Yadaram Village He stated that presently there is no water in Compensation will be given bore wells. This irrigation project will provide as per the LARR act 2013 irrigation to cultivate more lands. He requested of GoI/ State R&R rules. the Government to compensate the people those who are losing agriculture lands under this project. 22 Sri Narsimha Reddy, President, Poly He stated that the farmers may benefit due to -- House Association, Sharmirpet Village this irrigation project, more acres will come under cultivation. He expressed their gratitude to the Government and requested all the public not to object this irrigation project as it is very useful project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 23 Sri Rama Chandra Reddy, Retd., MEO, He stated that earlier many farmers were The areas which are not JAC Chairman, Turkapally Village unable to cultivate their lands due to water considered in project scarcity and sold their agriculture lands. He development shall be stated that they are happy for proposal of this considered once the irrigation project. He also requested the project is implemented and Government for good compensation (or) land to stabilized and as per the land and re-habilitation those who are losing feasibility. under this project. He requested the Government to cover the upstream of Shamirpet lake Ayacut area under this project. He stated that all should accept and promote the proposed project. 24 Sri Surender Reddy, Professor, He stated that this project will provide water for Once the project is Turkapally Village drinking and irrigation purpose throughout the implemented and year. He requested the Government to develop stabilized, ancillary benefits this project not only for drinking and irrigation, like tourism etc also but also for multipurpose uses i.e., Tourism, anticipated from this Solar Power, Sports (Olympics). He requested project. the Government include names of the Rivers in the District names. He said that 10 plants shall Planting of the trees is be planted for every plant, under afforestation done as per the wherever the forest land is covered. compensatory afforestation. 25 Sri SinghamAnajaneyulu, President, He expressed their happiness about this The areas which are not PrajaRythuSanghalaSamakya, project. It will be very useful if, the Shamirpet considered in project Lakshmapur Village tank is filled. He requested the Government to development shall be include Lakshmapurcheruvu under this project. considered once the project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 26 Sri T. Mallesh, P resident, He expressed his gratitude for providing this The details of canals, water DalithaVimochanaSangham, Shamirpet irrigation project. He requested to inform details conveyor system and the of canals, lands, designs to the villagers. He land acquisition in each requested the Government to give jobs to the village are mentioned in affected families under compensation. All the the DPR and EIA Report. people support and welcome the project. The EIA Report was uploaded in the TSPCB Public domain of their website prior to the Public Hearing for the public view.

Compensation will be given as per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules.

27 Sri Satyanarayana, President, Fishermen He stated that the earlier fish died in lakes due -- Association, Bommarasipet Village to decrease of water levels in the lakes. He stated that this project will help Fishermen communities. The project will provide water to the lake to maintain constant water levels. He expressed his gratitude to the Government for proposal of this irrigation project. 28 Sri Ramesh Yadav, Sheep Development He stated that there is no drinking water and -- Association, Jaggamguda Village grass available for cattle due to water scarcity. The proposed project will help Shephard community to protect their Sheep and Goats and will help for their development. 29 Sri SudhakarNaik, General Secretary, He expressed their happiness about this Check dams will be GirijanaKarmikhaSangham Association, irrigation project. He requested the Government constructed based upon Medchal to provide check dams. the requirement and feasibility.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 30 Smt. Hanumanthamma, Farmer, She informed that she is losing agriculture land Compensation will be given Turkapally Village due to this irrigation project. She requested the as per the LARR act 2013 Government to provide adequate of GoI/ State R&R rules. compensation. 31. Smt. Sunitha Laxmi, MPTC, Shamirpet She stated that this irrigation project will provide -- irrigation to cultivate more lands. She stated that they welcome the project as most of the people are poor families and farmers. The project will help in recharging of ground water as the small tanks will be filled under the proposed project. 32. Sri R. Srinivas, President, He stated that they are welcoming this irrigation -- VadderaSangham, Turkapally project as it is beneficial to local people. 33. Sri Balesh, ZPTC, Shamirpet He stated that Shamirpet area will develop due Compensation will be given to this irrigation project. He requested the as per the LARR act 2013 Government to compensate the farmers with of GoI/ State R&R rules. land. 34. Sri Ramulu, Farmer Cooperative Society, He stated that they are happy about this -- Turkapally Village irrigation project. He stated that they are welcoming this irrigation project.

35. Sri Chan dra ShekarYadav, MPP, He stated that, there are no rivers in Medchal Compensation will be given Shamirpet District. There is good ayacut under Shamirpet as per the LARR act 2013 tank. The proposed project will be beneficial to of GoI/ State R&R rules. the area. He requested the Government to pay compensation to the public as per the land value. 36. Sri Yadagiri, President, Farmer He stated that they are happy about this -- Cooperative Society, Yadaram Village irrigation project. He stated that they are welcoming this irrigation project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 37. Sri Krishna, Sarpanch, Turkapally He stated that it is good to see water reaching The areas which are not from Godavari River to Turkapally. There is no considered in project water to bore wells in the area. He stated that development shall be the ground water table will be increased due to considered once the this irrigation project. He requested the project is implemented and Government to establish canals through forest stabilized and as per the land to avoid acquisition of farmers land. He feasibility. also requested to cover more areas in Shamirpet mandal under this project. 38. Smt. Sunitha, Sarpanch, Anantaram She welcomed the irrigation project. Presently The areas which are not there is no water in tanks. She requested the considered in project Government to include Ananataram Cheruvu development shall be also under this project so that their area will be considered once the benefitted. project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility. 39. Sri Srikanth Re ddy, Farmer, Turkapally He stated that the land value in Shamirpet area Compensation will be given Village is very high. He requested the Government to as per the LARR act 2013 pay the compensation as per the land value. He of GoI/ State R&R rules. requested the Government to establish canals through Government land to avoid acquisition of The canal will be farmers land. constructed as per the feasibility and the water flow network and the drainage pattern and accordingly the land is acquired. 40. Sri Murali dhar Reddy, Ex -Sarpanch, He stated that their area will be developed due Compensation will be given Medchal to this project and this project will help for more as per the LARR act 2013 plantations under Harithaharam. He requested of GoI/ State R&R rules. the Government to pay the compensation as per the prevailing market price.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 41. Sri Shankar, DalithaBahujanaSangham, He stated that the project is useful to all The areas which are not Medchal including Agriculture, Fishing etc., Only few considered in project areas will be benefited in Medchal District. He development shall be requested the Government to provide irrigation considered once the facility to all areas of Medchal District. project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility. 42. Sri Su dhakar Reddy, Grampanchayat He stated that they are welcoming this irrigation Compensation will be given Member, Aliabad Village project. He requested the Government to as per the LARR act 2013 provide adequate compensation for public. of GoI/ State R&R rules 43. Sri Narsimha Reddy, Farmer, Shamirpet He stated that this project will provide irrigation -- in more lands in two seasons and he welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 44. Sri Malipedhi Sudheer Reddy , Hon’ble The Hon’ble MLA stated that this public hearing -- MLA, Medchal constituency on Kaleshwaram project is held to discuss on the issues, environmental problems, loss and compensation in Medchal & Shamirpet mandals due to the project. The Government has taken up this project to provide irrigation facilities. Crop yield will be increased due to usage of canal water when compared to the bore well water. He explained details of the project to the public gathered. He stated that as per the studies, land loss due to this project is only 2.3 % and no effect on environment. This project is useful in many ways. He promised the public that the Government would pay as per the Central Government Compensation Act, 2013. He stated that he would request the Government to commence the project work only after payment of compensation to the people those who are losing lands. He stated that he would request the Government to bring more areas in Medchal District under cultivation by providing irrigation projects. He thanked the public for sharing their views and suggestions on this proposed project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 1 Sri M. Sathi Reddy, He stated that he served in this area earlier and pointed He has supported the project. SE (Retd.), R/o out the people to realize the differences between the Sivannagudem, areas benefitted by irrigation and non-irrigated areas. He Pochampalli also stated that he was involved in the execution of Mandal Nettampadu, Kalwakurthi Irrigation projects where he unilaterally increased the area of irrigation from 2,60,000 acres to 3,65,000 acres under those irrigation schemes Compensation will be given as per the without approval of the Government which were LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules. subsequently ratified by the Government. Though few farmers were affected due to submergence of their lands, large number of farmers was benefitted due to increasing of Irrigated area. He requested not to object the projects, but suggested that land oustees should be compensated suitably as per the 2013 Act. He also felt that higher compensation to be paid to the people / farmers affected by the submergence of land. 2 Sri B. U ppalaiah, He has stated that as of now the ground water levels in He has supported the project. Sarpanch, Kurella this area are around 500-1000 feet. The availability of water was very less unlike in any other project areas. He cited the plight of sheep and goat herders, who were purchasing the water to meet the requirement. He felt that the ground water level would improve once the project commenced its operation. He exhorted the people not to lose the chance and avail the opportunity as it is beneficial to the public in general.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 3 Sri M. Shyam He informed that Kaleshwaram project would benefit 7 old He has supported the project. Prasad Reddy, Districts out of 12 Districts. He narrated his experiences Irrigation Executive in Devarakonda area of Nalgonda District where Asia’s Engineer (Retd.), largest Lift Irrigation Project was executed earlier. He Ipparti Village, stated that Munugodu area was affected by florosis as Munugodu Mandal well as drought and he hoped that this project would benefit that area. He stated that storage capacity of Baswapur reservoir was increased from 0.8 TMC ft to 11.39 TMC ft and the combined storage of 20 TMC ft to irrigate 2.50 Lakh acres of land. He stated that 1200 TMC ft of Godavari water was available and 900 TMC ft could be utilised. At present the utilisation was only to the extent of 350 TMC ft and plans were afoot to utilise about 300 TMC ft. Usually, Irrigation projects are environment friendly as there was no submergence of reserved forest areas. He stated that the Kaleshwaram project would provide irrigation to 18.5 Lakh acres of land, in addition to the stabilization of existing ayacut of 18.5 Lakh acres created under SRSP. Since this project is the lifeline for supply of water, he supported the project on behalf of retired Irrigation Engineers Association. Requested to cooperate for completion of the project. 4 Sri Medi He stated that he was a retired employee of I&CAD He has supported the project. Ramanarsaiah, R/o Department, and hailed from Alair area. He supported the Atmakur construction of Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs as his native place get more benefits from these reservoirs. He is doing cultivation and his open well and bore wells could not support agriculture due to low ground water levels and the area was subjected to drought. While supporting the project, he wanted to extend the water supply to the additional area in Atmakur Mandal from thus project

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 5 Sri Boreddy Ram While supporting the construction of project, he stated He has supported the project. Reddy, Ex-MPP, that last 60 years, this area was affected by periodical Turkapalli droughts and crops were lost. People are migrating to other places in search of sustenance. He was confident that this area would be transformed on completion of this project and would become part of golden Telangana. He Compensation will be given as per the stated that submergence would cause heart burn among LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules and the affected farmers and all such farmers should be paid this issue is under the purview of compensation on par with the compensation paid to District collector. farmers of Komaravelli Mallanna Sagar project

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 6 Sri Dr. Boora While welcoming the people including public Ground water levels in the area will be Narasaiah Goud, representatives and officials gathered at the venue, he increased Hon’ble MP, stated that Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District is one of the Bhuvanagiri areas which receive least rainfall in the entire region. Due to which water in lakes and tanks There is no chance of getting water through bore wells will be available and which in turn even after drilling to a depth of 1000-2000 feet. Now there increase the fish production. is a chance to get water under this project. If there is water, environment gets improved automatically due to Compensation will be given as per the increase in tree cover. Though the area falls in Krishna LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules and catchment area, there is no water in Krishna River, in this issue is under the purview of contrast Godavari is surplus and so far about 400 TMC ft District collector. of water was let out into the sea. He stated that land acquisition would be completed as Government was keen to complete the project at the earliest and cited the example of Konda Pochamma reservoir for which land acquisition was completed within a week in adjacent Gajwel area. He was confident that all tanks in this area would get water from Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs, which accounted for 20 TMC ft of water together. He assured that the people who were affected due to submergence would be paid adequate and justified compensation. At present the cultivation in this area fetches Rs.10,000 income per acre in case of better yield, otherwise debt burden would be around Rs. 2.5 lakhs per year, due to failure of crops on account of non-availability of water. He asserted that sooner the completion of the project, the better the lives of people in this area. He also cited the example of a small tank which was yielding a lot to the local fishermen and other complimentary benefits i. e., these reservoirs would help to lead better life. He hoped that the two reservoirs would be completed to transform the entire District from drought prone to surplus and rich area. He supported the project for all round development of the area. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 7 Sri Narasimha He stated that the area was environmentally affected on Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, Ex-MLA account of two reasons. Firstly, the area was water LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R starved and deficient in water resources. Secondly, the & R rules will be duly implemented by only water source i.e., Musi river was totally polluted and the project proponent and concern water from that river affected the health of people. He authority dealing with the land expressed doubt on the reservoirs which were planned on acqucition. land without the support of any stream or river. He stated that Bhuvanagiri and Bibinagar tanks were not connected with the proposed project as the tanks cannot be filled through gravity canal. He sought filling of Shamirpet tank with water from K. Pochamma reservoir so that surpluses from Shamirpet tank would help Bibinagar stream. He sought adequate compensation to the affected farmers. He expressed doubt whether the land based reservoirs would withstand the load of stored water as they were not stream or river based for their supplies. He sought justice to the actual cultivators and cited that earlier compensation was paid to the non-occupants of the land.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 8 Sri Md. Jahangir, He questioned the way the projects were constructed Compensation will be given as per the General Secretary, without conducting gram sabhas and consulting the LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R CPM, Yadadri people. Adequate compensation has to be paid as the & R rules will be duly implemented by Bhuvanagir District compensation of the previous projects has not been paid the project proponent and concern so far. He raised the issue of mud and siltation and other authority dealing with the land adverse affects on account of construction of huge acqucition. reservoirs. The local farmers would lose valuable land under submergence. He stated that this would affect the environment adversely. He questioned the veracity of fishing wealth at the cost of submergence of land. Instead of constructing huge projects at one place, he suggested the reduction in the capacity to minimize the submergence of the areas as wells as effect on farmers. At present only Rs.5.0 lakhs per acre is paid as compensation, but he demanded higher compensation to the acquired lands. He expressed his party support to the projects, subject to the payment of compensation as per the provisions of 2013 Act. 9 Sri Koye He stated that Bhongir & Alair area is totally dried up due Ground water levels in the area will be Bikshapathi, to drought. While welcoming the construction of proposed increased. farmer, R/o project, he hoped that lakhs of acres of the land in Due to which water in lakes and tanks Atmakur Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District would get water and there will be available and which in turn would be no need to migrate to other places in search of increase the fish production. employment from Alair and Bhuvanagiri areas. If the It increases the agricultural productivity. project completed, people, cattle get water facility for This project provides the caste based lively hood. He sought early execution of the project. profession /employment in the region. Compensation will be given as per the LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 10 Sri Yasa Anji While welcoming the project, he sought expeditious Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, Market payment of compensation to the affected farmers. LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & Committee R rules will be duly implemented by the Director, Mothkur project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition.

11 Sri Chandar Goud, While welcoming the project, he stated that the area was Compensation will be given as per the Surpanch, permanently drought stricken area. The filling of local LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Athmakuru tanks with the water drawn from Gandhamalla and & R rules will be duly implemented by Baswapur reservoirs will help the farming community as the project proponent and concern the tanks were interconnected and utilise the water for authority dealing with the land drinking as well as for farming. acqucition. 12 Sri Alimineti He supported the Kaleshwaram project, as the water from Compensation will be given as per the Krishna Reddy, Musi river is completely polluted and is neither fit for LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Hon’ble MLC drinking nor for cultivation. Whereas the waters of & R rules will be duly implemented by Godavari is pure and helps in improving ground water the project proponent and concern levels. He wanted that the two reservoirs should be authority dealing with the land constructed upto the FTL as designed and the affected acqucition. farmers to be compensated adequately. 13 Sri G. Pandari While welcoming the construction of project, he stated Compensation will be given as per the Gowd, Ex-ZP that the project would help to alleviate the drought LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Chairman problems faced in this area. He sought that affected & R rules will be duly implemented by farmers and people should be compensated adequately. the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 14 Sri P. Mallaiah, He stated that the area would become prosperous and He has supported the project by MPTC, Suddala, benefits more number of farmers. At the same time few explaining about the benefits Gundala Mandal farmers would be affected due to loss of lands on account of submergence. The project would help all sections. He supported the construction of the project. Due to construction of the project ground water will increase, which helps to all sectors.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 15 Sri G. Sriramulu, He stated that his party supported the execution of Compensation will be given as per the CPI District projects. He stated that Gulabrayi project is yet to be LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Secretary completed. He demanded the implementation of Land & R rules will be duly implemented by Acquisition Act, 2013 and requested the District Collector the project proponent and concern and other higher officials to visit the affected villages and authority dealing with the land take opinion of the villagers. He suggested compensating acqucition. the land by allotting equal extent of land. Similarly, wherever houses were submerged, a new house should be allotted. He stated that registered value of the lands is very less compared to the Market value and demanded that compensation should be paid keeping in view the prevailing market value of such land. He stated that Bommalaramaram Mandal will not get water under this project and take action to provide water. He wanted the Government to indicate the time frame for the completion of project. He wanted that the bunds of the tanks to be strengthened in view of the augmented capacity of tanks due to water received from the reservoirs. Meting should be conducted in Gandhamalla village also. Project should be completed in very short period. 16 Sri N. Narasimha He demanded that meeting should be conducted in the Compensation will be given as per the Rao, Ex-Municipal affected villages. He alleged that not even single affected LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Chairman & BJP person was present during this meeting and in fact that & R rules will be duly implemented by General Secretary, people from Gandhamalla Village boycotted the present the project proponent and concern Yadadri meeting as a matter of protest against the administration. authority dealing with the land Bhuvanagiri District He further alleged that only few leaders were present in acqucition. the meeting. He suggested that a meeting should be convened by the District administration in the Collectorate to ascertain the ground reality and adequate compensation should be paid to the affected people and requested to cancel the meeting.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 17 Sri K. V. Narasimha He supported the construction of project to supply water Compensation will be given as per the Reddy R/o to this region. He requested payment of adequate LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Venkatapuram, compensation to the land oustees. If the projects not & R rules will be duly implemented by Turkapally constructed, Bhongir and Alair areas become deserts. the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 18 Sri P. Naveen He requested that people who sacrificed their lands and Compensation will be given as per the Kumar R/o. BN other properties to be compensated adequately. He has LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Thimmapur supported the project. & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 19 Sri Pinnam Raju He sought that affected people should be supported by Compensation will be given as per the R/o. BN Thimmapur the people benefitted by this project. Government should LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & pay adequate compensation. R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 20 Sri He stated that the area of submergence was known to the Compensation will be given as per the Narasimhachary, people. However, the quantum of compensation to the LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & R/o BN Thimmapur lands is yet to be made known to the public. He R rules will be duly implemented by the demanded compensation at the rate of Rs.40 lakhs per project proponent and concern authority acre instead of registered value of the land and similarly a dealing with the land acqucition. built-up house should be given in lieu of house that was affected. He stated that the area had glorious past history of fighting for the rights and justice. He sought immediate reddressal of problems faced by the villagers in respect of getting compensation and resettlement.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 21 Sri Edla Sathi He stated that entire N. Thimmapur village submerging in Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, BN Baswapuram reservoir with 2200 acres of land. He LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Thimmapur sought compensation of land at the rate of Rs.30-40 lakhs & R rules will be duly implemented by per acre and Rs.15 lakhs in case of individual house and the project proponent and concern allotment of 250 sq. yds of land for house sites with authority dealing with the land construction of house by the Government as part of acqucition. compensation package. He also demanded a job to the affected family in Yadadri Temple. He stated that large extent of land is ceiling land and requested to pay the compensation to the individuals who are in actual possession over the land. He requested that the submerged BN Thimmapur village should be relocated to a new location and the name of the reservoir should be changed as Thimmapur Reservoir. 22 Sri Gollapally He stated that there was no water in his village and even He has supported the project. Swamy, R/o toddy and other trees were getting dried up for lack of Peadakandukuru water. He hoped to get water under this project. 23 Sri Laggam Rameh, He informed that the ground water of these areas fallen to Assured that the fluorosis problem will Vice-Chairman, very low and supported the project and expects water to be reduced due to ground water Mothkur Market 1,50,000 acres of land in Alair would get irrigation under recharge by the proposed project. Committee the proposed project. He expects that Alair area would get Florine free water which affects the bones and create health problems to the people. 24 Sri Alimineti He requested that the meeting should be conducted in Compensation will be given as per the Sandeep Reddy, the affected villages. As the meeting is conducted in LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Telugu Desam Raigir village, the affected village people faced & R rules will be duly implemented by Party, Yadadri inconvenience to reach the venue. He stated that the the project proponent and concern Bhuvanagiri District capacity of the Gandhamalla reservoir was increased. He authority dealing with the land sought assurance from the District Collector for acqucition. conducting grama sabhas as there is no such provision in the law / Act. Compensation should be paid to the people as requested by the public.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 25 Sri Akavaram He supported the construction of project. He stated that Compensation will be given as per the Mohan Rao, R/o several people migrated to other areas for want of work. LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Alair He requested the Government to consider payment of & R rules will be duly implemented by compensation as per the market price. the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 26 Sri M. Ram mallu, He stated that he dug 36 bores and only 3 bores are Assured that the ground water levels in R/o. Gundala working at present with little water. They are waiting for the area will be increased and help all this project for so many years as it would help the farmers sections of the community. in many villages. He stated that 4 to 5 villages were Compensation will be given as per the affected by submergence of land and the government LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & should give good compensation. R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 27 Smt. R. Nirmala, She sought adequate compensation to the land oustees Compensation will be given as per the Sarpanch, R/o and construction of new houses and jobs to each family LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Baswapuram wherever submergence of houses take place. She & R rules will be duly implemented by requested for conducting grama sabha in order to elicit the project proponent and concern the views of the people on payment of compensation. authority dealing with the land acqucition. 28 Sri N. Raji Reddy, He felt that environment would be protected depending Compensation will be given as per the ZPTC, Rajapet on availability of water. He stated that he dug up 38 bore LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R wells without much success. He was confident that & R rules will be duly implemented by Government would look into the issue of compensation to the project proponent and concern alleviate the problem of land losers. He supported the authority dealing with the land construction of project. acqucition. 29 Smt. Gutta She stated that she was the owner of 35 acres of land in The ground water levels in the area will Shamantha Reddy, Alair Mandal. But she could not get adequate crops and be increased and help all sections of farmer, Alair met with financial losses due to non-availability of water. the community. She dug many bore wells but not succeeded, therefore she sold away part of the land to meet the bore well expenses. She stated that construction of this project would provide adequate water to the agriculture as well as for drinking purpose including cattle. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 30 Sri Buchi Reddy, He stated that the affected people were worried over the Compensation will be given as per the ZPTC, Choutuppal payment of compensation. Alternate land may be allotted LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R wherever available as an alternate to the acquired land. & R rules will be duly implemented by Wherever houses were submerged, new houses should the project proponent and concern be constructed by the Government. He assured the authority dealing with the land support of the people who would be benefitted by the acqucition. construction of these reservoirs. 31 Sri B. While supporting the proposed project, he informed that Compensation will be given as per the Chandrashekhar, the Government accorded priority to water for drinking LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R R/o Alair & Ex- and irrigation. He hoped that good compensation would & R rules will be duly implemented by MPTC, Rayagiri be given to the land losers. the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 32 Sri Siva Raju, R/o He stated that water was not available in canals already He has supported the project. Rahimkhanpet dug in their lands. He asserted his support to the proposed project 33 Sri B. Mallesh, R/o He alleged that very less compensation was paid to the Compensation will be given as per the Turkapally lands acquired for irrigation projects. He demanded LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R compensation of Rs.20 Lakhs per acre. He further stated & R rules will be duly implemented by that no lease amounts were paid to the lands acquired the project proponent and concern during 4 years. authority dealing with the land acqucition. 34 Sri Bhadru Naik, He stated that earlier land was acquired for canals, but till Compensation will be given as per the R/o Lappanaik today no compensation was paid to them. The people LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Tanda were left in lurches without any relief. In some cases an & R rules will be duly implemented by amount of Rs.1.0 Lakh per acre was paid as the project proponent and concern compensation which is quite inadequate to make a living. authority dealing with the land He demanded immediate relief to the people in distress. acqucition.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 35 Sri Kota Swamy, He stated that meager compensation was paid to the Compensation will be given as per the Sarpanch, lands whose actual prevailing market cost ranges from LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Wadaigudem Rs.40.0 lakhs to 60.0 lakhs. He stated that the present & R rules will be duly implemented by reservoir capacities may be increased instead of creating the project proponent and concern new reservoirs. He sought alternate land and house to authority dealing with the land house for farmers whose lands are acquired for the acqucition. projects 36 Sri Udutha Vishnu, He stated that 30 acres of land was acquired from him Compensation will be given as per the Farmer, Baswapur and so far no compensation was paid to him. He LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R demanded payment of compensation on par with the & R rules will be duly implemented by prevailing market rates. He has requested to provide the project proponent and concern alternate lands. authority dealing with the land acqucition. 37 Sri Karne He appreciated the gesture of the District Collector for Assured that the fluorosis problem will Prabhakar, MLC proposing to hold meetings in affected villages to settle be reduced due to ground water the issue of compensation. He assured that the recharge by the proposed project. construction of Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs Compensation will be given as per the would be completed at the earliest. The florosis affected LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & villages would be benefitted due to supply of drinking R rules will be duly implemented by the water. He cited the examples of Mahabubnagar District project proponent and concern authority where Krishna water was supplied and the villages were dealing with the land acqucition. able to grow their crops on account of assured irrigation. Similarly, Godavari water is supplied in Adilabad District, where people are growing crops under irrigation. The lives of the people have improved after extending irrigation facilities to their lands. He assured that the Government would give good compensation after consulting the people and to the satisfaction of people. Government will complete the Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs for the benefit of the public. 38 Smt Bujji, R/o She wanted the present status and not the new project; Lappanaik Tanda they wanted to live their present life. She opposed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 39 Sri Ravula Raju. R/o He stated that farmers of the submergence villages were Compensation will be given as per the B.N. Thimmapuram not extended with credit facilities. He demanded that the LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R process of compensation and resettlement should be & R rules will be duly implemented by expedited to enable them to settle at their new places. the project proponent and concern Compensation should be in commensurate with prevailing authority dealing with the land market rates, before taking the lands. acqucition. 40 Sri Ravula Raju, BC He supported the construction of Gandhamalla and Association, Baswapur reservoirs. He sought reduction of the capacity Yadadri of the reservoirs. Bhuvanagiri District 41 Sri Laxminarasaiah, He alleged that only Rs.3.50 lakhs offering was paid Compensation will be given as per the 2nd Ward Member, towards compensation instead of market value Rs.30.0 LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Baswapuram lakhs per acre. He requested permanent compensation & R rules will be duly implemented by depending on market price the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 42 Sri Puli He extended his support for the construction of project as Ground water levels in the area will be Satyanarayana, the people from Alair and Bhuvanagiri mandals would be increased. MPP, Rajapet benefited due to supply of water for drinking as well as for irrigation purposes 43 Sri Mallesham, While supporting the project, he requested the Compensation will be given as per the MPTC, Vadaparthy Government to pay compensation at the rate of Rs.40.0 LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R lakhs per acre. He also demanded 250 sq. yds of house & R rules will be duly implemented by sites along with construction of house in addition to the the project proponent and concern land compensation. He also demanded adequate authority dealing with the land arrangements for resettlement of displaced people and acqucition. government jobs to the oustes

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 44 Sri D. Sridhar While supporting the project, he demanded adequate Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, BJP State compensation to the lands acquired for the purpose. He LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Committee Member also made it clear that adequate re-settlement & R rules will be duly implemented by arrangements should be ensured to the affected people the project proponent and concern before commencement of the work. If possible, land to authority dealing with the land land compensation and construction of new houses acqucition. should be undertaken as part of resettlement. This project provides the caste based Employment to the land and house oustees should be profession /employment in the region. provided. He cited the cases of non-payment of compensation to the eligible persons, which should be looked into by the concerned. 45 Sri Yedla Linga He requested payment of adequate compensation. It is Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, B.N. preferable to give land to land and house to house LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Timmapur compensation as the farmers will continue with their & R rules will be duly implemented by occupation and also to provide government jobs to the the project proponent and concern educated youth. Land to be provided in the project authority dealing with the land benefitting villages. acqucition.

46 Sri Gaddameedi While welcoming the construction of the project which Compensation will be given as per the Ravindar, R/o would benefit the people of Alair and Bhuvanagiri LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Peddakandukur, mandals, he stated that they would standby the land & R rules will be duly implemented by Alair losers for getting compensation. the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 47 Sri Pylla Shekhar He extended his full support to the construction of the Compensation will be given as per the Reddy, MLA, project. Construction of Gandhamalla and Baswapur LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Bhuvanagiri reservoirs will help to improve the ground water levels in & R rules will be duly implemented by surrounding areas in addition to the supply of assured the project proponent and concern water for drinking and irrigation purposes. He pledged his authority dealing with the land support to the land oustees of Gandhamalla and acqucition. Baswapur reservoirs. He assured that Government would provide just compensation to them. Soon on completion of new houses, the transshipment of people will take place. He pleaded on behalf of persons who were not vested with legal rights of the land but enjoyment the fruits of it. He requested the authorities to look into the matter and justice should be rendered to those people also. He concluded his speech stating that the people of the area are waiting for supply of Godavari water. 48 Sri Amurth Naik, While supporting the project, he sought payment of Compensation will be given as per the Upa-Sarpanch, adequate compensation to the land and house losers LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Lappanaik Tanda & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 49 Sri Valdasu Raju, He extended his support for construction of the project. Compensation will be given as per the R/o Timmapur However, he lamented that people lost agriculture land LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R and they could not take up any other work as they never & R rules will be duly implemented by worked in any other occupations. He sought adequate the project proponent and concern compensation to the land losers to enable them to authority dealing with the land purchase the lands at some other places, requested for acqucition. payment and employment to each family. Employment preference will be given to the affected families during construction activities.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 50 Sri G. Bala Raju, He demanded the payment of compensation as promised Compensation will be given as per the R/o Timmapuram to the lands lost by their villagers and to declare the rate LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R of compensation before staring project work. & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition. 51 Sri Gongidi He stated that there was no permanent source of water in Compensation will be given as per the Mahender Reddy, Alair constituency. He stated that there was no water in LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R PACS chairman, the borewells in Alair and Bhuvanagiri areas. This project & R rules will be duly implemented by Vangapally will benefit Alair area as water from the reservoirs would the project proponent and concern flow to those areas which were drought affected. authority dealing with the land Lappanaik Tanda was resettled as part of acqucition. Nagarjunasagar project, which should be resettled once again on account acquisition of land for this project. He demanded payment of compensation on par with the payments made in case of Konda Pochamma reservoir. 52 Sri S. He stated that Irrigation projects improve the • Ground water levels in the area will Chandramouli, environmental settings of the area. Due to increase in be increased. CE(Retd.), Irrigation availability of water, better tree growth will be there and • The project will increase the greenery will increase. Irrigation projects are intended to agricultural productivity. ensure securing of water for drinking and irrigation. He • Water in lakes and tanks will be cited the example Nagarjunasagar Project area, where available and which in turn increase there was substantial improvement in Bio-diversity. the fish production. Irrigation projects ensures growth of the area and the socio-economic conditions of the people will also improve on account of increased productivity. Supported the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 53 Sri M. Prabhakar He stated that Musi waters were contaminated and unfit Ground water levels in the area will be Reddy, ZPTC, for irrigation and drinking purposes. The only other source increased. Pochampalli of water would be from Godavari river through Compensation will be given as per the Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs only. All three LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R villages which are facing submergence would be & R rules will be duly implemented by rehabilitated and resettled. He assured justice to the the project proponent and concern people as Government was rendering justice to the authority dealing with the land people. acqucition. 54 Sri Repak a Swamy, While welcoming the project, he sought justice from the Compensation will be given as per the Upa-Sarpanch, Government to the land oustees. There is no problem to LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Vangapalli any body or environment also & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition.

55 Sri G. Somi Reddy, He stated that Kolanupaka was facing water crisis despite Ground water levels in the area will be R/o Kolanupaka the existence of stream. It is well known that the increased. Gandhamalla reservoir overflows joins the stream passing through Kolanupaka area. Once flow started, the bores in Kolanupaka area gets charged with water and yield from the bore wells will automatically improved and sustains the irrigation. He supported the project as it would benefit the Kolanupaka area. 56 Smt. Pasya Padma, She wanted the Government to take necessary steps for Compensation will be given as per the General Secretary, resettlement of the effected families. As per her LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R Telangana Rythu information 6968 families were affected and needs to be & R rules will be duly implemented by Sangam resettled. The record indicated 1500, but the details are the project proponent and concern not available. The record also did not contain the names authority dealing with the land of the villages and affected persons in those villages. She acqucition. demanded that Social Impact Assessment to be carried out and placed before the people in appropriate forums. She sought adequate compensation to the displaced persons.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 57 Smt P. Mamatha She stated that she is also one of the land losers and • Assured that the fluorosis problem Reddy, Sarpanch, affected by the project. Her sister also losing the land in will be reduced due to ground water Tekulasomaram the project. However, she extended her full support to the recharge by the proposed project. project as it would help the people at large. She stated • There will not be any major that there is no adverse impact on environment due to environmental impact. construction of the project. The fluoride affected villages will be benefited due to supply of adequate water to the human as well as cattle consumption 58 Smt Y. Balamma, She stated that there is no water even after drilling of He has supported the project. MPTC, bores upto a depth of 1000 feet in their areas. Water is Motakonduru not available for human or cattle consumption. People are going to faraway places in search of work for their livelihood. The people are purchasing water for their daily requirements. She extended her full support to the proposed project as it would provide succor to the driest part of YB District. 59 Sri J. Narasimhulu, He stated that Alair was a drought prone area and Ground water levels in the area will be Secretary, District availability of water in the villages became problematic. increased and help the farming Sheep Rearing Many people from these villages were migrating to other community. Farmers areas including artisan classes. Many farmers committed Association suicide due to in agriculture. He supported the proposed project 60 Sri Chandrashekar, He stated that the Kaleshwaram project was designed to Compensation will be given as per the NGO, Ramannapet provide water to the drought stricken areas of the District. LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R He sought implementation of resettlement (R&R) package & R rules will be duly implemented by upto the satisfaction of the affected people. The project the project proponent and concern will be beneficial to the environment as well as to the authority dealing with the land people and ensures all round development of the region. acqucition. 61 Sri Dayakarachary, He supported the proposed project as it would benefit He has supported the project. Sarpanch, 6,000 acres of land in Choutuppal Mandal. He requested Tangedapalli, the authorities to include the Tangedapally tank for filling Choutuppal Mandal the water under Kaleshwaram project as it would benefit nearly 2000 acres of land.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 62 Sri B. He extended his full support to the project as Assured that the fluorosis problem will Parameshwar, Gandhamalla reservoir feeds the Alair Mandal which was be reduced due to ground water ZPTC, Alair afflicted by frequent drought and fluoride problem. recharge by the proposed project 63 Sri Prabhakar He stated that Nelapatla and other villages would be • Ground water levels in the area will Reddy, MLA, benefited by this project as about 6537 acres of land in be increased. Munugodu Choutuppal Mandal going to benefit from this project. He • It increases the agricultural wanted every acre of land should be covered under productivity. assured irrigation in Bhuvanagiri, Alair, Choutuppal and • The fluorosis problem will be reduced Munugodu constituencies. Government promised to due to ground water recharge. provide irrigation water to 1.0 crore acres of land in the • Compensation will be given as per state. TSPCB officials observing and nobody raised the the LARR act 2013 or Telangana issue of adverse environment impact on forest, State R & R rules will be duly environment or loss of forest cover. He hoped that the implemented by the project project would be recommended for clearance to proponent and concern authority MoEF&CC by the TSPCB at the earliest. He said that the dealing with the land acqucition. water supplied under this project would solve not only the cultivation problem but also the problem of fluorosis in these areas. He assured that suitable compensation would be paid as per the revised Act of 2013 approved by the President of India. 64 Sri Srinivas, ZPTC, He stated that the proposed project was devoid of any Assured that the fluorosis problem will Valigonda environmental problems. Half of the villages in Valigonda be reduced due to ground water area not getting water. As usually Musi River was highly recharge by the proposed project. polluted and not useful for the purpose of consumption or for irrigation in some areas. The people using the contaminated water were also afflicted with various health problems. He wanted that the area be supplied with Godavari water which would reduce the effects of fluoride problem. 65 Sri R. Narasimha He supported the project as water would be supplied to He has supported the project. Rao, R/o Alair area lying in semi-arid zone, which is useful to the Motakondur public and farmers.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 66 Sri S. Nagaraju, He stated that parts of Nalgonda District was in semi-arid Assured that the fluorosis problem will MPP, Valigonda zone and faced with frequent drought like situations. The be reduced due to ground water District is also affected by florosis as the water from bore recharge by the proposed project. wells contain high quantity of Florine. Now the present Government is implementing several irrigation schemes for supply of farm water and also to meet the drinking water requirements. 67 Smt Gaddameedi She stated that Lappanaik Tanda would be submerged Compensation will be given as per the Swapna, MPP, and needed rehabilitation. She supported the project. Due LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules and Yadagirigutta to construction of the project lakhs of people will be this issue is under the purview of benefitted. District collector.

68 Smt K. Anasuya, She thanked the people of affected villages, who • Ground water levels in the area will MPP, Alair sacrificed their lands and other properties for the be increased. betterment of people at large. She demanded good R&R • Compensation will be given as per package to the affected people and provision of drinking the LARR act 2013 or Telangana water facilities and supported the project. State R & R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition.

69 Smt. Sumalata, She stated that this is very good time. All bore wells were • Ground water levels in the area will Chairman, dried up in Alair area due to this project the farm sector be increased. Agriculture Market will be benefitted. She demanded the implementation of • Compensation will be given as per Committee, Alair good package for resettlement rehabilitation of the LARR act 2013 or Telangana submerged areas people. State R & R rules will be duly

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 70 Sri Yadi Reddy, R/o While welcoming the project, he stated that the tanks on Compensation will be given as per the Mothkuru Suddala vagu may be filled up with the Godavari water. LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & He requested the authorities to pay compensation as R rules will be duly implemented by the provided in 2013 Act so that the people would get the project proponent and concern authority benefit of higher compensation. dealing with the land acqucition 71 Sri K. Krishnaiah, He lamented that most of the toddy trees in his village Ground water levels in the area will be Vice MPP, Alair dried up and toddy tappers migrated to other places in increased. Due to this the toddy plants Mandal search of employment. He hoped that the Godavari water will be high in the region, which in turn from Gandhamalla reservoir would provide water to his increases the employment opportunity. village. Employment preference will be given to the project affected families during the construction activities. 72 Sri K. Pandari, He stated that he dug up 6 bore wells in his field and all • Ground water levels in the area will Mandalapalli, Alair went without any water. People started migrating in be increased. Mandal search of employment to Hyderabad. He hoped that the • It increases the agricultural Gandhamalla and Baswapur reservoirs would provide productivity in the region which in water so that the people would get employment in the turn increases the employment village itself. opportunity. • Employment preference will be given to the project affected families during the construction activities. 73 Smt. Indira, R/o She stated that water being the essential item, became Assured that the fluorosis problem will Alair scarce. Due to drought condition in this area. The water be reduced due to ground water from existing water sources and ground water got recharge by the proposed project. polluted due to various reasons including presence of Fluoride. She stated that in olden days people used to collect water on surface and used directly, lived longer without any ailments. She lamented that after drinking the water from bore wells, now the people became older and various problems arising such as premature ageing at the age of 30-35 years and acute joint pains. The project water would solve this problem as Godavari water is pure and without any pollution.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 74 Sri Rajamallaiah, He stated that water is essential for survival all and • Ground water levels in the area will R/o. Alair farmers supported the Government with a hope of getting be increased. water from Godavari. The problems of farmers will be • The project will increase the solved only if they get this project water being a agricultural productivity. guaranteed source of supply. He supported the project. 75 Sri B. He stated that the people having Patta land other than the Compensation will be given as per the Ramachandraiah, villages they are living. Most of the people moved away LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & State Farmer’s from their lands on account of various reasons. He R rules will be duly implemented by the Association requested the authorities to give highest priority for project proponent and concern authority resettlement. He requested the District Administration to dealing with the land acqucition sensitize the people on this issue, so that the actual patta holders would get the benefit of compensation and resettlement. He welcomed the project. 76 Sri Pichi Reddy He has stated that Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District is located Ground water levels in the area will be at an average elevation of 1200 feet above MSL. The increased and provide sufficient water area is known driest region and supply of water from this for drinking. project to more than 2.0 lakhs acres would definitely bring cheer among the people. He extended his support for better compensation to the farmers whose lands were acquired for water storage reservoirs. 77 Sri N. Ramachandra Firstly, he extended warm greetings to the Hon’ble Chief He has supported the project. Reddy, R/o Minister, being an awardee of ‘Karshaka Ratna’. He felt Ammanabole and that water provides required sustenance to trees and in Vice Chairman, turn help to improve the environment of the area. He Alair Market assured that the problems of land oustees would be Committee looked into and reiterated the policy of the Government to ensure the welfare of farmers. 78 Sri A. Yadagiri He pointed out that previous rulers never bothered to Ground water levels in the area will be Goud, Gundlapalli construct this type of projects which extended to large increased and provide sufficient water extent of the State. He stated that provision of water for drinking. would automatically improve the environmental setting of the area and gives impetus to the growth of the area.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 79 Sri K. Narasaiah, He felt that the project provides sufficient water for • Ground water levels in the area will Market Committee drinking as well as for cultivation. This in turn helps to be increased and provide sufficient Director, Bavipeta improve the environmental setting of the entire area. He water for drinking. stated that the land oustees never opposed the project, • Also it increases the agricultural they only demanded for better compensation and productivity. allotment of alternate land wherever possible. He supported the project. 80 Sri P. He informed that the bore well dug by him in his land • Ground water levels in the area will Satyanarayana, could provide water to irrigate one acre of land only be increased. PACS Director, R/o instead of 5 acres due to poor ground water levels. • Due to the project it increases the Gundlapalli He hoped that with the commencement of Godavari water agricultural productivity. supply, the ground water position would improve an agriculture would become commercially viable preposition. He supported the proposed project. 81 Sri K. Mahe ndar, He supported the proposed implementation of the project. Compensation will be given as per the R/o Bahupet He also sought payment of compensation to the land LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & losers on par with the prevailing prices. R rules will be duly implemented by the project proponent and concern authority dealing with the land acqucition

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 82 Sri Vijaya Reddy, He disputed the contents of the EIA Report. He stated He has supported the project. NGO, Nalgonda that the project was originally contemplated in the year 2011 itself and a Pylon was erected to commemorate the commencement of the construction of the project. As per his version, the EIA report did not bring out the soil characteristics of the area which was broadly classified into 4 categories. He raised the issue of requirement of water for irrigating each acre of land falling in the above categories and for computation of cumulative requirement of water for the entire ayacut proposed under this project. He stated that the report was incomplete and the entire report was not made available to them. He stated that he carried out extensive research on this subject and experience gained in Nagarjuna Sagar Command Area. He suggested to update the EIA and EMP Report prepared by the EPTRI before sending it to the MoEF&CC. 83 Sri R. Siddaiah, Ex - While welcoming the project, he gave a suggestion to Compensation will be given as per the Sarpanch, collect money from the beneficiaries of the project to LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & Motakonduru extend necessary assistance such as payment of R rules will be duly implemented by the compensation to the land oustees and creating necessary project proponent and concern authority infrastructure in the resettled colonies. dealing with the land acqucition 84 Sri D. Ravindar He appreciated the gesture of government in conceiving • Ground water levels in the area will Reddy, this project to supply water to 360 villages in this District. be increased. Motakonduru He cited the shortage of fodder to the cattle experienced • Due to the project it increases the in this region and hoped that the proposed project would agricultural productivity and fodder to bring necessary relief to the farmers. the cattels.

85 Sri Aggidi Balaiah, He felt that there would be success on farm front on • Ground water levels in the area will R/o Motakonduru account of this project. He appreciated the sacrifices be increased. made by the people who are losing their land due to • Due to the project it increases the submergence to serve the drought areas of the District. agricultural productivity.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 86 Sri Y. While welcoming the project, he wanted the payment of Compensation will be given as per the Chennakesava compensation as per the latest Act, of 2013 to all land LARR act 2013 or Telangana State R & Reddy, NGO, losers. Secondly, he demanded a job in Government or R rules will be duly implemented by the Hyderabad Government organizations to each family of land oustees, project proponent and concern authority whose lands were acquired for creation of the project. dealing with the land acqucition

87 Sri Yeshala Ashok, He sought translated version of Executive Summary. He He has supported the project. Ex-MPTC, also wanted all information in local language to enable Baswapur the common man to access the same. There is no clarity on ceiling lands in BN Timmapur and settlement is yet to be completed. He categorically stated that nobody was opposing the project. Only they seek justice in fixing the compensation amount. 88 Sri Jampala He alleged that the DPR reports were prepared basing on All the issues raised by the speaker Hanumantha false data. He wanted that the alignment of the canals were noted. Reddy, R/o Alair need to be changed to provide more area to be covered. 89 Sri J. He stated that Bikkiri vagu provides irrigation to the local He has supported the project. Satyanarayana, R/o ayacut. He wanted that the irrigation to be extended to an Mandalapalli area covering 2.0 lakhs acres of land. He supported the project. 90 Sri A. Ramu, R/o He supported the project and wanted early execution of He has supported the project. Mandalapalli the project to enable them to reap the benefits.

91 Sri P. Dasaradha, He supported the project as the water would quench the He has supported the project. R/o Mandalapalli thirst of lakhs of people, who were reeling under drought. 92 Sri M. Venkataiah, He supported the project in the larger interest of the He has supported the project. R/o Baswapur people and the region. He requested for early completion of the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 93 Sri K. Ailaiah, He stated that he losing 2.0 acres of land and another bit • Ground water levels in the area will Sarpanch, of 3.0 acres of land would be benefitted by getting water be increased. Datarapalli from the project. He stated that he planted 5,000 plants • Due to the project it increases the on the adjacent hillocks under Make India Green- Haritha agricultural productivity and increase Haram programme as part of improving environment and greeny in the area. to benefit the ecology of the area as a whole. He stated that the entire plantation would be handed over to the Government. He whole heartedly supported the Kaleshwaram project.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 1. Sri S.Rajender, He welcomed the project. After formation of Telangana, the Govt. He has supported the project Peddapally has taken a big task for reverse pumping of water from Godavari (Kaleshwaram). He stated that water is an essential commodity and the proposed project will boost all sectors of environment & socio economic conditions of life. Earlier governments have not constructed projects from decades which lead to drought conditions in this region. He welcomed the project and has no objection for the construction of the project. He expressed that 200 TMC of water is going waste into the Sea and this project ensures effective utilization of Godavari River water and also improves SRSP Project ayacut. He thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana for identifying Medigadda location for construction of barrage. He expressed that the Telangana State will be drought free after completion of the Project.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 2. Sri Shankar Goud , He welcomed the project and informed that he belongs to toddy He has supported the project Manthani tapper family and thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister of and enumerated the benefits. Telangana for formation of Telangana State. He stated that the project is envisaged to harness River Godavari water and construction of 3 barrages across River Godavari at Medigadda, Annaram, Sundilla which will be beneficial to the farmers to raise 3 crops every year. He requested the authorities to complete the project at the earliest. 3. Sri G.Chandramouli, He welcomed the Project and stated that construction of any He has supported the project. Kamanpur project involves land acquisition. At present River Godavari water in the rainy season is being discharged into sea. He felt that such projects are necessary for effective utilization of water for irrigation which interns helps all sectors of life. 4. Sri Atthe He welcomed the lift irrigation project across River Godavari. He He has supported the project. Chandramoli, stated that the Govt. of Telangana is constructing the project to Lakkaram utilize the water, which is being wasted and presently letting into Sea. He opined that the project will boost the economy of Telangana state and enhance the living conditions of the people in all sectors. 5. Sri T.Dayakar, He welcomed the lift irrigation project across River Godavari. He He has supported the project. Sulthanabad thanked the Govt. of Telangana for constructing the project which helps the irrigation sector of Telangana. 6. Sri Tula Manohar, He welcomed the proposed project. He informed that Peddapally He has supported the project. Potlapally District is dependent on agriculture and SRSP is devoid of water due to scanty rainfall and projects constructed over River Godavari in Maharashtra State. There are no negative environmental impacts due to this project, but it will boost the ecosystem in the state 7. Sri G. Purushotham He welcomed the proposed project. He informed that the reverse He has supported the project. Rao, Peddapally pumping of water from the Godavari will boost the irrigation in drought prone areas of Telangana and will improve socioeconomic conditions in Telangana.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 8. Sri Dasari Manohar He welcomed the project. He explained the drought situation in He has supported the project. Reddy Hon'ble MLA, Telangana state before construction of Sri Ramsagar Project on Project proponent has informed Peddapally River Godavari. After formation of Telangana state, the Govt. has that due to the irrigation facilities taken up irrigation projects to boost the agriculture sector and this the farmers will be assured with project will provide drinking water and water for irrigation in 18 irrigation facilities. lakh acres though canals, tunnels, reservoirs etc. Such major projects will require land acquisition and land acquisition is not an issue, as the Govt. will resolve all compensation issues. He stated that the project will cater the water needs of Telangana state, stops suicides of farmers and shall uplift socio economic conditions of society. The project will also stabilize the ayacut of SRSP. 9. Sri Mylaram He welcomed the Kaleshwaram Project and thanked the Hon’ble He has supported the project. Narayana, Kanukula Chief Minister of Telangana State for taking up this project. He village also appealed to the public to support this project. He opined that this will help all sectors of people and improves village environment. 10. Sri Balaji Rao, Ex - He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project. He He has supported the project. Sarpanch, explained the requirement of the Kaleshwaram Project as Kodurupaka availability of water in SRSP is reduced due to construction of projects in the upstream side of River Godavari in Maharashtra state. He also stated that project is proposed to be constructed near Medigadda considering more availability of water and to avoid letting out of water into Sea. 11. Sri Uppu Rajkumar, He welcomed the project and reminded that the aspiration for He has supported the project. Peddapally formation of Telangana State was started with a need for water, employment and utilization of funds for own state. He also said that 70% of the State population depends on agriculture and therefore the project is needed for benefitting 13 districts of Telangana State. He stated that this project will not have any negative impact on environment and it will improve other sectors like fishing.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 12. Sri Krishnamurthy, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project He has supported the project. Retd. Chief benefitting 13 districts of Telangana State. He also appreciated Engineer the Re-engineering of this project for increasing the water availability. He stated that there will not be any negative impacts on the environment, instead, it maintains the balance of the environment by improving the socio-economic conditions of all sectors. He also stated on behalf of all retired engineers that they are awaiting the completion of the project. 13. Sri Srinivas, Uppatla He welcomed the authorities for conducting public hearing. But, As per the EIA Notification, he raised question on the venue of public hearing and stated that 2006, the public hearing venue the public hearing shall be conducted at villages where lands are should be in the vicinity of the acquired for the project. He opined that out of 1000 no.of land project components and loosers, only 200 land loosers have attended the hearing because accordingly the venue was of transportation problem. He stated that some crops like cotton fixed. will be affected due to excess moisture content near the barrages due to storage of water. He anticipated some ill-health effects due to water storage in barrages. While Sri Srinivas, Uppatla was speaking, public protested against the remarks, meanwhile Sri D.Sridhar Babu, Former Minister entered and small disturbance occurred for about 20 minutes due to raising of slogans infavour and against various political parties and also infavour and against the project on compensation issues. The District Collector appealed to the public to maintain calm and continued the proceedings of public hearing by requesting the next speaker Sri Gotte Ravinder, Peddapally to speak and express his views on the project 14. Sri Gotte Ravinder, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project and He has supported the project. Peddapally location of Medigadda barrage in view of the water availability and utilization of River Godavari water for irrigation in drought prone districts of Telangana. He also appreciated the efforts for revival of SRSP (Sri Ram Sagar Project) ayacut. He thanked the Hon’ble chief minister of Telangana state for taking up this project

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 15. Sri Kota Ravinder, He welcomed the project and thanked the Hon’ble Chief minister He has supported the project. Ramagundam of Telangana state. He stated that the water availability in River Godavari will be useful for irrigation in drought prone Districts of Telangana. 16. Putta Madhu, He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project and He has supported the project. Hon'ble MLA, alleged that the opposition party has plotted against the project by Manthani intervening in the public hearing process and by filing cases in the Hon’ble court. He also informed that water will be available in River Godavari throughout the year after completion of this lift irrigation project. He stated that all are welcoming the project. He expressed that Telangana state will be drought free after completion of the project. He opined that this project will not have any negative impacts on the Environment and it will improve the socio-economic conditions of all sectors. 17. Sri Raguveer Singh, He welcomed the Kaleshwaram Project. He informed that the He has supported the project. Peddapally construction of project with barrages at Medigadda, Annaram & sundilla useful for irrigating one crore acres of land in Telangana. He also stated that the project will improve the socio-economic conditions of all sectors. He stated that environmental clearance for this project is necessary and requested the authorities to facilitate the issue of EC to this project at the earliest. 18. Sri Gumpula He welcomed the project and stated that till now no government He has supported the project. Sampath Kumar, has supplied enough water for irrigation. He thanked the Hon’ble Sarpanch, Gumpula Chief Minister of Telangana for the proposed project. (V)

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 19. Sri Balka Suman, He welcomed the project. He reminded that public hearing is a He has supported the project. Hon’ble MP, platform for eliciting views on environment issues concerned to Peddapally the project. He alleged that one of the opposition party is trying to disrupt the public hearing process. He stated that Telangana Govt. has entered into an agreement with the Maharashtra Govt. to construct barrages across River Godavari. He also stated the proposed project will facilitate irrigation in about one crore acres of land in Telangana. He stated that 200 TMC of water is going waste into Sea and this project ensures effective utilization of River Godavari water and stabilization of SRSP Project ayacut area. He stated that the Govt. is taking all required steps for completion of the projects in the state along with Kaleshwaram Project. He stated that everyone in Telangana state are supporting the project. 20. Sri Gunda Mall esh, He welcomed the project, on behalf of the farmers and his party. He has supported the project. CPI, Ex.MLA, He stated that the project is a major boost for the irrigation sector Bellampally in Telangana. He also stated that the project will irrigate lands across the state and also supply water for drinking and for industries in Telangana. He opined that the Govt. has to take opinions from other parties for implementation of the project and Rs. 20 lakhs per acre shall be paid as compensation to the land loosers. 21. Sri Burra Shankar He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project and He has supported the project. Goud, Begumpet, stated the importance of water and its role in all sectors of the Ramagiri (V) society. He thanked the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana for taking up the proposed project. He requested the authorities for issue of environmental clearance to the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 22. Sri T. Bhanu Prasad, He welcomed the Kaleshwaram project. He thanked the Hon’ble He has supported the project. Hon’ble MLC Chief Minister of Telangana for taking up the project. He stated that two rivers i.e., Krishna and Godavari Rivers are flowing through the state, but non-availability of water is observed in two Rivers due to construction of Projects in Karnataka and Maharashtra states. In this situation this project harnesses water from River Godavari which is a major boon to Telangana state. He stated that there will not be any negative impact on environment due to the project whereas it will improves the ecosystem. He emphasized the importance of the project and its positive impacts in Telangana state. 23. Sri E. Shankar He welcomed the project. He thanked the Hon’ble the Chief He has supported the project. Reddy, IDC Minister of Telangana and the engineers of project for early initiation. He stated that Kaleshwaram Project is the only hope for the Telangana people keeping in view of the condition of SRSP for the past 10 years due to construction of projects in upstream side of River Godavari in Maharashtra and non-availability of water in Krishna River. He stated that 200 TMC of water is going waste into Sea and this project ensures effective utilization of Godavari River water for various purposes in the state and improves SRSP Project ayacut area. 24. Sri N.Vijayanand, He welcomed the Kaleshwaram project and briefed the water He has supported the project Vidyavanthula scarcity in Telangana state. He stated that this project will benefit Vedika both agricultural and industrial sectors. He stated that there will not be any negative impact on environment due to the project whereas it improves the ecosystem. He requested for issue of environmental clearance at the earliest. 25. Smt. Sunitha, MPP She welcomed the project and thanked the Hon’ble chief minister He has supported the project Peddapally of Telangana for taking up this project. She stated that everyone will be benefitted by this project and it will improve socio- economic conditions of all sectors.

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S.No. Nam e of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 26. Sri Ganapathi Rao, He welcomed the project and stated that the re-engineering of the He has supported the project. SE (Retd.) project will provide additional water for increase in ayacut area as well as stabilization of the SRSP ayacut. He stated that the project will not generate any pollution and instead it will benefit the environment. 27. Sri Sangram On behalf of the organization he welcomed the project. He stated He has supported the project Singh,Telangana that the project will boost agriculture and other sectors of Jagruthi livelihood in the state. The project will help immensely for irrigation in the region.

Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Nalgonda District

S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 1 Sri B. China Venkat While welcoming the proposed canal, he categorically stated Compensation will be paid Reddy, R/o Gundrampally that he was prepared to hand over the required land to the based on the LARR act 2013 of canal, which would pass through his fields. He sought GoI/ State R&R rules. compensation as per the prevailing market price and justice to land loosers. 2 Sri B. Biksham Reddy, R/o He has stated that the ground water levels reached alarming Assured that the water levels in Gundrampalli level and severe drought conditions prevailed in Chityala the area will rise on the Mandal. Even the yield of water is very less in the existing bore completion of the project. All wells and the area is experiencing scarcity of drinking water for efforts would be made to get human consumption as well as for cattle and sheep. This canal early clearance for the project project would help in improving the living conditions by from MoEF&CC. supplying water for drinking and irrigation. This project is a blessing to the farmers of the area. He requested the officials to send favourable reports to the MoEF&CC to secure clearance to the project.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 3 Sri B. Sattaiah, R/o . He whole heartedly supported the project. Chityala Mandal is • Assured that the fluorosis Chityala located on higher elevation contour and ground water was problem would be solved affected by Flourosis. He thanked the Government for bringing due to ground water Godavari water to this part of the State. The proposed canal recharge by the proposed would be traversing through partly patta lands and partly barrages and reservoirs assigned lands. He sought compensation to the lands proposed and to be acquired by the Government • Compensation would be paid based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 4 Sri Ch. Ravindar, Chityala While welcomi ng the project, he stated that he was engaged in He was informed that with the cultivation and the bores dug by him could not support completion of the project ground agriculture due to low ground water levels and the area was water would rise and the subjected to drought very frequently. He stated that 15 out of villagers would not face drought 20 bores dug by him dried up and the available water was just making agriculture profitable. sufficient to meet the requirements of cattle and sheep only. He The ground water would further claimed that farmers in his Mandal were selling away the improve in the villages adjoining lands due to heavy losses. He stated that the proposed canal to the command area even if the would help all the villages in this Mandal except Ellikatta Village village is not served directly with flow irrigation and would be able which was left out and remained un-served and requested to to tap the ground water. supply water to this villages also. 5 Sri C. Laxminarsaiah, SE While supporting the construction of Kaleshwaram project, he Assured that the water would (Retd), Nakrekal narrated his experiences in earlier projects such as Musi, reach even at the tail end of the Srisailam Left Branch Canal (SLBC), SRSP Phase-II and their project and give water for irrigation potentials to irrigate drought prone areas and irrigation and also improve the Flourosis affected Nalgonda District. He stated that Government ground water potential. redesigned the project to extend the irrigation to larger extent than previously designed capacities. The areas of Nalgonda District are falling at the tail-end of this project. He complimented the Government for bringing more areas with least impact on environment i.e. with least area of submergence of land. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 6 Sri Gutta Sukhendar He lauded the gesture of the Government for prioritizing It was clarified that land Reddy, MP, Nalgonda irrigation sector. He has stated that Nalgonda District is covered Compensation would be paid as under Krishna river catchment. Though the area falls in Krishna per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ catchment, there is no water in Krishna River, in contrast State R&R rules. Godavari has surplus water and this year so far about 400 TMC ft of water was let out into the sea. Unfortunately, there is no water in Nagarjuna Sagar or Srisailam projects and water is yet to reach these reservoirs. Whereas Godavari has surplus and every year nearly 1500-2000 TMC ft of water is let out into sea. Godavari water would be diverted to this part of the area by the construction of a Barrage at Medigadda across Godavari River through Basawapur reservoir. Now there is a chance to get water under this project. Totally 29,169 acres of land in two mandals would be brought under irrigation. If there is water, environment gets improved automatically due to increase in tree cover and there is no adverse impact on environment. He stated that land acquisition would be completed as Government was keen to complete the project at the earliest and hoped that within two years the water would be released to the lands. He assured that the people who were affected due to submergence would be paid adequate and justified compensation under the provisions of latest 2013 Act. He supported the project for all round development of the area. 7 Sri R. Krishnaiah, R/o He stated that the area was affected by drought. It is rare He has upported the project. Gundrampalli & Ex-PACS opportunity to get water. He wanted that especially farming Chairman community and people in general should support this project.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 8 Sri M. Mallaiah, Sarpanch, He stated that Chityal Mandal is severely affected by drought Compensation would be paid Veliminedu and crops failed resulting in heavy losses. He thanked the as per the LARR act 2013 of Government for taking up this project and sought speedy implementation of the project so to enable the people to get the GoI/ State R&R rules. benefit and relief from drought conditions. The compensation may be given as per the 2013 Act and he also requested to provide small bridges wherever farmer’s land is divided into two parts due to the canal. 9 Sri Yella Reddy, SE While welcoming the construction of proposed project, he stated Water would be supplied to all (Retd.), I&CAD. that the State was allocated 300 TMC ft of Krishna water and the villages as per the command Department 900 TMC ft of Godavari water. He informed that he worked in SLBC project which was designed to irrigate 4,25,000 acres in area provided in the project. In Nalgonda District. As there is no water in Krishna River, it is addition the project would necessary to divert Godavari water to benefit large extent of improve the ground water area. So far more than 37 lakh acres were brought under potential. irrigation and equal extent of area would be provided with water

now. He sought more water to irrigate more area in the District. 10 Sri M. Bhaskar Rao, MLA, He whole heartedly supported this project. He stated that there He has supported the project. Miryalaguda was no water in Krishna river and whereas Godavari had surplus water. He stated that the Hon’ble Chief Minister gave a three hour audio-visual presentation to all public representatives of the State on irrigation potential and on implementation of proposed projects to irrigate 1.0 crore acres in the State. The people of the State will be benefitted with the diversion of Godavari water and diversion of water through lifting will be the lasting solution to overcome the scarcity of water.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 11 Sri Gundaboina Saidulu, While welcoming the project, he stated that the area was • Assured that the fluorosis R/o Chityala permanently drought stricken and fluoride affected and the problem will be reduced due available water was not potable. The rice cooked out of this to ground water recharge by water turns yellowish in colour. He felt that the water from this the proposed barrages and project would improve the socio-economic condition of the reservoirs. people. The fisheries wealth will increase due to increased • Increases in the water in holding capacity of water. lakes and tanks, in turn would increase the fish production and improvement in the income of the fishermen in the region. 12 Smt Battu Aruna, MPP, She supported the Kaleshwaram pr oject as the water would He has supported the project. Chityala benefit 15 villages of this mandal. Chityala mandal is a dought prone area. There would be no shortage of water for human and as well as for cattle once the project is completed. 13 Sri Anjaneyulu, R/o He extended his support to the project and stated that the area It was clarified that the Sunkanapalli was habited by mainly backward communities. About 22 acres compensation would be paid as of land of this village was under acquisition. He sought that per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ affected farmers and people should be compensated adequately State R&R rules. as per the prevailing market rates. 14 Sri Banda Srisailam, He stated that no acquisition had taken pla ce so far in package It was clarified that the Telangana Rythu Sangam No.15 of the project. He has requested that the list of affected compensation will be given as District Secretary farmers and the details of the lands proposed to be acquired per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ and related information on project to be exhibited in Gram State R&R rules and the District Panchayath. He stated that public hearing was held in the year collector would assure adequate 2009 and again now conducting the public hearing i.e. in 2017 compensation. for the same project. He demanded the payment of compensation as per the 2013 Act and in accordance with the prevailing land prices. 15 Sri E. Venkanna, R/o He stated that he ceded the land for excavation of canal and Adequate compensation was Sunkanapalli sought good compensation. paid as per the LARR Act of 2013 of GoI/state R&R rules

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 16 Sri Yadaiah, R/o He stated that people were poor who own meager land of less It was clarified that the Sunkanapalli than one acre. People in his village are mainly dependent on compensation will be given as land and demanded payment of adequate compensation or per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ equal amount of land in other place to the affected people. State R&R rules and this issue is under the purview of District collector. 17 Sri Bhuvan agiri Devender, He supported the construction of project to supply water to this He has supported the project. Telangana Jagruthi region. Though small extent of land would be submerged, but larger area gets benefitted with the supply of Godavari water. 18 Sri Nune Venkataswamy, He stated that Chityala and Narketpalli mandals were facing It was clarified that the Praja Porata Samithy, severe drought conditions. The farmers whoever raised the compensation will be given as Chityala crops with the available scarce water could not escape per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ hailstorms in summer season and people were deprived of good State R&R rules and this issue harvest. He cited that there used to be as many as 25 rice mills is under the purview of District and now most of them were closed due to non-availability of collector. adequate quantity of raw paddy, only few para-boiled rice mills still continued their operations in Chityala. People were eagerly waiting for water from Dharmareddipalli and Pillaipalli canals of Musi River. Both canals were yet to be completed. Water was expected from Godavari, Krishna and Musi Rivers to meet the needs of the people. No compensation was paid so far to the lands acquired for excavation of Dharmareddipalli canal or Pillaipalli canal. He requested that people who sacrificed their lands and other properties to be compensated adequately. 19 Sri Imrala Mallesh, MPTC, He stated that he was a mechanic by birth. Chityala mandal is a It was clarified that the Chityala drought prone area. He assured full support to the project. compensation will be given as Government should pay adequate compensation to the farmers per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ whose lands were acquired for canal. The project would help in State R&R rules and this issue development of the area and their children would get good is under the purview of District education. collector.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 20 Sri Cherukupally Mahesh, He stated that he lost 7.5 acres of land. He sought adequate It was clarified that the R/o Gundrampally compensation for the land. About 50 acres of land in compensation will be given as Gundrampalli village was going to be acquired for this project. per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ The present market price of the land is around Rs.20 lakhs per State R&R rules and this issue acre. He demanded that a double bed room house and a govt is under the purview of District job to be allotted to the land loosers. collector. 21 Smt. G. Sri Laxmi, She stated that there is no water in the existing sources and Assured that the water levels in Sarpanch, Chityala Chityala village is devoid of water tank. She hoped that the the area will be increased due to Godavari water would tide over the drinking water as well as the project. farm water crisis of the Chityala. 22 Sri Y. Krishna, MP TC, He expressed confidence that Godavari water would enable the He has supported the project. Chityala farmers to maximize the crop yields. He thanked the Government for extending the benefit of Godavari water to this area. 23 Sri Yadaiah, R/o He stated that the ground water contained Fluorides. The lands It was clarified that Gundrampalli of his village were purchased by the Ramky Enterprises at the compensation will be given as rate of Rs.18 lakhs per acre. The said land was acquired from per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ the weaker sections and scheduled caste farmers. He demanded State R&R rules and this issue that the compensation for the lands to be acquired for the is under the purview of District project should pay the same price to avoid any controversy. collector. 24 Sri K. Linga Reddy, Milk He requested the farmers to cooperate with the Government for He has supported the project. Society President the excavation of the canal which would bring Godavari water to the Mandal. Sacrifices made by few people would help the larger number of people. 25 Smt K. Padma, She stated that Telangana State was formed to fulfill the He has supported the project. Chairperson Market aspiration of the people. Several welfare measures were being Committee, Chityala implemented by the Government to benefit the people. She exhorted the people to extend their cooperation to make Telangana as a golden state.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 26 Sri G. Yadagiri, R/o He stated that Kaleshwaram is one of the biggest project in • Ground water levels in the Chityala India as well as in Asia. Chityal is devoid of any lake to store area will be increased. water. He requested the officials concerned to form a water • It increases the agricultural tank. Though there are four small ponds, the storage of water is productivity. not sufficient to charge the ground water. The storage of • The water in lakes and tanks project water will help to recharge the ground water levels. The will be available and which in lake will also help fishermen to increase their fishery wealth. turn increase the fish production. • This also increases the employment for the fishermen in the region.

27 Sri Dharma Raju, R/o He complained that Dharmareddipalli canal could not cater the It was clarified that the Ramannapeta needs of 20 acres of land. Land was acquired. But no compensation will be given as compensation was ever paid to the people who lost the land for per the LARR act 2013 or State excavation of canal. R&R rules. 28 Sri K. Venkatesham, R/o He stated that the proposed canal would pass through their It was clarified that the Pedakaparthi farm lands. He sought adequate compensation to the lands compensation will be given as acquired for the canal. per the LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules. 28 Smt P. Mallamma, R/o She said that the re was no land to cultivate and to support their With the completion of the Chityala family. She sought land for cultivation purpose. project employment opportunities would improve.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 29 Sri Vijaya Reddy, NGO, He stated that the EIA should be prepared as p er the approved It was clarified that the Nalgonda Terms of Reference (ToR). He alleged that the EIA and EMP compensation will be given as was prepared within three months from the date of issue of ToR per the LARR act 2013 or State without collecting sufficient field data. The consultants are yet R&R rules. Any shortcoming to determine the extent of area to be brought under irrigation found in the draft report would under various reservoirs and canal systems. Types of soil and its be attended before submitting characteristics are not indicated in the EIA and the quantum of the final report to MoEF&CC water required for raising specific crops in particular soil is also and project clearance would be not stated anywhere. He further alleged that South Telangana sought. was deprived of its share of Godavari water. He has reservations over quantum of water that is going to be made available under this project. The waters of Nagarjuna Sagar / Srisailam dams are not able to cater to the needs of even 5.0 lakhs acres of ayacut in Nalgonda District, how 180 TMC ft of water from Kaleshwaram project will be able to irrigate 18.26 lakhs acres of land. He has also alleged that justice has not been extended to the farmers who have lost their lands under acquisition and sought adequate compensation to overcome the loss. 30 Sri Gutta Jithendar Reddy, He stated that one would not find any greenery up to Nakrekal Assured that the compensation R/o Nalgonda as the area became drought prone with least rainfall in will be given as per the LARR Nalgonda District. If water is available, pollution levels dissipate automatically. Farmers were affected due to Dharmareddipalli act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R and Pillaipalli canals, as even after a lapse of 15 years water rules. could not be supplied through these canals. The area is experiencing frequent drought conditions, correspondingly milk yield / production from this area is also dwindling. He expressed confidence that this project would boost the morale and economy of the people of Chityala and Narketpalli mandals.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 31 Sri Narendar Reddy, He extended support to the project. He hailed this project would He has supported the project. MPTC, Kondalvai provide water to the drought prone area of the District. He requested the people not to obstruct the project on minor issues and assured that the issue of compensation would be discussed separately with the people. 32 Sri Kasarla Yellaiah, R/o He stated that he was l osing 10 guntas of land under acquisition Compensation will be given as Gundrampally process. He sought adequate compensation to the land as per per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ prevailing market price. State R&R rules. 33 Sri Mohan Reddy, R/o He wanted the farmer community to support the project He has supported the project. Vattimarthi unequivocally. Nobody should oppose this project as almost all Gram Panchayaths would get water. He stated that compensation was received in the case of Dharmareddipalli canal project in his village. 34 Sri Bhaskar, R/o He demanded payme nt of com pensation on par with the Compensation will be given as Gundrampalli prevailing market rates. Securing agriculture land became per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ difficult at the ruling price since his village is situated adjacent State R&R rules. to National Highway. 35 Sri P. Narsi Reddy, R/o He opined that both Krishna and Godavari projects avoided He has supported the project. Chityala Chityala Mandal. He expressed his happiness that this Mandal was included in Kaleshwaram project. This project will improve the ground water in the area also. 36 Sri K. Narasimha, Ex - He stated that he would be lo sing all of his 28 guntas of land Compensation will be given as MPTC, Gundrampalli and sought equitable compensation to his land. He stated that per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ the prevailing market price is Rs.20 lakhs per acre in his village State R&R rules. and he expects that the compensation should be paid on that basis.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 37 Sri Kancharla Bhoopal He stated that Chityala Mandal was located on higher elevat ion Compensation will be given as Reddy, Secretary, TDP and situated at the tail end of Dharmareddipalli and Pillaipalli per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ canals. He extended full support to the project as most of the State R&R rules. villages of this Mandal would get water, an essential lifeline for existence. Even after a lapse 14 years Dharmareddipalli canal remained incomplete due to negligence and apathy of successive Governments. He stated that land was a hereditary property. Land to land compensation is highly preferable as the farmers usually do not posses any other skill except farming. He felt that there should be no forcible acquisition of land in any case and amicable settlement was a better option. He demanded a compensation of Rs.20 lakhs per acre. 38 Sri P. Budhudu, R/o He stated that water could be supplied either from Krishna or He has supported the project. Chityala Godavari. There are no canals or reservoirs in this part of the District. He supported the construction of canals and reservoirs under this project. 39 Sri Ch. Nagesh, Ex - He extended his support for the construction of the project as Compensation will be given as Sarpanch, Chityala, CPM the people from Chityala and Narketpalli mandals would be per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Party benefitted. Several bore wells went dry and people were facing State R&R rules. hardship due to reduced yield of water. Nobody opposed this project, since the area would be benefited due to supply of water for drinking as well as for irrigation purposes. He demanded compensation of Rs.20 lakhs per acre. 40 Sri Sunanda Reddy, NGO, While extending his support to the project, he felt that several Adequate measure would be Nalgonda irrigation projects were under performing due to various taken to prevent silting of the reasons. Several irrigation projects were silted resulting in reservoirs and supply of water reduction of storage capacity. There will be direct impact on up to tail end supply of water from the projects / reservoir due to reduced storage to tail end areas.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 41 Sri K. Narendar Reddy, He extended full support to the project stating that the State Compensation will be given as Telangana Vikasa Samithi was formed to utilise its resources, jobs and water for the per the LARR act 2013 or State betterment of its people. He stated that a workshop was held R&R rules. recently on the methods to utilize every drop of water and collect the rain water for use during non-rainy days. He hoped that there should not be any opposition from any quarter. He appealed to the Government to provide excellent package to the land oustees, so that the affected people would be satisfied. 42 Sri Y. Chandra Reddy He stated that there was no drinking water in the villages Assured that the fluorosis including Chityala. Even Fluoride affected water was also not problem will be reduced due to available in the bore wells. He felt that people should invariably ground water recharge by the support this project as water would be supplied for drinking as proposed barrages and well as for agriculture purpose. reservoirs. 43 Sri Saibaba, R/o He stated that he was a retired Defence employee. After Compensation will be given as Kommaigudem retirement, he purchased 5 acres agriculture land in this village per the LARR act 2013 or State with his retirement benefits and interest in agriculture. Being a R&R rules. farmer he incurred financial losses in the last 7 years. One of the reason is non-availability of water for cultivation purpose. He appealed to the Government to work out the modalities for payment of compensation in case of land losers and compensation should be judicious. All land oustees should be brought to common platform. He said that there would be no objection for the implementation of the canal project. 44 Sri Ailesh, R/o Chityala Welcomed the co nstruction of the project which would benefit He has supported the project. the people of Chityala and Narketpalli mandals. Water would be made available to the maximum extent of land if possible to every acre of land. He stated that the present Government took up the de-silting of irrigation tanks under Mission Kakatiya. He thanked the Government for providing assured water for drinking and irrigation under Kaleshwaram project.

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S.N Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses /Action Plan from o. Village I&CAD 45 Sri Vemula Veeresham, He extended his full support to the construction of the project He has supported the project MLA, Nakrekal as irrigation would be provided to 29,169 acres of land. Water from Godavari will help to improve the ground water levels in surrounding areas in addition to the supply of assured water for drinking and irrigation purposes. Public hearing is a statutory requirement under Environment Act to enable the project to obtain clearance. Earlier, the engineers from this region could not express their concerns before the Government. The Hon’ ble Chief Minister is keen to complete all irrigation projects by completing the land acquisition process as early as possible. He appealed to the people to cooperate with the Government in this endeavor to create Golden Telangana. 46 Sri S. Yadagiri, Sarpanch, While supporting the project, he made a strong plea for • Assured that the water levels Gundrampalli payment of adequate and judicious compensation to the land in the area will be increased losers. He stated that the bore wells in his village were dried up due to the project. totally. There was severe shortage of water even sewage water • Compensation will be given was not available. as per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules 47 Sri Ailaiah, Sarpanch, He extended his support for construction of the pr oject. He Compensation will be given as Sunkanapalli sought adequate compensation to the land losers to enable per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ them to purchase the lands at some other places. Most of the State R&R rules land losers are from SC and other weaker sections owning the land extent below one acre. In most of the cases, people came forward to hand over the land for the excavation of Pillaipalli canal. He hoped that the Godavari water would turn the area into a green meadow. He sought justice in payment of compensation to the acquired land. 48 Smt K. Mallamma, R/o She sought compensation to the land lost by her. She stated Compensation will be given as Sunkanapalli that she was support less with young children and without per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ husband. State R&R rules.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Sangareddy District

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 1. Sri. M. Shyam He expressed that the Kaleshwaram Project is the lifeline He has supported the project and Prasad Reddy,, of the Telangana State. The project covers 7 old districts explained about the project and its General Secretary, of the 10 old districts of the state (before bifurcation of importance. Telangana Retired districts). The project would bring about 18 Lakh hectares Engineers of land under irrigation. He expressed that in the Association combined state there were projects completed but water is not fully available. For example under SRSP project about 14 Lakh acres have to be irrigated but water is available only to 5 or 6 lakh acres. Hence, under this project the balance area has been taken up for ayacut stabilization. He stated that the project is envisaged to have stabilization of 18 Lakh acres of ayacut under the existing projects and also to have new ayacut of 18 Lakh acres, with a total ayacut of 36 lakh acres. As such the project is a boon to Telangana state. There is no damage to the environment even to the extent of 1% due to the project. This project would not pollute the water or air. The irrigation projects would help in improving the environment. There would be improvement of biodiversity. There would be recharging of ground water and there would be improvement in the living standards. He further informed that, the only possibility of obtaining water for state is to obtain from Godavari or Krishna rivers. Today’s situation is that there is no water in Krishna river even for drinking purposes. Hence the other possibility is only to obtain water from Godavari. That river also would get water after confluence of river Pranahita. Accordingly, the government has planned and re-engineered to supply water from Medigadda, which is after confluence of Pranahita, to all the water required regions of the state. The purpose of shifting from Tummidihetti to Medigadda is the same. It was planned to draw water at the rate of 2 TMC per day or even 3 TMC per day. Earlier, in the combined state the Pranahita – Chevella project was modified as Kaleswaram project. EPTRI, Hyderabad In the earlier project, the capacities of the reser voirs were not even 15 TMC, but in the Pagepresent 7.75 project it is planned

to construct reservoirs of cumulative capacity of about E P T R I 150 TMC. He informed that, the 85% of earlier Medak district was in Godavari basin & 15% is in river Krishna basin. However, th ere was no water available to the Annexure 7 EIA&EMP for Kaleshwaram Project, Telangana State

S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 2. Sri. K. Raghavender He informed that the agriculture in Telangana is dependent The areas/mandals which are not Reddy, Sangareddy on bore wells. This is leading to suicides of the farmers. considered in project development shall District President, More than 25000 farmers have committed suicides for the be considered for water supply once the Telangana Raithu past 20 years. He informed that they have enquired with project is implemented and stabilized Rakshana Samithi the farmers families who have committed suicides. It was and as per the feasibility. informed that drying up of agricultural bore wells and repeated digging of bore wells is resulting in financial burden and debts driving the farmers to commit suicides. The remedy for this not the payment of compensation. The permanent remedy is construction of irrigation projects. When irrigation water is available to the farmers there would be chance for economic development. He informed that there would be no damage to the environment, biodiversity or wild life due to the project. Further he informed that the wild animals are coming into the villages and damaging the crops. When there is water availability, these wild animals would remain in the forests and do not cause damage to the crops in the villages. He informed that irrigation projects are necessary for the improvement of living standards of the farmers. In Telangana, the cultivable land is about 75 Lakh acres, out of which water is available only to 23 Lakh acres. Narayanakhaed area is backward area ext to Mahaboobnagar district. It is welcome to irrigate about 13,000 acres of land in Narayankhed under the project. He also requested to examine the proposals the provide water to other mandals of Sangareddy district like Zaheerabad, Sangareddy etc. He expressed his support to the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 3. Sri RavinderNaik, He expressed that Narayanakhed area is a backward Kalher mandal is one of the benefitted Narayankhed area. It is fortunate that the under Kaleshwaram project, it villages of this project. So the water will is proposed to provide water to this area. Drinking water is be supplied to the villages falling under also not available in the area. He requested to provide this mandal. water to remote villages and thandas in the Mandal of Kalher. He quoted the example of Gangapur reservoir and requested to provide water from the reservoir. He informed that they will cooperate for the construction of the project. 4. Sri Prabhu Goud, He expressed that the project is a boon to the farmers who He has supported the project. Ex-CDC Chairman, are suffering from debt burden and committing suicides. Sangareddy He requested the government to complete the project early and provide drinking & irrigation water to the area. He welcomed the construction of project. 5. Sri P. Narahari He informed that the Medak district was once food He has supported the project. Reddy, Chairman, producing region, but now the area is suffering from Jilla Grandhalaya drought due lack of rains and this resulted in migration of Samstha people. In such a situation the project is a boon to the district. Due to failure of rains and lack of water the Medak district earlier has become a centre of suicides of farmers. People from many regions of the district have migrated to Cities and towns in search of livelihood. The government has provided water from Singur dam to 40,000 acres of land in Andole mandal, which is live example of how irrigation project can bring change in lives of the people. With regard to environment improvement he informed that, due to the availability of water, not only agriculture will develop but it will also benefit wild life, flora & fauna. The subsidiary activities like fisheries, animal husbandry and industries will develop. Due to establishment of industries, the local unemployed youth will get jobs. He has requested the government to complete the project at the earliest so as to avoid migration of people and suicides. He informed that people are accepting the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 6. Sri M. Vithal, MPP, He informed that Narayankhed area is a backward area He has supported the project. Kondapur and providing irrigation to the area from Kaleshwaram project is welcome and will held in development of the area. He requested to complete the project early and expressed support to the project

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 7. Dr. Sanjeev Reddy, He expressed that the Environmental Clearance has to be This project shall be developed in two MPP, Incharge obtained before starting of the project. However, the public phases. The first phase is meant for Congress Party, hearing is being conducted after starting of the project. It is drinking water purpose and the second Narayankhed proposed to give water to about 12000 acres in is meant for Irrigation. So for drinking Narayankhed area. But, the study conducted by EPTRI on water, clearance is not required to start the project is in violation of the law. He has alleged that the project. Even the NGTs order of stay they have not surveyed any village. They have not by not treating the ongoing works as surveyed any village near Mallannasagar, drinking water project has been set Kondapochamma Sagar, Medigadda etc., which are part aside by the High Court of Telangana of Kaleshwaram project. As per the norms the EPTRI is and Andhra Pradesh and the matter was supposed to carryout survey during three seasons i.e., remanded to the principal bench, NGT Summer, Winter & Rainy season to study effects during ,New Delhi.(vide judgement dated each season, i.e., they have to conduct the survey over a 08.11.2017 in the Writ petition No. 34458 period of complete year. But they have conducted the of 2017) survey only for a period of one and half month to two months and submitted the report. Hence, he stated that Final EIA report will be updated the report is not as per law. There are laws for conservation of wild life, control of water & air pollution and conservation of reserve forest. But the government has violated these laws. Though the purpose envisaged in construction of Kaleshwaram project of providing water to backward areas for is good, the government is violating the norms. The Hon’ble National Green Tribunal has questioned the project. The Tribunal has not yet cleared the project. The farmers have even approached the Hon’ble Supreme Court. When the Court has questioned, the government by appointing a committee in a hurried manner has prepared this report within one and half months, which is against the law. He has requested the district administration to look into this matter. He further requested that, survey has to be conducted by going to all the villages where there is complete & partial submergence, interact with them by explaining to them all the impacts. The report should be made available to all the villagers affected by Kaleshwaram Project atleast 30 days EPTRI, Hyderabad before. He alleged that the note prepared was given to them one hour before the meeting.Page 7.79 He further informed

that water is being lifted from Medigadda to Singur through E P T R I a canal length of 1500 KM. Whereas the Nallavagu project is located near to Singur under which the ayacut is about 5000 acres. However, no water is being given from nearby Annexure 7 EIA&EMP for Kaleshwaram Project, Telangana State

S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 8. Sri S. Vijender He informed that the project would help in improving the He has supported the project. Reddy, CDC, environment. Hence welcomed the project Sangareddy 9. Sri Ramakrishna, He informed that Narayankhed area is backward and is He has supported the project. Narayanakhed having high illiteracy rate. As the government is planning to bring the Kaleshwaram project to such an area, he called for the people to support the project. He further stated that, if water is made available it will help the farmers in the Narayankhed area. Also the migration of farmers from Narayankhed area will be stopped. He requested the government to complete the projet early and provide water to the area. 10. Sri Bhimrao Naik He stated that Narayankhed area is known for migration of 11 mandals of Sangareddy district will be farmers. Particularly during summer season, the migration benefitted from this project. of people and animals are more profound. He welcomed Narayanakhed mandal is one among the project and informed that the government should those benefitted villages. The provide water not only to Narayanakhed area but also to areas/mandals which are not considered surrounding drought prone villages in project development shall be considered for water supply once the project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility.

11. Sri Bhimrao Naik, He stated that water always flows from higher to lower The water shall be pumped through lifts TPCC ST Cell, Vice- area. Hence, bringing water from far away Kaleshwaram is to the lands which are at higher Chairman not believable. If water has to be brought to Narayankhed elevation. The project itself named as it has to be brought from nearby area through lift irrigation, Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme but not from lower area like Hatnoora or Pulkal, which is because the water has to be lifted from questionable. The government has to plan projects which one place to other inorder to provide are useful to the people. Narayankhed area is already water to all the water deficient areas. So suffering from drought. The government cannot make irrespective of the high elevation of the people believe by giving wrong information. lands, the water will be supplied.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 12. Sri Hanmanthu, He informed that Narayankhed is such an area where The areas/mandals which are not Market Committee even drinking water is not available. He has welcomed the considered in project development shall Chairman, project and requested that two more mandals of Kangti & be considered for water supply once the Narayankhed Mannur should also be provided water in addition to project is implemented and stabilized Narayankhed & Kalher, as these areas are also suffering and as per the feasibility. from the draught. He stated that the people of Narayankhed will support the project. 13. Sri B. Gnaneshwar, He informed that Narayankhed area is backward area and The areas/mandals which are not Telangana Jagruthi, felt happy to know that Narayankhed is being provided considered in project development shall Mandal President water from Kaleswaram project. However, it would be be considered for water supply once the more appreciable if water is provided to Kalher & Kagti project is implemented and stabilized Mandals which are also prone to draught. He supported and as per the feasibility. the project construction. 14. Sri Mallesham, He has informed that water is being provided to The areas/mandals which are not Raparthi Narayankhed from Kaleswaram project. He requested to considered in project development shall provide water to nearby villages like Raparthy also. He be considered for water supply once the informed that they have earlier also submitted project is implemented and stabilized representations to the District Administration to provide and as per the feasibility. irrigation to these villages. He further appreciated that the government’s efforts to bring water from 1500 KM distance through Kaleshwaram project and supported the construction of the project. 15. Sri Vishwanath, He informed that Narayankhed & Kalher are backward The areas/mandals which are not Bheemra areas. It was even mentioned in class textbooks that these considered in project development shall areas are backward areas. However, nearby Kangti be considered for water supply once the mandal is even more backward with hillocks & bushes. project is implemented and stabilized There is some water source to Narayankhed area, but no and as per the feasibility. such source is available to Kangti mandal. The farmers are giving their lands for rent farming and migrating to other places. During the winter & summers the cultivation and animal husbandry have become difficult due to lack of water. Hence he requested the government and public representatives to take special interest in providing water to Kangti mandal under the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 16. G. Narayana He informed that Narayakhed area is a backward area. He The areas/mandals which are not Reddy,Chapta ‘B’ stated that as per the information provided water will be considered in project development shall supplied only to 18,000 acres in Narayankhed. He be considered for water supply once the requested to cover all other villages in the constituency project is implemented and stabilized under the project and provide water from Singur project. and as per the feasibility. He welcomed the construction of the project. 17. Sri Sai Reddy, He informed that they have been requesting for a long time He has supported the project. Narayankhed to many governments to provide water. He expressed his happiness over proposing the canal to Narayankhed as a part of Kaleswaram project and welcomed the project. 18. Sri Durgareddy, He informed that there are number of other villages in the The villages which are not considered in Narayankhed area which are suffering from lack of water. He informed project development shall be considered that through lift irrigation if water is provided to the vagu for water supply once the project is flowing in these areas they will be benefitted by recharge implemented and stabilized and as per of ground water and availability of irrigation water, there the feasibility. will not be migrations. He requested the government to provide water to other villages in area.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 19. Sri Niranjan, ZPTC, He informed that Narayankhed area is totally lacking in He has supported the project. Mannur water for irrigation. The backward classes of the area are depending on migration to other areas for livelihood. Due to these migrations some of them died due to accidents and their families have become destitute. If water is provided to this area, there would not be any need for the farmers to migrate to other areas. He thanked the government for proposing to provide water for Narayankhed & Kalher areas from Kaleswaram project. He informed that the Manjeera river flows along a distance of about 45 Km in their Mannur mandal, but no water is being given. He suggested constructing a flood dam on Manjeera river and providing water through a canal to uplands of Mannur, which also helps in providing water to Narayankhed, Kalher & Kangti mandals. He informed that people have suffered from drought for a long time in this area. The government for the first time is proposing to provide water to the area. He requested the people to support the government efforts.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 20. Sri A. Manikyam, He informed that Narayankhed area is backward area and The Government shall look into the CPM, District providing water of about one or two TMC from Godavari matter of how much TMC of water that Secretary would not be sufficient. The area requires atleast 20 TMC shall be supplied for irrigation. of water for irrigation of the total area. The area available Compensation will be given as per LARR for cultivation in Narayankhed area is about 1,50,000 act 2013 of GoI/State R&R rules. acres and there are about 200 tanks in the area but only about 2000 acres of land is getting cultivated. Most of the farmers are depending on orewells for irrigation and this leading to suicides due to financial burden. Hence, the mandals of Narayankhed, Kangti, Mannur, Sirgapur, Kalher etc., would require about 20 TMC of water. Manjeera river is flowing through the area but no water is available. If the area is to be developed water has to be provided to all the villages & thandas of the area. The environmental public hearing has to be conducted by giving information to all the villagers by distributing pamphlets in Telugu & English at least 30 days before the hearing. It is not correct to give the information only before one or two days. He informed that the Singur reservoir is the right of Sangareddy district people. Though the lands in the Sangareddy are getting dried, water is being supplied to Hyderabad city through three pipelines. It was assured that water will be given to Sangareddy & Narayankhed areas, but till now only 6 tanks have been filled up instead of 30 tanks as assured. With regard to Nallavagu project, the lands belong to Narayakhed area but water is being given to Nizamabad area for two crops. In Kalher area water is being given to second crop only. If the area is to be developed he demanded that water shall be provided to two crops from Nallavagu project. The land acquisition has to be done in accordance with 2013 Act. He stressed that for the development of Narayankhed 20 TMC of water is required.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 21. Sri Krishnareddy, He informed that Narayankhed area is not as such He has supported the project. Narayankhed backward but is made backward. Farmers have dug borewells upto to depth of 300 to 400 ft, due to non- availability of water. During the last summer Narayankhed area suffered due to lack of water. At that time water was supplied from Nallavagu project for drinking purposes. Hence, if water is lifted from Singur to Nallavagu project, the area would get water for two crops. He has welcomed providing of water from Kaleshwaram to narayankhed area. 22. Sri Lakshmanarao He informed that the Narayankhed area is backward and He has supported the project. Narayankhed earlier about 10 to 15 years back ground water was available at ta depth of 100 ft, now groundwater is not available even at a depth of 400 ft. in view of the same he welcomed providing of water to the area from Kaleshwaram project. 23. Sri M. Yadhava He informed that the Narayankhed area is a backward as The Government shall look into the Reddy, Sarpanch, mentioned by the earlier speakers. Hence, the proposed matter of how much TMC of water that Kadpal (V), Sirgapur water of one or two TMC would not be sufficient and shall be supplied for irrigation. (M) requested to plan for provision of water so as to irrigate the Compensation will be given as per LARR areas for the coming 50 years. He suggested that if the act 2013 of GoI/State R&R rules. main canal is further extended the upper areas of Narayankhed can also be provided with water. He further requested to cover the Kadpal village for providing water and other villages and thandas also.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 24. Smt. Sangeetha, She has welcomed the proposal of providing water to Compensation will be given as per the ZPTC, Narayankhed Narayankhed area from Kaleswaram project. She thanked LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. the government for the proposal. It is proposed to provide water to 16 villages in Narayankhed area. However, the government earlier has promised to provide water to One lakh acres in this area. She has requested to fulfill the promise. She further requested to give compensation to all the farmers to their satisfaction, who are foregoing their lands in the project. She expressed that more projects are to be constructed in the area for development. 25. Sri Rama Rao, MPP, He expressed that the project is welcome and people The areas/mandals which are not Kangti should not criticize it, as Narayankhed is drought prone considered in project development shall area not even having proper drinking water source. He be considered for water supply once the further informed that it is proposed to provide water only to project is implemented and stabilized two mandals of the district. There are other mandals like and as per the feasibility. Kangti, Mannur etc., which are remote and are dependent on rains for agriculture. These areas also should be provided with water. Particularly, Kangti mandal is very backward and hence he requested the government to show special interest on the issue. 26. Sri Masaiah, He has welcomed the Kaleswaram project. He informed He has supported the project. Narayankhed that the borewells have become a financial burden to the farmers. At this juncture the government has proposed to give water through canals. He informed that farmers are feeling happy over the proposal. He requested all the people to cooperate to the project and requested the government to grant environmental clearance to the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 27. Smt Nirmala, Jukkal She stated that some of the people are questioning the He has supported the project. (V), Jagruthi, bringing of water from so far, but she questioned that when Narayankhed people are visiting the temples which are far away, why not water be supplied from far places. She also appreciated the efforts of government and local public representatives in bring water to Narayankhed area. She further informed that it takes some time for the child to grow, similarly it will take time to implement the projects. People should have patience and have positive attitude. She welcomed the project. 28. Sri MD. Nawab, He thanked the government for proposing the The areas which are not considered in G.Hukrona (V) Kaleshwaram project and informed that their village is project development shall be considered three KM away from the proposed canal of the project. He for water supply once the project is requested to provide water to them also. He welcomed the implemented and stabilized and as per project. the feasibility. 29. Sri A. Raji Reddy, He state that people have waited for so many years for the He has supported the project. Satyagama (V) project in Narayankhed area and the time has come. He requested the farmers to avail the opportunity. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 30. Sri K. Sridhar He informed that environment includes animals, birds, He has supported the project. Reddy, MPP, water resources and environment protection happens Kondapur when there is availability of water. When there is no water environment protection cannot happen. He further informed that Narayanakhed area is backward area. The government is trying to bring water to drought prone areas and increase cultivation. From the starting of rainy season about 450 TMC of water from Godavari river have gone waste to the sea. In such situation, the government by having agreement with Maharashtra government is proposing to construct a barrage at Medigadda to lift water at the rate of 2 TMC per day and supply them to projects like Nizamsagar, SRSP, Singur etc., and further to draught prone areas. The government is proposing this to avoid the wastage of water from river Godavari into sea. He questioned some of the doubts raised by the earlier speakers. He informed that the government is trying to protect the environment with programmes like ‘Haritha Haram’. He also questioned the doubts raised by the earlier speakers that water is being brought from far off area. He informed that water is being lifted from one project to other project and in such manner gradually all the proposed will be irrigated. He expressed that the people of Medak are unanimously supporting the project and will extend full cooperation. He requested the government to complete the project at the earliest. 31. Sri Manikyam, He informed that Narayankhed is the second most The areas/mandals which are not MPTC, Jaganathpur backward area after Mahaboobnagar. As the government considered in project development shall is planning irrigation projects for Mahaboobnagar, similarly be considered for water supply once the the government is planning project for this area also. He project is implemented and stabilized requested to include other villages in the proposed and as per the feasibility. irrigation area particularly Antharam village as the village is having agricultural land of aout 500 acres.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 32. Sri Mihan Naik, He has welcomed the project. He has supported the project. ZPTC, Nizampet 33. Sri S. Chiranjeevi, He informed that water from Singur is being supplied to He has supported the project. CPM, Narayankhed Hyderabad. He further informed that, though it is difficult to bring water from 1500 KM, it is better if a lift irrigation project is provided at Narayankhed then the other backward areas like Kangti etc., can be covered. 34. Sri Syed He informed that the project is proposing to irrigate about He has supported the project. Muzammam, 35,000 acres of land in the district and about 18,000 acres Narayankhed of land in Narayankhed area and hence welcoming the project. He questioned the doubts raised by the earlier speakers. He informed that such projects are prestigious and should be welcomed, as the farmers will get benefitted. 35. Sri Ramulu, He informed that Narayankhed backward and water is not He has supported the project. Narayankhed available even for drinking purpose. The Singur project is at 520 mtrs contour and Narayankhed is at 400 contour and there is possibility of providing water from there, but till today no action has been taken. He informed that the area people are migrating to cities and towns like Patancheru, Isnapur, Hyderabad Nizamabad etc., for livelihood. Under package 19 water is being provided to 35,770 acres in Sangareddy District in Hatnoora, Pulkal, Kalher & Narayankhed mandals from Kaleswaram & Mallannasagar keeping in view the poverty of this area. He expressed that their dreams are becoming true. Environmental clearance should be given to the project. He wished that the dark age should go and cultivation has to be taken up through canal irrigation. He further expressed that there is no state without production of food. He also expressed that farmer is the king. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 36. Sri A. Muralidhar He informed that the earlier combined Medak district was a He has supported the project. Yadav, Narsapur backward district. It is a fact that the people of the area have suffered due to lack of water for drinking and irrigation. It is necessity for the people of this area to bring water from Kaleswaram project. Due to shortfall of rain the animal husbandry is suffering. The people were hesitating to give their children for marriage in Narayankhed area. The project is a requirement and requested one and all to cooperate for the construction of the project 37. Sri P. Dattu, He supported the construction of the project. He has supported the project. Gangapur, Youth leader 38. Sri K . Ramesh He thanked the government for proposing to provide water Compensation will be given as per the Chawan, Challagalla to the backward Narayankhed area. Even after 70 years of LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules Thanda independence there is no drinking water available in Narayankhed. In the constituency, there are 210 thandas and there is migration of people in these thandas. If it is has to be stopped, construction of the project has to be taken up. He requested that the farmers who are losing the land have to be compensated by providing only land by the government. The water has to be provided not only thandas but also all other backward areas, SC Colonies etc., for drinking purpose. He thanked the government for proposing the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 39. Sri B. Ra m Chander, He informed that if Detailed Project Report (DPR) is made In the 19 th package only canal network is AIAWU, SRD Dist. available then there would be chance for the people to condtructed to supply the water. Project President express their opinions on technical issues. He alleged that proponent has submitted the requcition the government has not placed the DPR before the people for the acqucition of land. The till date. The second aspect is the public hearing is being compensation will be provided as per the conducted. In the information provided, the details of new amendment of RFCTLARR Act, villages and the area of land etc., were given. The 2016 Telangana. government even without acquiring an acre of land cannot go ahead with the project. Hence he opined that the details have to be provided before 30 days, so that the public can offer their opinions. It is a kown fact that the Narayankhed area is a backward area. Hence, there is no opposition to the construction to the construction of the project. But the there is no clarity with the government about the environmental impact and the damage that is going to occur. The 19 th package of the project is being implemented here. There is no clarity as to when the funds will be released, when the works are going to be started, the details of acquisition of the land etc. In such case there would be chances to create hurdles for construction of the project. Hence he demanded to place the DPR before the public. The project in this area pertains to canals. It is said that canals would come to this area. The details as to how much land goes with canals and whether land will be compensated with land or money has to be confirmed by the government. An assurance to this extent has to be given by the government. If all people are satisfied, particularly the farmers who are losing land are satisfied by making part of the development by compensating with land, then only the project will be useful to the area.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 40. Sri Amra Naik, He thanked the government for proposing the project. He The water will be supplied through Ryalamadugu informed that the farmers are incurring an expenditure of canals and by lifts. Rs.10,000/- to Rs.20,000/- for fixing the transformers for the borewells. One transformer is required for three borewells. This is putting financial burden on the farmers. The proposed project would benefit the farmers. The earlier governments have not done anything to Narayankhed area. He supported the project. 41. Sri Digambar He thanked the government for the project. He informed Compensation will be given as per the Rathode, Dholanaik that the Narayankhed, Kalher mandals will be benefited by LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules Thanda the project. He further informed that the villages in Sirgapur mandal shall also be covered under the project. He stated that no government will take up the projects without properly compensating the farmers. He requested the people to cooperate with the project implementation. 42. Sri N. Ram Chander, He requested to provide water to villages in Mannur The areas/mandals which are not Mannur mandal as they are near to Singur. He requested the considered in project development shall people to cooperate with the implementation of the project be considered for water supply once the project is implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 43. Sri Bhupalreddy, He informed that there is drinking water problem in He has supported the project. Hon’ble MLA, narayankhed area, there are no drinking water tanks or Narayankhed projects in the area. Hence, these migrations are happening from the area. He requested to grant the Environmental Clearance. He informed that through kaleswaram Project, the government is proposing to give water to 12959 acres in 16 Villages in Narayankhed mandal, 5218 acres in Kalher mandal and 13272 acres in Shankarampet Mand of Medak district. That is total 31,449 acres is proposed to be irrigated in the area. He stated that the Kaleswaram project is required because, the farmers are depending on borewells which is leading to financial burdern and also leading to migration. The rains are less in the area and in case of rains also, the framers are cultivating dry crops. He wished that the farmers should have water to cultivate the crops. He further informed that if the environment is to be good, the animals should survive. During the recent summer the Narayankhed area suffered due to lack of drinking water. Under those circumstances, water was obtained from the nearby Nallavagu project and were able to protect animals, by supplying drinking water to not only Narayankhed but also surrounding 25 villages. If water is made available due to the project, the farmers will develop economically, there will be availability of water for irrigation & drinking and migrations can be stopped. Due to borewell based cultivation, financial burden on the farmers is increasing leading to suicides. If water is available through canals, then two crops can be cultivated and the lives of farmers will be improved. The cultivation under tanks which are dependent are prone to the danger of getting dried once water is not available in the tank. Due to the Kaleswaram project, there is possibility of protecting the farmers from all these vagaries. He questioned the doubts raised by the earlier speakers. He informed that the tanks in EPTRI, Hyderabad Narayankhed area have been rejuvenated through the government programme of “MissionPage 7.93 Kakatiya” and water

could be given to the farmers. He explained the status of E P T R I existing projects in the area and criticized that the earlier governments have not taken interest in the projects. He requested the government to accord Environmental Annexure 7 EIA&EMP for Kaleshwaram Project, Telangana State

S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 44. Sri Fareeduddi n, He informed that the present meeting is intended to gather He has supported the project. Hon’le MLC opinions on environmental impacts of the project. How the project is going to impact animals, birds and humans. About 50 years back there was sufficient rainfall and farmers were cultivating well. But due to deforestation rainfall has come down. The problems of the nature have to be addressed naturally only. For the purpose of afforestation the government has started the prestigious “Haritha Haram” programme, the results of which is not immediate and are to be seen after few years. The earlier speakers have informed that thousands of TMC of water is going into sea. If this water is obstructed and diverted for drinking & cultivation by constructing projects. In the combined medak district the only available project is Singur project. The national and international statutes are stating that the, once the local requirements are met then only the excess water shall be supplied elsewhere. The earlier governments have neglected these norms. The present government has provided water for cultivation from Singur project. The Narayankhed area is a backward area and the people are migrating because of lack of water. There are number of such villages in this area. He stated that drinking water is the fundamental right of the people and the government has responsibility to provide drinking water. The earlier governments have neglected this responsibility. The present government has assured to give drinking water to all the households in the state. In such circumstances, the proposed project is appreciable and requested one and all to cooperate with the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD Village 45. Sri Ch. Prabhakar, He informed that the project is proposed envisaging He has supported the project. Hon’ble MLA, irrigation for 18 Lakh acres of land and wished that all the Sangareddy concerned clearances shall be given and the project shall be constructed at the earliest. He informed that the government is proposing the projects to divert Godavari & Krishna river waters so as to cultivate the backward areas. If water is made available, it will help in improving the environment. He stated that not only cultivation but also filling up of tanks will help traditional crafts like fisheries. He requested the Central Government and the concerned officers to accord the environmental clearance at the earliest. He further stated that during the last summer, the Singur dam which has capacity of 30 TMC has completely dried up. Hence the government has planned to fill up the Singur dam from Mallannasagar through gravity canal, so that in case of less rain also, the farmers should not suffer. He requested one and all to give complete cooperation to the construction of project and requested the officials to furnish reports at the earliest so that the clearances are accorded and project would be completed at the earliest. 46. Sri B.B.Patil, He informed that environment will be protected with the He has supported the project. Hon’ble MP, project. He stated that the project is envisaged to irrigate Zaheerabad 18 lakh acres of land in the state and further explained the benefits of the project. The farmers are suffering due to financial burden of the bore well based cultivation. The project will give water to these farmers. He welcomed the project.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Kamareddy District

S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 1. Shri Yenugu Ravinder Due to construction of Kaleshwaram Project (Package No. He has supported the project. Reddy, Hon’ble MLA, 22) in the District, an ayacut of 1,84,000 acres will be Yellareddy irrigated. The farmers of Yellareddy constituency are Constituency of awaiting for water to their fields and demanding to construct Kamareddy the project as early as possible. Due to construction of this project there will be increase in groundwater with this 2 crops can be raised. Due to filling of tanks, employment will be generated to the Fishermen community. In Yellareddy constituency there is a 34% of forest area. Due to this project wild life will increase, rainfall will also be increased.

He also further stated that some villages are not covered in ayacut list they are Kondapur, Yellareddypally, Gundaram, Siddapur, Sithaipally, Medipally, Chinnapur, Gandivet, Venkatapoor, Muddelli, Vellutla & Annasagar and the village Kathewadi will be submerged so suitable compensation should be given to all the farmers irrespective of Patta or Assigned lands. In Gidda village, canal is going from lower contour, if it will be gone from higher side it will be benefited. 2. Shri Dafedar Raju, ZP Due to Re-engineering of Kaleshwaram Project, water will Compensation will be paid as per Chairman, Nizamabad be come from Mallannasagar to Nizamsagar, an ayacut of the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State 2,31,000 acres will be irrigated upto Armoor village. Suitable R&R rules. compensation will be given to the farmers whose lands are acquired, the Government will support in all aspects.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 3. Shri Hanumanth Due to construction of Projects in Maharashtra and He has supported the project. Shinde, Hon’ble MLA, Karnataka across the Godavari & Krishna, the SRSP is in Jukkal Constituency of dried condition. 288 TMC of water is available at Kamareddy District Kaleshwaram. With 3 lifts i.e., Yellampally Project, Midmanair & Mallannasagar, 17 TMC of water will be lifted from Mallannasagar to Nizamsagar per day 1 TMC basis. The Nizam Government has taken 8 years to construct the Nizamsagar Project in 1931. The Nizamsagar Project was number one Irrigation Project in Asia. Before construction of Singoor Project and another Projects in Karnataka, the Nizamabad District was called as “Annapurna” District at that time. Due to Non-availability of water in Nizamsagar Project, most of the peoples of Kamareddy District migrated to Koratla, Metpally. The Hon’ble MLA is demanding 5 TMC of water to Jukkal from Nizamsagar Project. If the water upto 17 TMC is available in Nizamsagar. The Fisherman community will be benefitted and Tourism will be developed. In the last year in the month of September 2016, there were about 25000 visitors visited the Nizamsagar Project and requested to give Environmental Clearance without any objections.

4. Shri M.K. With the slogan “Neellu, Nidhulu, Niyamakalu. TRS party He has supported the project. Mujeebuddin, Hon’ble has formed Nidhulu & Niyamakalu has been done but in the DCMS Chairman, hands of the GOD. Now the Government is constructing the Kamareddy irrigation projects. The Kaleshwaram Project will irrigate an ayacut of around 184000 acres in Kamareddy District and providing Drinking Cities. During the years 2000-2004, there was Drought, and due to power cuts and breakdowns there are many Pump sets were burnt to avoid all Kaleshwaram Project is most useful to this District.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 5. Shri Rama Reddy, He has stated that there is no environmental effects with He has supported the project. Retd. SE.TSREA this Project. Water is required for Kamareddy. R&R must be Member (Irrigation in humanity approach. Best rate for Farmers and all facilities Dept.),Kamareddy should be provided. Farmers are backbone of the Society. Kamareddy is situated at higher elevation of around 560 Mtrs, so water is to be lifted. With this Project forest will be developed and ground water will be improved . 6. Shri Pariki Prem In Kamareddy District, there is no Irrigation Project. We He has supported the project Kumar, DCCB Vice- should think that why the Nizamsagar Project and SRSP Chairman, Kamareddy are dried. Due to Non-availability of sufficient water, the people of Kamareddy district going to Gulf countries for employment. The women labours are effected with cancers from tobacco while making “Beedi”. Due to construction of Babli, the Pochampad project is dried. So that redesigned this project is necessitated. Reverse Pumping from Yellampally to SRSP will helpful to this Package No.22. 7. Shri Sampath Goud, 6 Tanks are coming under this Project, with the help of He has supported the project and Mothe Tank, in Lingampet Mandal 6,60,000 quintals rice enumerated about the benefits. Library Chairman, production will be increase. With this Project forest area, Kamareddy. ground water, rain fall will be increased, Fish farming, employment will also be increased and requested to

complete the Project immediately. Farmers feel happy if this Project is completed. 8. Shri Padigela Srinivas, Most of the people of this area are migrated to other places. He has supported the project and Due to construction of this Project, migrations will be requested for early completion of Sarpanch, Ramareddy stopped. Requested for more number of canals. Ramareddy the project. (V), Kamareddy Dist. village is situated at higher elevation, this project will solve the drinking water problem. Requested to complete this

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 9. Shri Rajeshwar Rao, Farmers of Kamareddy District are depending on rain fall Compensation will be paid as per ZPTC. Sadasivanagar, only. No rain no crop, every one facing problem, migrating the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State Kamareddy Dist to Gulf countries. With the programme of Haritha Haram on R&R rules. tank bunds, the environmental will be protected. Good compensation should be given to the land losers. Requested to complete this project as early as possible. 10. Shri V.Gana Reddy, With the construction of Kaleshwaram Project, Nizamsagar He has supported the project and Project will get Re-life. In 1931 when Nizamsagar requested for early completion of Komalancha (v), constructed with capacity of 29 TMC but now it is reduced the project. Kamareddy Dist. to 17 TMC. In the upstream of Nizamsagar due to construction of Singoor Project, Karnatka Project

Nizamsagar Project is dried. When 29 TMC of water was available, 3,00,000 Acres ayacut in Nizamabad District is irrigated and requested to complete this project as early as possible. 11. Shri Ganta There are no Irrigation projects in Kamareddy. Less rain fall. He has supported the project and Madhusudhan Rao, Due to Non-availability of water & drought conditions, most requested for environmental ZPTC Domakonda, of the farmers committed suicides. Every year drilling of clearance. Kamareddy Dist. new bore is required. To avoid all these problems, requested to give Environmental clearance 12. Shri P. Surrender The Hon’ble Chief Minister is designed Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. Reddy, TRS Leader Project like an Engineer with the help of aerial survey. This Banswada, Kamareddy project is necessary for stabilizing the ayacut of Nizamsagar Dist. Project and to supply of water to Jukkal, Banswada & Kamareddy constituencies. Politically some people are objecting this Project. There is no environmental problem. If project is constructed and requested to give Environmental clearance.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 13. Shri Saibaba, Fisheries Last 2 years, there was no sufficient rain fall in Kamareddy He has supported the project. District. Due to which people faced many problem for Development, irrigation and for drinking water, Fishermen lost their Thimmapur, employment. Hon’ble Chief Minister wishes to see the happiness in the eyes of Farmers, hence this project should Kamareddy Dist. be completed as early as possible and started. There is no environmental problem if project constructed . 14. Shri R.Narsa Reddy, There are around 29000 bore wells in Kamareddy. Farmers Compensation will be paid as per are depending on bore wells, facing much problems. the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State PACS, Domakonda, Kaleshwaram Project is a dream of Farmers by constructing R&R rules. Kamareddy Dist. this Project, we can stop suicides, stop migration, we are thankful to KCR and MLA. While welcoming the

Kaleshwaram Project, is stated that, there is no environmental problem and requested to complete this project as early as possible. 15. Shri Ramesh, ZPTC, By constructing this Project, Farmers will get 100% benefit, Compensation will be paid as per Kamareddy Dist Forest will improve, With the help of the reverse pumping the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State 180 TMC of water will be lifted in 2 months. No power R&R rules. consumption is needed. Compensation under L.A. is very less. Best compensation should be given. This project stops migrations to Gulf Countries for employment. Totally supporting this Project and opined that compensation under L.A. is very less, best compensation should be given. 16. Shri Narla Suresh, With this Project an ayacut of 4700 Acres will be irrigated in He has supported the project. Banswada Constituency. With 17 TMC of water in Development of Nizamsagar Project, two crops cultivation can be done, Agrl.Industries, which also increase Industrial Development and development in business. Whole concluding convened Banswada, thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister for taking up this project. Kamareddy Dist.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 17. Shri Amruth Reddy, Water is required for this area. Due to construction of He has supported the project. Kaleshwaram Project, Farmers are happy. This project has AMC Bhiknoor, to be constructed to stop Migration to Gulf countries. Kamareddy Dist. Conveyed thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister and Whip Gampa Goverdhan.

18. Shri P.Sai Reddy, Farmers are facing with lot of water problem. No As per the feasibility of the project Farmer, Endriyal, environmental problem if project is constructed. By development plan, villages were Kamareddy Dist constructing this project, there will be grown in forest apart selected under project. from people’s health and wealth. Requested to construct this project immediately. Some villages in Tadwai (M) are missing, include the same. 19. Shri Dashrath Reddy, By constructing this project an ayacut of 1700 Acres will be He has supported the project. yielded in 12 villages in Yellareddy. Migration will be PACS, Yellareddy, stopped, Beedi workers will felt happy if water comes. There Kamareddy Dist. is no environmental problem if project is constructed and felt all will get benefit and requested to complete this project as

early as possible.

20. Shri Ch.Venkat goud, Since Last 20 years, no minor irrigation tanks are filled in He has supported the project. Bibipet Mandal. By constructing Kaleshwaram Project, Sarpanch. Tujalpur, Kachapur tank will be filled. Farmers will be happy. Kamareddy Dist. Welcomed for this Project.

21. Dr.Ramesh Babu, Fishermen community of the District fully supporting this Fishermen community is Member of Fisheries Project. The deceases will come with the flowing of water, significantly benefited by this Deptt. Kamareddy Dist because the natural sand will not be carried in the flowing project and Proper mitigation water, there is a chance to come viruses to Fishes. measures and management plan under Fisheries management plan and public health delivery plan will be provided with sufficient costing.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 22. Smt. Jyothi, Sarpanch, By constructing this Project, drinking water problem will be He has supported the project. solved. Polluted water will be avoided in villages. Desaipet, Kamareddy Dist. 23. Smt. Mangamma, This project is useful to Kamareddy to irrigate 1.0 Acre there He has supported the project. were 20 bore wells are digged. Due to Non-availability of MPP Kamareddy . water, suicides taken place. Migrated to Gulf Countries for employment and there faced problems. To solve the drinking problem and to see the happiness of Farmers. This area will develop industrially. 24. Shri Chandu, TRS Every one required water. Farmers required water to irrigate He has supported the project. to their fields. In 2000-2004, 42 suicides taken place in Dist.President, Machareddy (M). Opposition Parties are against this Kamareddy Dist. Project. SRSP gets re-life with this Project, we support this project .

25. Shri Yenugu Venkat This is a gifted Project for north Telangana. Tadwai is He has supported the project. Reddy, Farmer, located at height place. Reverse pumping is most important Kankal, Kamareddy for lifting to height place. Complete this project as early as Dist possible. Mothe and Amarlabanda tanks will irrigate agricultural lands in Tadwai Mandal.

26. Shri D.Narayana, Due to re-engineering, Package.22 is useful to this area. He has supported the project. Our Fishermen community will be benefitted. Kamareddy. 27. Shri Kamma “Farmer is King” In the rule of Nizam Govt. 2 crops yielded He has supported the project. with the Nizamsagar Project. Thanks to Hon’ble Chief Satyanarayana, Minister. & Irrigation Minister & Agriculture Minister. Farmer Ex.Sarpanch, is again a king if this project is completed, hence construct the project as early as possible. Kamareddy Dist.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 28. Shri Dr.Shanker, In this Kamareddy 60-70% people depends on agriculture, He has supported the project. fully depends on ground water through borewells. Upto now, Lecturer, Kamareddy. there are no projects in Kamareddy. Due to Non-availability . of water, people migrated to Gulf for labour work. This area people are drinking fluoride water. If project comes to completion, water will be supplied. Happiness would be seen on the eyes of Farmers 29. Smt.Veena, With this Project, ground water will be improved and see He has supported the project. development in agriculture and products. By raising different Kamareddy. crops and fish farming, socio-economic condition will increase. Wild animals will be benefitted. Uplift the poverty. Transport facilities will be improved. Everyone will be benefitted. 30. Dr.Shanker, TRS Even though, Telangana is located in between Krishna & Compensation will be paid as per Godavari Rivers, there is a drought in Telangana. the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State Genl.Secretary, Kamareddy is located at 520 mtrs. elevation over M.S.L. No R&R rules. Fardipeta (V), water for Kamareddy. Suicides taken place in Machareddy. This is a Mega Project for irrigation. Best compensation Kamareddy Dist. should be given to land loosers and requested to complete this project as early as possible. 31. Shri Krishna Goud, Since 100 years Kachapur tank is not filled. Which supplies He has supported the project. water to three villages. Every Farmer supports for Kachapur, Kamareddy constructing, we are happy to renovate thanks now. Dream Dist. comes true. Thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister., Domakonda Cheruvu constructed by Nawabs 400 years back

32. Shri Vinay Ku mar, Supply the water from Singoor Project to Nizamsagar He has supported the project. Project like Mission Bhagareetha. Due to Kaleshwaram Nizamsagar, Project there is no environmental problem. All are support Kamareddy Dist. for this Project.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 33. Shri Sat hish, Since 16 years, no sufficient water in Nizamsagar Project. He has supported the project. Due to this, it is difficult to irrigate 3 lack acres in Nizamsagar, Nizamabad District. Due to construction of Package-22 in Kamareddy Dist. Nasrullabad (M). 34. Smt.Pasya Padma, The DPR is in English language, but it should be provided in His opinions will be taken into Telugu. The Environmental Public hearing should be considerations Secretary, T.S.Rythu postponed till the land losers of 3100 Acres get the report in Sangam, Hyderabad. Telugu version. Sri Hariram, Chief Engineer said that based on the DPR, the report is made.The I&CAD Dept.,

submitted the report, how far it is scientifically and realistically correct I think some exonerations are there. The report is published in website of T.S. Pollution Control Board, but how many Farmers would see this, and how many of farmers download this, if downloaded how many farmers are understood this, and should be reached to every Farmer. Follow the suggestions of Hanumanth Rao, for using the flow of river water if constructed serial barrages from Yellampally to SRSP it might be low cost and the lifts will be minimized. The funds should be got from Central Government. 35. Shri G.Rama Goud, This Project is environmental friendly project, and land He has supported the project. Kamareddy acquisition is less. The total ayacut of 18.00 lakhs will be created due to construction of Kaleshwaram Project. The Package No.22 is giving 184000 new ayacut where as 3100 acres land is losing i.e., ratio of 1.6% only. There are no environmental issues. 36. Shri Gadi Lingam, Our lands are Banjar lands. Due to construction of He has supported the project. Kaleshwaram Project, the water will be supplied to this Bibipet Sarpanch, area. All opposition parties should support this Project. Kamareddy Dist. Conveyed Thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister and Whip.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 37. Shri Sangram Nayak, During the year of 2004-2013 the erstwhile A.P. He has supported the project. Government made Telangana as desert. Kaleshwaram Sarpanch, Kamareddy Project is a live river. Even Without rains for 7 years, the Dist. K.P. cannot be dried. All parties should support for Kaleshwaram Project. If Bibipet tank fed, it will irrigate 3500 acres in Bibipet Mandal and solve drinking water problem in this area. 38. Shri Sangram Nayak, If Kaleshwaram Project water comes to this village, the He has supported the project. Banswada, Kamareddy farmers will feel happy and stops migrations to Gulf Dist countries. Welcomed this Project. 39. Shri Yedl a Raji Reddy, Being an opposition party Person supported this Project. Compensation will be paid as per Ex.M.L.A. Shabbir Ali done Pada Yathra from Gandhari to the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State Ex. DCCB Present, Padmajiwadi for Pranahitha Chevella Project. There is no R&R rules. Nizamabad. benefits due to lack of water. Land compensation to the land losers may be justified. Complete this Project as early

as possible. 40. Shri Chandra Reddy, Bhiknoor is a less rain fall area. Since 20 years no tanks The stabilization of existing tanks were filled. This Project was started by the Congress with the project water which are not Bhiknoor, Kamareddy Government. Environmental permission should be given. In considered currently shall he taken Dist. Bhiknoor Mandal in Arepally (v), there was a proposal of a up once the project is implemented tank with 5 TMC, but this proposal is not included. Apart and stabilized as per the feasibility.

from this tank include 4 more tanks in this Project as Bhiknoor is a backward area.

41. Shri Raja Reddy,PACS We will get benefited by this project. No problem with He has supported the project. Chairman, environment. Complete this project as early as possible. Malthummeda (V) , Kamareddy Dist.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 42. Shri Venkatramana It is happy to take 200 TMC water to Kamareddy through He has supported the project. Reddy, Kamareddy. Lift. No issues with environment. In the last 70 years. Previous Government made Kamareddy, Yellareddy & Jukkal Constituencies as dark areas. The water is lifting from 145 Mtr. Depth to 428 Height through Kaleshwaram Prject. In some places the work of Pranahitha Chevella not started. The Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana State concluded the agreement with Maharashtra Government on distribution of water and requested to complete this project as early as possible. 43. Shri Ambrish Shyam The Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao He has supported the project. Rao, Sasasiv Nagar, implemented this project to help farmers who are backbone Kamareddy Dist. of the Country. If the water is available, the people will be happy and construct as early as possible. 44. Shri Yellaayya, TRS By constructing this Project Mothe thank and 112 tanks of He has supported the project. Leader, Lingampet, Lingampet Mandal will be filled. This project is helpful to Kamareddy Dist. Fishermen community. Useful to drinking water for animals. If the project is completed, there will be grown in Forest area. 45. Shri Mohd. Moyed, Due to no rains, Tanks in Lingampet (M) dried. In all 112 He has supported the project. Minority TRS Leader, tanks in Lingampet Mandal, on aveage 30% water only Kamareddy Dist. available. Kaleshwaram Project is a dream of Kamareddy District. People no one has thought since last 60 years. In Yellareddy constituency 4 dams now constructing 1 at Mothe with 3 TMC , 2nd at Karedwadi, 3 rd at Gujjul and 4 th at Bhoompally. There is no environment issue with this project. All rivers will be converted as Liver Rivers. 46. Shri Ramulu, Due to lack of water in Nizamsagar Project fish production He has supported the project. Achampet, Kamareddy is totally decreased and increased unemployment. They Dist. migrated to Gulf countries for employment. For all purposes water is must and requested to complete this project as early as possible.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 47. Shri S alender, The Hon’ble Chief Minister selected Medigadda at He has supported the project. Srissailam, Kalaeshwaram with Aerial Survey. Water will come Kamaredddy 48. Shri Badam Indrakaran Late Y.S.R. has started the Pranahitha Chevella Project at He has supported the project. Reddy, Kamareddy Kamareddy. Even without rain fall for 3 years water will be available at Kaleshwaram. Therefore, the project is redesigned Shabbir Ali, foremer Minister has done Pada Yatra from Bhoompally. Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao approved the package No.22 from Bhoompally to Ramayampet. The Hon’ble Chief Minister , K.Chandrashekar Rao appreciated Shabbir Ali regarding Package 22 in Assembly. Thank to Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao. 49. Shri Manohar Rao, Even without rains for 3 years the Kaleshwaram project will He has supported the project. Kamareddy. give water regularly. Benefits to all No environmental problem. Requested to supporting this project by raising farmers hands. Accordingly all Farmers raised their hands in support of this project. 50. Shri Punnala Laxma Kamareddy, District is purely depended on Ground water He has supported the project. Reddy, Kamareddy. and rain fall. If no rain water, farmer has to dig 4 to 5. if bores fail farmers will become financially weak. Peoples migrated to gulf and other places for employment. The water which is not in use at Kaleshwaram. The same will be lifted through reverse pumping. The package No.22 will supply water to Kamareddy & Yellareddy constituency. Every one agree with this Kaleshwaram project. Supported for early completion of this project.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 51. Shri Durgam Saya With this Kaleshwaram Project, the water will flow from He has supported the project. Reddy, Kamareddy Medigadda to Mallannasagar the Mallannasagar to Nizamsagar pro ject and from Nizamsagar project to SRSP. Through package No.22 the Amarlobanda tank and then Mothe tank will be filled up. Tadwai mandal has less rain fall. No water is available even if drill 1000 feet depth. No environmental issues with this project and requested to take up this project. 52. Shri Ramachander With Kaleshwaram Project there will be no issues on He has supported the project. Reddy, Kamareddy. environment. Pocharam project will be filled up. Bore wells will be recharged. Animals will get water. The Hon’ble Chief Minister sees happiness in the eyes of Farmers and supported for this project. 53. Shri Shivaji Rao, Dreams comes true b constructing this Kaleshwaram As per the EIA notification, 2006 Tadwal(V), Kamareddy project. Generally rain water flows from height place to norms the public hearing has been Dist. lower places. But in Kaleshwaram project water will be conducted. lifted from lower places to height place. Farmers are happy with this project. With this project, environmental losses are 25% and benefits are 75% we will go for 75% no objection from Farmers. Support all the farmers. Public hearing should be conducted in the villages also. Thanks to Hon’ble MLA. 54. Shri Mohan Reddy, Kaleshwaram Project is very useful to Kamareddy and He has suspporetd the project. Narsingpally, Nizamabad Districts. If constructed a Reservoir at Mannar Kamareddy Dist. (V), Nizamsagar mandal. It will be useful to Nizamsagar. Pitlam and Bichkunda Mandals and supplies water to Non- command area. No environment effect. Forest area will be increased so wild animals get food. Land less farmers will get work and supported for this project. 55. Shri Indrasena Reddy, “Telangana Amarulaku Joharlu”. Kaleshwaram project He has suspporetd the project. Bibipet, Kamareddy brought happiness in the eyes of Farmers of Kamareddy Dist. Constituency. Tanks will be filled up. I agreed this project.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 56. Shri Mohan Reddy, Kaleshwaram project is the luck of Kamare ddy people. He has suspporetd the project. Rajampet (V), Nizamabad District is benefited by Nizamsagar and SRSP Kamareddy Dist. but Kamareddy without projects became Non-commanded area. This project started in 2009 with DN and DD notification after change of two Hon’ble Chief Ministers no progress done. Now Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao done surveys with WAPCOS for the development of backward areas of Kamareddy District for the supply of water. Now constructing 2 tanks i.e., at Timmakkapally and at Kacharam. Previously Arepally tank has also proposed but it has been cancelled. Now in Rajampet Mandal. 8 Thandas should be included in this project. I fully support this project. 57. Shri Shankar Rao, There is no irrigation projects in kamareddy. There are no He has appreciated the project. Kamareddy rivers in Kamareddy District. So there is no ground water in Kamareddy. It is very happy to see water coming to Kamareddy District through Kaleshwaram project . Appreciated the Government for bringing the Kaleshwaram Project to Kamareddy District. It increase the ground water and solves drinking water requirement and irrigation facilities. There is no environmental losses.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 58. Shri Durga Reddy, The world is facing global warning. In this situation He has supported the project by Rajampet, Kamareddy Kamareddy is situated at height place of 500 Mtr. There is enumerating the benefits. Dist. no sufficient rains and ground water. Even during rainy season there is no chance of cultivation of any crop if there is no water. To save from this situation. Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao has taken up proposals of this project to Kamareddy. Previously the proposals of this project is to take water from dried SRSP.. but the Hon’ble Chief Minister K.Chandrashekar Rao thinking of using Flood Flow Canal by reverse pumping of water from Kaleshwaram for filling SRSP which is a Gift to Kamareddy. Thanks to Hon’ble Chief Minister. There is no loss to environment. But great benefits such as, there will be no suicides and no migrants. The ayacut is less due to capacity of Tanks are less. In Rajampet (V) there is only 500 Acres ayacut irrigated in which 50 Acres paddy crop is yielded. If Kaleshwaram project is constructed. 1932 acres will be yielded. Due to construction of Thimmakkapally Reservoir, the Rajampet will be developed. 59. Shri Aleti Ram Reddy, Thanks to all for constructing Kaleshwaram project. In 2006 He has supported the project. Ex.Sarpanch, Mothe, with an amount of Rs. 2.00 acres an irrigation project is Kamareddy Dist. constructed at Mothe. Now, I request to increase the height of Mothe tank by using surrounding 32 Ft . height 3 hills so that the capacity of the tank will be increased to 3 TMC and it should be constructed by using Cement not with Mud. There is no objection for constructing Kaleshwaram project. 60. Shri Bhoom Reddy, Since fore-fathers, agriculture was depended on irrigation He has supported the project. Kupriyal (V) wells. After formation of Telangana with this Kaleshwaram Sadasivnagar (M), project our poverty will be gone. Thanks to Hon’ble Chief Kamareddy Dist. Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao and thanks to MLA.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 61. Shri Surrender Rathod, Package No.21 ended at Yacharam (V) and package No.22 The requicition of the farmer will be MPTC Yacharam (V), starts at Yacharam. At Purya Nayak thanda there is an considered before finalising the Kamareddy Dist. open canal of package No.22 wheere 35 acres of land is compensation and area. going under submergence. In 2012-13 survey it showed that only 17 acres land will be submerged. But as per records it was shown as 34 Ac-11Gts. Re-survey may be done in Sy.No.64,6,.68,70,723,48 (assigned land) and the benefits may be extended to farmer and Land compensation @ Rs. 12.00 Lakhs per acre for Patta Land and Rs. 6.00 Lakhs per acre for assigned land. The land of 35 acres which is going to be submerged nearby houses, the new houses, should be constructed to them. 62. Shri Murthy Rao It is well and good. If the DPR is given to the public before Prior intimation will be given before Nayak, Kamareddy this environmental hearing meeting. Due to construction of acquiring and as per the norms the this project. How many acres of land is submerging is not acquicition will be done. known to the people. In Yacharm (V) the people felt afraid due to taken up of survey nearby their houses. The compensation should be given as per 2013 Act. 63. Smt Jamuna Rathod, Congress Party welcome any programme which is helpful to He spoke about the Pranahitha Dist Mahila Congress Farmers. The Role of the Farmer in development of the Chevella project and told about the President, Kamareddy. State is most important. This district is ANNAPURNA importance of the farmers district. For all types of crops are prioritized. For stopping the suicides of Farmers. YSR started this Pranahitha . Chevella Project. Due to close relations of Shabbir Ali with YSR, the Pranahitha CHevella project inaugurated with a cost of Rs. 12000 Crores in Kamareddy 64. Shri L.Srinivas Rao, K.Chendrashekar Rao father Sri Raghava Rao given lands He has supported the project. which was coming under submergence in Uppermanair. As Kamareddy. a son of farmer, KCR constructing irrigation projects. In the year 1969 Sri Marri Chenna Reddy opposed Telangana and filed a case in court. Now, Marri Shasidhar Reddy written a letter to Central Government to stop the Public Hearing. Thanks to Hon'ble Chief Minister, K.Chendrashekar Rao for bringing this Project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 65. Shri Sreedhar Reddy, I am an Agriculture Engineer and I have worked in CADA in This project has unique feature as I&CAD Deptt. Kaleshwaram Project (Pranahitha Chevella) the catchment area also comes Agrl.Engineer, is a biggest Lift Irrigation Project in the World. This project is under and the command area which Bhiknoor (M), already started before 10 to 12 years back, but the delay is environment benefit. The ground occurred for want of Environmental Clearance. Appreciating water will be recharged in the 15 Kamareddy Dist. the conduct of Public Hearing on Environmental Clearance. districts of Telangana. Kamareddy is situated at a higher place, the rain water of Kamareddy area is going to Godavari through Manair and Manjeera River. It is an Engineering Wonder that by bringing water to 150 mtr. Height place from a distance of 200 Kms. by reverse pumping from Godavari. One should think that is it correct, to spend 80,000 lakhs to irrigate 16.00 lack acres of land i.e., 5 to 6 lakhs per acre, besides expenditure is to incur on pumping also. Water is not only reason for not working out agriculture, lack of sufficient market rate is also one of the reason. This project is so harmful to environmental. By taking water from a distant place is harmful to environmental. If accept to harmfulness to the environment, there is a doubt on benefits to the Farmers. If the amount given on interest @ 25 paise, an amount of Rs.15000/- to Rs.20000/- may be distributed per acre to each Farmer. In September last year, Nizamsagar filled with the 36 hours rain. Small irrigation project can be developed in such locations if the amount spent during last 10 years before, the water would have been made available in irrigation well. The environmental public hearing should have been conducted 12 years before, but now conducting, then work when will be completed. So, incur expenditure on Farmers and on tanks, dig tanks for every 5 to 10 acres so that the bores will be recharged in every village.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 66. Shri D.Y.Narayan Rao I am a farmer of Brahmajiwadi, in Brahmajiwadi, there is a Compensation will be paid as per canal in 110 acres of land is going to submerge. There are the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State Kamareddy. no lands to purchase outside so give compensation of R&R rules. The newly amended Rs.15.00 lakhs per acre. RFCTLARR Act of Telangana supports the farmers by paying the lumpsum amount duly considering the farmers interest. 67. Shri Anjam Mahinder Bhiknoor is situated at a height place. Here Agriculture is He has supported the project. depended on bore wells. We fought for electricity, fought for Reddy, Bhiknoor (M), Telangana, fought for Water and fought for Funds. Digging Kamareddy Dist. of 1000 to 1500 feets bore well is harmful to environment. If Kaleshwaram Project is constructed, environment will be

protected. Scholars said that digging of bore wells caused to earthquakes. If the bore well failed, 1 acre land is to be sold. Out of 10 acres land, I sold 8 acres for digging 20 bores for livelihood of farmers Kaleshwaram Project should be constructed. Scholars at Hyderabad have filed cases in Supreme Court to stop this Project. There is no environmental problem with this Project. 68. Shri Ram Reddy, The Project started 10 years back, now the work is starting The re-design of the project has which bring happiness. Kamareddy & Yellareddy are rock been already duly considering the Devanpally, Kamareddy area. In this rock area, the Kaleshwaram Project will bring slope, contours and elevation. Dist. greenery. Directly and indirectly income will be extended to all professions. Try to re-design Kaleshwaram project

canal through Rock area, instead of agriculture land. In Devanpally, the canal is going through 70 acres of agriculture land out of 360 acres. Try to change the design of canal it will helpful to Farmers. If any farmer lost his total land in submergence, he should be provided with suitable employment. If Kaleshwaram project is constructed, pollution will be controlled, migration will be stopped. The earth and stones after digging should be stocked at a specific place so that the farmer could not be lossed.

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 69. Shri Narayana Reddy, Kaleshwaram Project is a dream project, some people He has praised the project. Vice Sarpanch, trying to stop this dream project. In my 5.00 acres land I Uppalwai, Kamareddy digged 14 bores. Previously, there were 2 crops yielded in Dist Uppalwai and Gidde Villages. Now, lack of water in Uppalwai tank single crop couldn’t be yielded. Farmers committing suicides. Kaleshwaram Project is a wonderful project, we are waiting for this Project with 1000 eyes, so give Environmental Clearance as early as possible so as to construct this project as early as possible. With this project forest will be developed then wild animals will get food. 70. Shri Kothakonda All said that the Nizamsagar Project is a World Irrigation He has praised the project by Project. Under Nizamsagar Project there are Command saying that farmers will be Bhaskar, Ex-MPTC, areas and Non-Command areas. With this Kaleshwaram benefitted. Banswada, Kamareddy Project, the Non-Command areas i.e., Nasurullabad, Banswada & Varni Mandals will come under Command Dist. area. Kaleshwaram Project is a dream project, Farmers will get happiness with this project. 71. Shri Chandrashekar, As C.P.M. party leaders we completely support • Preference will be given to the CPM District General Kaleshwaram Project, environmental clearance has to be local people during Secretary, Kamareddy given to this Project. A report was published in "SAAKSHI" employment. Dist telugu daily newspaper that, in this project there are no clarity on how many acres will be submerged under • Compensation will be paid as reservoirs and Irrigation canals and No.of farmers whose per the LARR Act 2013 of lands are going to be submerged and in which shape the GoI/State R&R rules. compensation will be given to them. The State Government has taken so many amendments to Land Acquisition Act, 2013. But the compensation should be given as per Old L.A. Act 2013. Old Land Acquisition act, 2013 says that if a village submerged then, the compensation will be given not only land losers but also to each and every villager. All the hereditary profession people should be given employment and assigned land owners also be given compensation. We give Complete support to this Project, but at the same time suitable compensation should be given to land losers. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 72. Shri Srinivas Rajaram, Kaleshwaram Project is very good project. A farmer will be He has supported the project. Lingampet, happy with good crops. Good crops will be yielded if Kamareddy Dist. sufficient water and power is provided. So we should support this project as this project is providing water for farmers and this Public Hearing meeting should be done in villages also. 73. Shri Venkat From Handicraft Society we are welcoming Kaleshwaram Compensation will be paid as per Goud,Handicraft Project. Every one welcoming this Project as this project the LARR Act 2013 of GoI/State Society State Vice providing water for agriculture. In Package No. 22 there are R&R rules. President, Kamareddy 3,100 acres land is going to be submerged, so the land Dist. losers should be given compensation on par with the compensation given to the land losers in Gajwel Assembly Constituency. The Environmental public hearing should be conducted in all the villages also. Only 40% peoples are losing their lands, but 60% peoples who are not having any land will also be benefitted. 74. Shri K.Venkatesham, There is no environmental losses with this Kaleshwaram He has supported the project by Retd. MEO., Project. With this Project, cattles, animals and farmers will stating about the benefits. Lingampet, be benefitted. Farmers and Milk products (Padi Parishama) Kamareddy Dist. will be developed. The Lingampet tank will be feeded through Mothe tank, the present situation of the Lingampet tank is that 3 times should be filled up for 1 crop. If the silt is removed from the tank and the capacity will increase, 1 time filling is enough for 2 crops. If anyone lose their lands in the process of increasing the capacity of Lingampet tank, such land losers should be given suitable compensation. 75. Shri Sreedhar Surabhi, We are discussing here that about positive and negative He has supported the project. Social Responsibility effects of Kaleshwaram Project. Selfishness of human of India, Kamareddy being is main cause of environmental pollution. Due to Division. plantation in surrounding the water, environment will be protected. We can create a small forest by doing plantation. Water will be storage where forests are available, so plants should be planted in Haritha Haram programme at the tank bund area. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Nirmal District

S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 1 Sri Malla Venkatram The people including land loosers will support the project and He has supported the project by Reddy Ex.Market adequate land compensation shall be given. Local people enumerating the benefits. Committee Chairman expect project to be expedited. He requested that water from Sarangapur (v), Nirmal this project to be provided at the earliest. The project would District irrigate the land and help in establishment of industries. It will also help farmers and daily wages coolies. The project would improve ground water and fish culture in the area. During the views of Sri Malla Venkatram Reddy, disturbance was made by certain section of gathering raising political slogans. After certain time, the proceedings were resumed. The District Collector appealed to the public to maintain calm and informed that everyone will be provided an opportunity to express their views and continued the proceedings of public hearing by requesting the next speaker to speak. 2 Sri Bhumaiah All India Farmers are not paid compensation and land acquisition Compensation will be paid BJP Committee under this project was taken up without obtaining permissions according the RFCTLARR Member, Nirmal from the farmers. He asked the Government to pay the Telangana. District compensation to the farmers and then start the work of the project. There was a disturbance for about two minutes when Sri N.Srinivas, Congress Leader, Nirmal entered. 3 Sri Ganganna Ex.MPP Supported the project and stated that there are no objections Laxmanchanda for establishment of this project. He demanded compensation to be paid before starting the work. He stated that construction of canals was taken up without paying compensation of the land owners

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 4 Sri Ganesh The main source of drinkin g water to Nirmal town is SRSP. He has supported the project. Chakravarty Municipal Last summer, water was lifted from SRSP dead storage. Chairman, Nirmal Project provides water from SRSP to Nirmal, Mudhole and Boath Mandals. Under mission Bhagiratha water will be provided to Nirmal. Industries will also develop rapidly due to this project and thousands of un-employed persons would get job opportunities 5 Sri Rajeshwar Kubeer, He requested the project authorities to cover all the villages He has supported the project. Market Committee in the mandal. The project would improve financial status. Member, Nirmal Reverse pumping of water is a great scheme which is started District by the Government of Telangana. No where in India such scheme is implemented. He congratulated for bringing this project to Mudhole constituency and observed that it would help irrigate during Rabi season, it would also solve drinking water problem and could protect wildlife. 6 Sri Bandi Sheela There is no opposition to this project, this would help in He has supported the project. Sagar, State Congress enhancement of ground water and would increase food Committee President, production. Nirmal District 7 Sri Linganna, Rtd. The project would utilize waste water of Godavari River by He has supported the project. Employee, Nirmal reverse pumping and would not damage the environment. This project in Mudhole constituency provides irrigation and drinking water. 8 Sri Uppala Devendar, It is a good project provides water to the crops. With this He has supported the project. Farmer, Khanapur, project water would be available even during scanty rains. Nirmal District

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 9 Sri Ravula Ramnath There is no objection to the project and stated that in SRSP • Compensation will be paid (BJP), Nirmal 58 villages would submerge in Mudhole constituency. He based on the LARR act 2013 stated that they are worried about the compensation because of GoI/ State R&R rules. people of Jam (V) in Sarangapoor mandal have not received proper compensation. Further, stated that 20 years back lift • The government of Telangana schemes are started but were not successful due to lack of is very keen on maintenance. implementation of this project and make it successful for the benefit of the people. 10 Sri B.Janardhan Kaleshwaram Project Package 27& 28 will turn barren land He has supported the project. P.R.T.U President, into cultivable land. It will provide drinking and irrigation water Nirmal 11 Sri N. Srinivas A.M.C. Kharif and Rabi Crops can be grown for North Telangana He has supported the project. Chairman Khanapur, region by this project. We are strongly recommended to Nirmal District complete this project as early as possible 12 Sri Prabhakar, T.N.G.O We are recommending to construct this project so that we He has supported the project. President, Nirmal can get irrigation and drinking water to the Nirmal District. We District can grow fisheries so that employment opportunities can be provided to fishermen. With this project, ground water table improves ultimately farmers can be benefitted. With this project, SRSP submerged villages will be benefitted. 13 Dr.Krishnam Raju, By this project, farmers will be benefitted. Suicide rates will He has supported the project. Eye Specialist, Nirmal be decreased. Employment opportunities will increase. This region people will get pure drinking water so they can lead healthy life. There will not be any adverse effect to the environment. 14 Sri Naresh Reddy, There will be no adverse effect to the environment. By this He has supported the project. Farmer, Wadial (V), project, irrigation and drinking water will be available. By Laxmanchanda (M), growing crops, business developments occurs Nirmal District 15 Sri Praveen, His village situated at tail end ayacut of Sadarmat canals and The canal will be constructed as Sarpanch, will not get proper water. He requested the officials to per the feasibility and the water Maddipadaga, Nirmal provide direct canal to the village flow network and the drainage District pattern. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 16 Smt Krishnaveni The concept of reverse pumping will be highly beneficial to He has supported the project. farmer, Manjulapur SRSP. This project facilitates employment. I am giving full Nirmal District support to this project. 17 Smt Vidyuthlatha Farmers can be benefitted by this project. Our history shows He has supported the project. M.P.T.C., Soan, Nirmal that where there is water, there is rapid development. District Migration of people to gulf countries will be reduced by getting employment 18 Sri Surendhar Reddy, We are going to get benefitted by package 28 of this project. He has supported the project. Farmer, Mudhole, Previously there was lot of difference in crops growth Nirmal District between adjacent districts to our district, now we can grow crops at par with those districts by this project. By this project we have benefit but there are no losses 19 Sri Nagalingam By this project, we all are benefitted; there is no loss to The mandals/villages which are Farmer Kubeer, Nirmal environment. I am requesting to take up this project. By this not considered for water supply in District project, farmers are benefitted 100 percent surely. By this this project development shall be project, our Kubeer Mandal is getting less irrigation ayacut, considered once the project is so I request to increase ayacut to other villages in the Mandal implemented and stabilized and as per the feasibility.

20 Sri K. Madhavan, By getting water to kariff and rabi, the farmers suicidal cases He has supported the project. Tanoor Sarpanch, will reduce. Nirmal District 21 Sri Devendhar reddy, By this project, Nirmal and Dilawarpur Mandals are getting He has supported the project. A.M.C Chairman, water facility and Kadili, Kusli, Madegoan villages are going Nirmal District to get drinking water and irrigation water facilities. So we are happy to have this project 22 Shri Hareesh Rao, Till now, the SRSP left side villages are not benefitted. From He has supported the project. Nirmal the package 27&28 they will be benefitted. We can develop the industries by this project. Milk products will be increased 23 Sri Sri nivas Reddy, This Kaleshwaram project will fill Swarna project and He has supported the project. Adelli Pochamma Donegoan tank. Under this project, 5,000 acres ayacut is Devasthan Chairman, going to get karif and rabi crops. From this project, kindly Sarangapur (V&M), provide drinking water to Sarangapur mandal. Nirmal District EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 24 Sri Yuvaraj, By filling the tanks under this project, fisheries will be He has supported the project. Gangaputra Sangham developed. Growth rate of fish farming will also increase. President, Nirmal Ultimately employment opportunities will grow District 25 Sri Gangareddy, We are going to get benefited by this project and requested He has supported the project. Farmer, Lingapur (V), to re-survey their lands. No one is objecting to the project Kadem (M), Nirmal District 26 Manjulapur Sarpanch, By this project, more lands are irrigated in our district. He has supported the project. Association President, Without farmer there is no food. This project will benefit Nirmal District farmers 27 Sri Narsaiah, Farmer, By this project, we are going to be benefitted even without He has supported the project. Nirmal bore wells. By this project, birds and animals will get drinking water 28 Sri Damodar Reddy, By this project, there is no harm to environment. By this He has supported the project. Retd. Superintending project, 1,00,000 acres of land will get irrigated Engineer, Nirmal District 29 Sri Ramana, Farmer, By this project, there is no loss to the farmers. They will get He has supported the project. Dilawarpur, Nirmal benefited by this project District 30 Sri Ramesh, Farmer, By this project in our Mudhole constituency, 4 Mandals will The canal will be constructed as Kubeer, Nirmal get irrigation water. I request the authorities to extend these per the feasibility and the water District canals to other villages in our constituency flow network and the drainage pattern. 31 Sri Mahipal, Farmer, By the construction of projects, somebody of the people may He has supported the project. Laxmanchanda, loss land but more peoples will get benefited. By this project Nirmal District villagers are going to benefit. By this project, drinking water will be available to public and animals. 32 Sri Bhagyadha Reddy, This backward area may get developed due to irrigation He has supported the project. Retd ENC., Nirmal water. No effect will be there on the eco-system due to the District project

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 33 Smt. Rekha Shyam The Telangana Government is thinking about the farmers. He has supported the project. Nayak, M.L.A This is a farmer’s Government. In summer we don’t get Khanapur, Nirmal water, because of this project construction we are going to District get water in summer. Due to filling of chain tanks (linking tanks) we are going to improve ground water 34 Sri Chinnaiah, Adivasi Farmers are backbone to India. By this project, farmers will He has supported the project. Girijana Sangham get benefited. By this project we are going to get drinking President, Nirmal water. District 35 Sri Prasad, Farmer, By this project, there is no effect on environment. Under He has supported the project. Nirmal Sadarmat ayacut, canal lining may be provided so that water can be reach to the tail enders. 36 Shri Chennakesaiah, Due to Kaleshwaram project, more land get irrigated in our He has supported the project. Farmer, Jannaram(M), district Nirmal district 37 Sri Rajendar, Farmer, Migration of people to gulf countries will be reduced due to He has supported the project. Nirmal more employment. We can fill the water in village tanks by this project. By this reverse irrigation project, we get more benefitted and unemployment will decrease 38 Sri Sathyanarayana It is a glorious project, by this project our famers are going to He has supported the project. Goud, TRS General get benefitted. Because of this project, ground water table Secretary, Nirmal may increase and drinking water facilitates. This project will improve fisheries 39 Sri Ravindhar Rao, By this project, we get water, revenue and employment. He has supported the project. TRS Leader, There is no environmental effect and forest animals will get Khanapur, Nirmal drinking water District 40 Sri Vittal Reddy, By this project, there will be no adverse impact on people and The canal will be constructed as M.L.A, Mudhole, animals. Till now, the SRSP left side villages were not per the feasibility and the water Nirmal District benefitted but now on under this package 27&28 will get flow network and the drainage benefitted. In this project, Kubeer mandal is having less pattern. The increase in command ayacut. I request to increase ayacut. I request to construct area depends on the water flow bridges on canals where ever needed. There will not be any and will vary from region to region. effect on environment EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from Village I&CAD 41 Sri Godem Nagesh, There is no damage to the environment. Moreover, we can He has supported the project. M.P., Adilabad save the environment. The concept of reverse pumping will be highly beneficial to SRSP. While constructing Tummidihetti Barrage, Maharashtra Government has opposed the height of the barrage. However, after discussion with Maharashtra Government, the height was decreased. Don’t fear for less compensation as everybody will get good compensation. The drinking water from this project will reduce the illness.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Jagityal District

S.No. Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from TSIIC 1 Sri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao , He welcomed & appreciated the construction of He has supported the project by Hon’ble MLA, Korutla Kaleshwaram Project. He informed that water stating about the benefits. from Kaleshwaram project will be pumped by reverse pumping and Package No 21 will irrigate the lands through pipe line in 17 villages of Metpally & Ibrahimpatnam mandals. For every 5 acres opening of pipe will be made for providing water to irrigate lands of 20000 acres. He has also informed that no project other than SRSP was constructed in the region for the past 60 years. He welcomed the regularization of lands in Telangana. He thanked Chief Minister of Telangana for the Kaleshwaram project for his thought. He also informed that water will be available 365 days by this project & 24 hrs power will boost the agriculture sector in this region. He supported the project and requested to support all.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from TSIIC 2 Smt Tula Uma, ZP chair She thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana for She has supported the project. person, Karimnagar this project. She reminded that most of the villagers have migrated to other places due to lack of water for irrigation and the water is wastely discharged into sea in the downstream of Godavari for the last 60 years. By diverting this water, this project will immensely help the irrigation in this region. Who have went to Dubai, Muscat etc will come back and enjoy with their family. Water is most important foe human life. She requested the authorities to complete the project as early as possible and gave a representation. 3 Dr. Sanjay Kumar He welcomed the authorities and reminded the He has supported the project by drought situation, water scarcity in the Flood flow stating about the benefits. Canal (FFC)& Kakatiya canal (KC) in the distinct. He informed that this project will provide water through pipelines and water will be available in the FFC& KC canals due to this project by reviving the SRSP by Kaleshwaram project. He also informed that 10 no ducts were sanctioned for the flood flow canals for irrigation purposes. He finally supported the project and informed that no negative impacts by this project. He stressed that due to this project ground water will be developed. The water will be available for the last ayakattu. He thanked the officials.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from TSIIC 4 Sri Pratap Reddy, Farmer, He supported the project. He stated that they He has supported the project. Bandalingapur went on a relay hunger strike for provision of ducts to the flood flow canal and were ignored by the earlier governments. He welcomed the Kaleshwaram project for the revival of SRSP and FFC & KC. He mentioned that everybody should support the project.

5 Sri Gangaswamy, He welcomed the authorities and supported the He has supported the project. Bandalingapur project. He informed at that he is from Non command area in Ibrahimpatnam Mandal and were entirely depended on rainfall. Now this project will irrigate 2400 acres in Bandalingapur and will be drought free area. He welcomed the project and requested to early completion of the project. 6 Sri Papi Reddy, He supported the project and stated that He has supported the project. Bandalingapoor Maharashtra Govt has constructed barrages across Godavari, which led to scarcity of water in SRSP. Now, this project will immensely help the irrigation in Jagityal dist. We will cultivate 3 crops per year. He thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana. 7 Sri Murali, Bandalingapur He welcomed the authorities, project for reviving He has supported the project. the Pochampad project (SRSP). Water scarcity in FFC of SRSP has led drought situations in the dist. He requested to fill three tanks in their area. He thanked the CM and supported the project. 8 Sri Murali, Bandalingpur He welcomed the project and thanked the Govt. He has supported the project. for constructing the project to revive the command area of SRSP through Kaleshwaram project.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Medak District

S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 1. Sri. Pabba Ramesh, Shivampet He informed that the Kaleshwaram project must be He has supported the project (V&M) constructed and it is very important project. He also by stating about the benefits. stated that the ground water was completely depleted in their area due to which the agriculture and its related professions were badly affected. If the project comes, the water will be lifted from low elevation areas to high elevation areas. The project provides water, by which industries will come and they provide employment opportunities and help in the economic development of the villages. He opined that if the village is developed, the entire country will be developed and the project will provide development in all aspects in the area. He welcomed the project. 2. Smt. Putti Vijayalakshmi , She informed that, the Medak area is drought area, to She has supported the project Ramayampet (V&M) overcome the drought conditions the water is required by stating about the benefits. and the Kaleshwaram project provides water. The project will provide water for cultivation purpose, drinking purpose, forest development etc., and also it can provide all the requirements of a farmer. She requested to complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 3. Sri Donthi Chandra Goud, He informed that we should be happy for bringing the He has supported the project Gomaram (V), Shivampet (M) Kaleshwaram project in this area and it is a dream of by stating about the benefits. every person. By the Kaleshwaram project, the entire district will flourish with water. The environment quality, flora and fauna, economical sustainability will be improved. The project provides water, by which industries will come and they provide employment opportunities and help in the economic development of the villages and also the farmer suicides will be stopped. He requested the government to complete the project at the earliest and fill the tanks and canals with water as soon as possible. He opined that it is a permanent project and it will provide happiness in all community based professions and farmers and they will be benefited. He also informed that from past 20 years they have faced lot of problems due to drought conditions, if the project is constructed, the ground water table will be increased. There will be no adverse effect to environment and the quality of environment will be improved. He thanked the government for constructing this project. 4. Sri. Arella Mallikarjuna Goud, He expressed his happiness for constructing the He has supported the project. Medak (V&M) Kaleshwaram project and he welcomed the project. He opined that by constructing the project the environmental quality will be improved and there will not be any loss to environment. He informed that about 65,000 populations in Medak town have faced lot of problems for drinking water and for irrigation purpose. He opined that the Kaleshwaram project is the only solution to overcome drought condition, drinking and irrigation water problems.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 5. Sri. K. Narsimlu, He informed that water is essential for livelihood of He has supported the project Mohmmadnagar (V), Koudipally human population, trees and animals. To get water the by stating about the benefits. (M) Kaleshwaram project is very essential. He requested the public to support for early completion of the project and he welcomed the project. 6. Sri. M. Devender Reddy, He informed that Telangana is achieved to have water, He has supported the project Konapur (V), Ramayampet (M) funds and employment. From past 30 to 40 years the by stating about the benefits. Medak district has faced lot of problems due to drought condition and the scarcity of water. Due to non availability of water and bad agricultural conditions, the farmers are migrated to various places like Mumbai and other countries and settled as labours. The farmers are brought into very poor financial positions due to non availability of water even after drilling of bore wells up to 300 to 400 feet depth. He informed that Sri. Balreddy, the neighbour farmer has drilled about 50 bore wells in his agricultural land and spent about Rs.40 to 50 lakhs for drilling of bore wells only. He questioned that how the financial position of the farmers will improve without water. He further informed that there is only one cheruvu in the Lakshmapur village of ramayampet mandal, which is almost dry from past 20 years due to less rain fall. By constructing the Kaleshwaram project agriculture, employment will be improved. He opined that the entire area flourish with agriculture crops and greenery with water by constructing Mallanna sagar and Sriram sagar reservoirs. Hence, he requested everyone to co-operate to complete the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 7. Sri D. Mahipal Reddy, He informed that the Medak district is having most of He has supported the project. Mohmmadnagar (V), Koudipally small scale farmers and it is very difficult to drill the (M) bore wells for getting water. He opined that to develop small scale farmers the Kaleshwaram project is essential and it must be constructed. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 8. Sri. A. Mallesham, Medak (V&M) He informed that Medak district is very backward Compensation will be paid district in the newly formed Telangana state. The based on the LARR act 2013 of Kaleshwaram project is required to be constructed. In GoI/ State R&R rules. this behalf the rights and benefits of land loosers and submergence villagers shall be protected. He further informed that in Yeldurthy village, land acquisition and payment of compensation is completed. He stated that the Public hearing should be done before acquisition of land. He also stated that Rs. 12 Lakh per acre of land was paid to the land loosers belonging to Siddipet district and Rs. 3 to 4 Lakh per acre of land was paid to the land loosers belonging to Medak district. He questioned the government why the government is paying different compensations to the land loosers and he is not satisfied with the explanation given by the government for different compensations paid to the land loosers. He requested that after increasing registration cost of the land then only the land acquisition has to be carried out. He further opined that there is need of constructing check dams in the area, where the major canals are passing through them. He stated that without preparing DPR (Detailed Project Report) the irrigation projects shall not be constructed and without preparing DPR the government has taken lands from farmers. He demanded the government officials to prepare full- fledged DPR. The government has taken lands from the farmers as per GO No. 123, 2017 Act by which the farmers of Medak district have lost very much. He requested that the land acquisition shall be carried out as per 2013, Act by which the farmers of entire Medak district will get benefit.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 9. Sri. Sara Rama Goud, He informed that Medak district is very backward He has supported the project Thimmapur (V), Koudipally(M) district in the erstwhile combined state. He opined that by stating about the benefits. the farmers are facing lot of problems for getting water. He informed that the ground water table will be increased by constructing the Kaleshwaram project. Due to financial problems the farmers of Medak district are not even a position to provide good education to their children and due to lack of good education the people of Medak district are not getting good employment. If the Kaleshawaram project is constructed, all cheruvus, water tanks will filled with water. Mainly gouda community people will get more benefits with this project. All caste based professions will be developed. The people of Medak district are getting drinking water supply through tankers by which they are facing lot of problems. He requested the public not to create any hurdles to the project. Some people losing their benefits but many people can get benefits with this project. He requested the Medak people to support for the completion of the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 10. Sri . P. Yadagiri Yadav, He informed that water is not only essential for human He has supported the project Kamaram (V), beings it is also important for trees, animals, for by stating about the benefits. Chinnashankarampet (M) development of forest and social forests. Animals are being faced lot of health problems due to consumption of fluoride water and polluted water and finally they are sending to slaughter houses. The environment quality will be improved by filling of cheruvus and tanks with water. The adulteration of food and related products will be stopped. All communities and education will be developed. By constructing the Kaleshwaram project, Medak district will be made as seed bowl of Telangana. He requested the government to speed up the works for early start-up of the Kaleshwaram project. He opined that to get good quality of environment, trees, birds and animals the project is need to be started as early as possible. He supported the project on behalf of Medak district. 11. Sri . Akella Janardhan Goud, He requested the government to complete the project He has supported the project. Medak (V&M) as early as possible to improve the quality of livelihood of people. He opined that all community based professions will get benefits with this project. He informed that, he belongs to gouda community. Due to scarcity of water all types of trees destroyed, by which the quality environment was depleted. To improve the livelihood of gouda community people, the project has to be constructed and will be completed at earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 12. Sri . A.V. Ravinder Reddy, He informed that in the erstwhile combined Medak He has supported the project. Peddacheruchala (V), Mirdoddi district, there were lot of farmer suicides. Due to non (M) availability of water the agricultural field was badly affected. To overcome the adverse affects, the project is need to be constructed .He requested the government to complete the Kaleshwaram project as early as possible. He informed that there will be no adverse effect on environment due to construction of the project. Since last 20 years we are working on farmer suicides and the earlier governments have neglected the farmers due to which the livelihood of farmers got affected. By construction of the project human values, human livelihood, trees and animals, environment will get benefited and improved. He informed that due to non availability of water about 20 acres of land out of 35 acres of his own land were sold out. Due to financial problems he could not provide quality of education to his children. He expressed happiness for construction of the Kaleshwaram project and strongly opposed the persons who are creating hurdles for construction of the project and requested all the public to support for early completion of the project. 13. Sri. G. Narender, Gavvalapalli He informed that the farmer shall not cry, farmer is He has supported the project. (V), Chinnashankarampet (M) king and if the village is developed the entire state will be developed. By the construction of the Kaleshwaram project all the community based professions will be improved. The unemployment and poverty will be removed from the society. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 14. Sri. M. Shyamprasad Reddy, He informed that in Medak and Rangareddy districts, He has supported the project Epparthi(V), Munugodu(M) the cultivation is not carried out by major irrigation by stating about the benefits. project. Singur reservoir is located in Medak district but the entire water from Singur project is diverted to Hyderabad for drinking purpose. He opined that the Medak district is always neglected by way of not constructing irrigation projects. The Kaleshwaram project is life line for entire Telangana state and it will provide ayacut for about 2,10,000 acres of land. The project is not only benefiting for Medak district but entire 15 districts in the Telangana state. There will be no environmental damage by construction of the Kaleshwaram project. There will be no air, water, soil pollution. The fluoride content of the ground water drawn from ground more than 100 Ft depth will cause fluorosis disease. The Nalgonda district was badly affected with fluorosis disease and it spreaded in entire district. the living standards of the public will improve by construction Mallanna sagar and Konda Pochamma sagar projects as they are providing water facility for 2,10,000 acres of land in the district. He supported the construction of the Kaleshwaram project on behalf of Retired Engineers Association.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 15. Sri. K. Mallesham, He informed that it is a fact that there is no water in the As per the rules, the District Shamnapur(V), Medak (M) Medak district and it is like dessert area. The farmers Collectorate Authority will look of entire Medak district are depending upon about 2 into the land acquisition details lakh No. of bore wells for water source for cultivation and compensation will be paid activities. It is very happy for coming of Kaleshwaram based on the LARR act 2013 of project in the district. He informed that Kummari GoI/ State R&R rules. Kistaiah has lost about 1.15 acres of land in the canal in the Yeshwantharaopet village. Further he alleged that by showing wrong survey numbers, the government has taken patta land from Kummari Kistaiah. Actually the land is located in Sy.No. 48, as patta land but it was shown in Sy.No. 55, as assigned land, the government not paid compensation to him. He requested the government to take care in all aspects of land loosers. 16. Sri. C. Ramesh Reddy, He informed that due to the construction of He has supported the project Parvathapur (V), Kaleshwaram project, migrations and farmer suicides by stating about the benefits. Ramayampet(M) will be decreased. Due to scarcity of water huge number of farmers from villages is migrated to other places. The farmers and farming labours have committed suicides due to financial problems in villages. Our state is mainly depending up on agriculture and the present government has taken very good initiation to make our state as rice bowl of India. There will be no environmental issues by construction of this project and in the other hand the environmental quality, animals, trees will be improved. To stop migrations and farmer suicides the project is to be constructed and requested the public not to create any hurdles for construction of project. He requested the government to complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 17. Smt. C. Padma, Koudipally She welcomed the project on behalf of the women She has supported the project. (V&M) farmers. Due to non availability of canals and other water resources all the farmers were brought into financial problems, agriculture is badly affected. To get good livelihood and quality of life there is a need to be construction of canals, and she informed that all women farmers unanimously welcoming the project. 18. Sri. Mohd Arif Hussain, He greeted everyone for taking up construction of He has supported the project. Medak(V&M) Kaleshwaram project by the government. The project is very essential for Medak district. Medak means providing food, but nowadays Medak is in drought condition. Due to non availability of water the Medak district was brought to last place in the Telangana state. The water is very essential for farmers and the Kaleshwaram project will make the Telangana in to Bangaru Telangana. Once project is commissioned the Old Medak will be back and Bangaru Medak will be formed. He welcomed the project. 19. Sri. Anjaneya Goud, Reddypally He informed that the farmers and villagers, backward The people who loose land by (V), Narsapur (M) people are not opposing the project but always this project shall be given welcoming the project. The Medak district is backward compensation based on the district and the entire farmers are poor farmers LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State depending upon only agriculture. He expressed his R&R rules. support to the project and at the same time he demanded the government to look after the livelihood of land loosers. If the government pays correct compensation to the land loosers, every farmer is ready to give his land to the project and every farmer will be in happy condition. He requested the government to pay the compensation as per 2013 Act and also requested to respect the farmers. He once again informed that he is not against the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 20. Sri. Khaja Soheil Mohinuddin He welcomed the project on behalf of MIM party. He He has supported the project. Medak (V&M) informed that the Medak is in trouble due to non availability of water. Water is essential, for which the project is to be constructed. Medak will be benefited due to this project. 21. Sri. B. Veera Reddy, He informed that in his childhood days when rain He demanded that project Mohmmadnagar (V), Koudipally comes all cheruvus and tanks are filled with water. He should be constructed. (M) further informed that the cultivation by cheruvus, tanks and bore wells was gone and nowadays there is no water due to which the agriculture is badly affected. He demanded that the project must be constructed and welcomed the project on behalf of all farmers.

22. Smt. Kamala, Chennapur (V), She demanded for early completion of the She has supported the project. Shivampet (M) Kaleshwaram project. She opined that all water problems will be resolved by construction of this project. Due to negligence of earlier government, the canals, cheruvus were not developed and facing lot of water scarcity problems. After drilling of 55 bore wells also water was not found. The Kaleshwaram project will make the state into Bangaru Telangana. Ground water table will be increased and migration of farmers to various places will decrease. She welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 23. Sri. K. Brahmam, Alladurg He wished the public for coming of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. (V&M) project. He informed that human civilization has started and developed along the areas where water is present. He requested the public not to create any hurdles to the project by taking the name of environment. He further informed that India is an agricultural country and there will be no adverse affects on environment buy construction of this project. He demanded for early completion of the project. 24. Sri. T. Narsimlu, Yeldurthy He expressed happiness for coming of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. (V&M) project. Water is essential for livelihood of humans, animals, birds, trees. Due to non availability of water and drought conditions the farmers are committing suicides. Even after drilling of bore wells up to 300 Ft depth also there is no water. Due to financial problems and the lack of water resources, the farmers are leaving villages and migrating to other places. To resolve the problems of farmers, the Kaleshwaram project must be constructed, and he welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 25. Sri. Sunnam Satish, Mutrajpally He informed that he is willing to express his views on He has supported the project. (V), Koudipally (M) mainly fisheries community. He informed that there are 210 fisheries societies in the Medak district, out of which 200 societies are maintained by men and rest of 10 societies, are maintained by woman. Totally 12,000 families are depending upon fishing activity in the district. In the past days there were about 100 types of fish species but nowadays 6 types of species are available only. Due to non availability of water in the cheruvus, tanks the rare and important species are vanished. About 5000 fisheries families migrated to towns and leading their livelihood as labors. He wished that if project comes all the cheruvus, tanks, lakes are filled with water and flourished with various types of fishes and the fisheries families will get benefit and their livelihood will be improved. The productivity will be increased with plenty of water. He requested for early completion of the project on behalf of Mudiraj and Gangaputra societies. 26. Sri. Annam Mallesh, Moosapet He informed that from past 20 years every person is He has supported the project. (V), Narsapur (M) looking at sky for rain. Every year the farmer is facing problems with low rains. To resolve this type of problems the Kaleshwaram project must be constructed. Government has taken good initiation. He requested the public and farmers not to listen any false information about the Kaleshwaram project. He informed that the environment will be improved by the construction of the project and there will not be any adverse issues. Animals, trees, birds will be developed. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 27. Sri. M. Balaswamy, Khajapur He informed that there are more benefits than losses He has supported the project. (V), Shankarampet (M) by the Kaleshwaram project. Mainly the small scale farmers are facing lot of problems due to lack of proper facilities for agriculture. All the small scale farmers are leaving villages and migrated to various places, leading their livelihood as labours. He requested the public not to oppose the project. He welcomed the project. 28. Sri. C halla Narender, Medak He informed that in every summer season there is lot He has supported the project. (V&M) of scarcity for drinking water in the medak district. The government has initiated a very good project to resolve the drinking water and irrigation water problems. Some people alleging that the government has taken up the construction of Kaleshwaram project without obtaining permissions from Central government and government departments of state government but it is not correct. He opined that to clarify the allegations made by some people, the government is conducting this public hearing. The irrigation projects are permanent and will remain as ideal for future generations. He informed that the technical problems like land acquisition and payment of compensation will look after by government. He requested all political parties and various communities to support the project. The Kaleshwaram project will be taken up and completed on the similar lines of achievement of Telangana state.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 29. Sri. A. Rajesh ,Narsingi (V&M) He informed that by constructing Kaleshwaram project He has supported the project. the water from River Godavari will be lifted and diverted to various places. He opined that if project comes, canals will be developed and flourished with water in Narsingi and Chegunta areas. By getting water from Kaleshwaram project the bangaru Telangana will be formed. He further informed that the educated youth are also interested in doing agriculture by developing farms, but due to non availability of water they are also facing lot of problems and not interested in doing agriculture. Totally 13 districts will be benefited by Kaleshwaram project and will get sufficient water. There will be no adverse effects to the environment by this project. The farmer migrations to various places will be decreased. The Rajaka community also facing lot of problems due to lack of water in the cheruvus and tanks and they lost their livelihood. He welcomed the project and also informed that in future also they will support to all irrigation projects initiated by the government.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 30. Sri. D. Yadeshwar, Gavvalapalli He opined that the Telangana state achieved by Sri.Komaravelli Mallana Sagar (V), Chinnashankarampet-R (M) unanimous struggle of all parties and people. But in online storage will be having case of Kaleshwaram project some different opinions capacity of about 25-30% of are there among parties and public. These different overall water demand and has opinions will be clarified by the government officials. been kept at higher elevation to He demanded for provide DPR (Detailed Project act as mother online storage Report). He opined that, to resolve the problems of all and carryover in case there is a farmers of various areas, 10 TMC capacity of five water shortage. Detailed Dam small reservoirs at different places may be constructed break analysis was done to the instead of constructing 50 TMC capacity of big barrage. Mallanna sagar reservoir at one place. He also opined that the huge quantity of water will be lifted from Mallanna sagar reservoir; hence the structure of Mallanna sagar reservoir may be re-designed to avoid seismic issues in future as suggested by environmentalists. He demanded the government to resolve the problems of land loosers of vemulaghat Compensation will be provided area. The government as per 2013 Act have to take as per the RFCT LARR Act necessary steps to provide livelihood of land loosers amendment of Telangana up to 20 years. He informed that he is not against to State. the project and also opined that taking lands from farmers as per GO No. 123 by setting aside 2013 Act Executive summery of the EIA is incorrect. He questioned the government that why report are placed in the village the government is taking lands from farmers without panchayats 30 days before the considering their problems. He informed that any public hearing by TSPCB. notice regarding construction of project are not made available in municipal and RDO Offices and also Executive summery and draft EIA report was not made available in their Grampanchayat Office. No Gramasabha was conducted in their village in this regard. He suggested the government that after taking opinions of all farmers and public only the project shall be constructed.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 31. Sri. B. Goverdhan Reddy, He informed that about 20 villages in the Koudipally He has supported the project. Mohmmadnagar (V), Koudipally Mandal are coming under their Raithu sangam society. (M) In the meetings convened by the society always the farmers raised the questions about projects, filling of cheruvus, canals with water. Due to non availability of water and drought conditions in the district the agriculture is badly affected, by which repayments of the loans taken by farmers are not done in the district. If the irrigation project comes, there will be plenty of water available for agriculture purpose, thereby repayments will be done to the farmers. He further informed that all the farmers and public from 22 villages are unanimously supporting for early completion of the project. He appreciated the government for initiating Kaleshwaram project and requested to complete project as soon as possible and requested to get water soon.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 32. Sri. T. Anantha Reddy, He informed that the people of Medak district are He has supported the project. Bandaposanpally (V), waiting from so many years for this project and about Yeldurthy(M) 20 mandals of the Medak district are covering under this project and he opined that the Kaleshwaram project is very luckiest project to the Medak district. All earlier speakers unanimously expressed their wish to welcome the project and no one is differed in this regard. There will be no environmental issues by this project, the environment will improve in all aspects. There will be no adverse effects to the forest lands. The population of Telangana have increased from 1 crore to 4 crores and to meet the water requirements for increased population, the bore wells are being drilled. In early days the forest was flourished with the animals, trees, birds etc., but now a days due to non availability of water the entire forest was affected and all animals, trees, birds are died. If project comes, plenty of water will be available in canals, cheruvus and tanks there by ground water table will be improved. By construction of Kaleshwaram project environmental sustainability will be achieved and animals, trees, birds will sustain. Due to drying of cheruvus and tanks the public are depending upon bore well water for drinking purpose by which they are getting health problems like joint pains, knee pains, bone problems, fluorosis etc., By the construction of project, the Yeldurthy Mandal will get more benefits and about 30,000 acres of land will be coming into cultivation. The balance in environment will be maintained and he requested the government to complete the project the earliest and he welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 33. Smt. V. Sunitha Lakshma She informed that this public hearing is conducting Compensation will be provided Reddy, Narsapur(V&M) without giving any information to the 8 to 10 villages of as per the RFCT LARR Act Narsapur constituency regarding the construction of amendment of Telangana the project. She further informed that the congress State. party is not against to the project and we are welcoming the project, but the benefits of farmers shall Executive summery of the EIA be taken into consideration. She opined that the report are placed in the village congress party has developed many projects in the panchayats 30 days before the erstwhile combined state and some people are public hearing by TSPCB. creating false information that the congress party is opposing the irrigation projects, it is not correct. The state government has not given any information The final report will updated regarding how many acres of land, how many villages with all the queries raised are getting affected by this project. She further informed that the MoEF&CC, GOI has directed the state government to conduct detailed study in three seasons before initiating the project. The EPTRI has taken up the study in this regard. But the report submitted by the EPTRI is suppose to have three seasons data but the report was prepared without any such information. She opined that detailed study has to be conducted in consultation with farmers and villagers, the study with regard to air, water and soil pollution, effect on archaeological structures, effect on forest has to be taken up. The earlier congress government has given promise to provide drinking and irrigation water for about 6 lakh acres of land by Pranahitha - Chevella project to erstwhile combined Medak district. The present government has not given any information pertaining to how many acres of land and villages are going to be provided with water, productivity and how many TMC of water will be given to industries etc. The EPTRI is supposed to give information pertaining to land loosers, affected villages in its report, but the report was prepared without any EPTRI, Hyderabad such information. She demanded the government to pay the compensationPage 7.145 to land loosers as per 2013, Act

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 34. Sri. K. Lakshma Reddy, He informed that even after completion of 70 years of He praised the project. Shankarampet-R (V&M) independence, lot of villages in the country are facing drinking and irrigation problems. If farmers are developed economically, all villages will be developed there by the entire country will be developed. He requested the political leaders not to create any hurdles to the project by creating false information about the project. He appreciated the work taken up by the contractors in Kaleshwaram project. He informed that due to unfavourable climate conditions, he sold out 15 acres of land out of 25 acres of land which was given by his father. To provide good education to his children he sold out 15 acres of land as there was no other alternative source of income. He requested the gathered public to support for the construction of the project. 35. Sri. G. Election Reddy, He informed that, the earlier government have spent He has supported the project. Ramaipalli (V), Manoharabad about Rs.6000 crores in canal construction which has (M) gone in vain as the canals are still dry without the water. He also expressed that the earlier government constructed canals only without any irrigation projects. He questioned that without irrigation projects, from where will we get water. He opined that without water the construction of canals is useless, he strongly welcomed the project and he requested that at any cost the project shall be constructed.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 36. Sri. Y. Muralidhar Reddy, He informed that, there is a saying that “farmer is a He has supported the project. Narsapur (V&M) king”, but nowadays the farmer is committing suicides by taking pesticides due to bad financial conditions. Medak district is backward district in entire Telangana. Due to scarcity of water farmers committing suicides. He opined that by Kaleshwaram project, about 18 lakh acres of land will be provided with water, by which agriculture will developed there by bangaru Telangana will be achieved. He is given assurance that the government will take all measures to resolve the problems of farmers. He informed that the earlier governments completely neglected the farmers and villagers. After commissioning of this project about 15 districts of Telangana state will flourish with agriculture crops and greenery with water and will get improvement in all aspects. He strongly welcomed the project and at any cost the project shall be constructed.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 37. Sri P. Srihari Rao, Rayanpalli He stated that from past 25 years about 35,000 of He has supported the project. (V), Medak(M) farmers have committed suicides due to non availability of water and drought conditions. In every village in the district about 10 to 15 farmers have committed suicides. The earlier governments have not provided water, electricity and other facilities to agriculture field, due to which the entire farmer families were brought into financial problems. This project is a direct solution to resolve the problems of a farmer, it can provide all the requirements of a farmer. He informed that some persons are creating hurdles to the irrigation projects by putting cases in court of law. There will not be any environmental damage by the construction of this project. Natural sanctuaries, forests, Archeological structures, Biodiversity parks are not going to be affected. Further the environment will improve and environment sustainability will be achieved. He requested the public not to create any hurdles to the project by taking the name of environment. He informed that the earlier speakers unanimously agreed that there will be no adverse affects to the environment by this project. He requested the government for early completion of the project and do justice to all farmers.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 38. Sri. Shaik Qutibuddin, He expressed that there will not be any environmental He has supported the project. Mohmmadnagar (V), damage by the construction of this project. If any Koudipally(M) damage occur to the environment, will be compensated by developing greenery in barren lands and forest area. He opined that the water is second essential requirement for life after air. The Medak district has become like desert due to scarcity of water. Lot of people were migrated to other places due to bad financial position. If water comes, all migrated people will come back, will do agriculture and will take part in the development of area. He requested to complete the project. He welcomed the project. 39. Sri. C. Krishna Reddy, He expressed his happiness for unanimous support of - He has supported the project. Koudipally(V&M) public for construction of the project and informed that no one has raised objection. The development will be achieved by getting water only. He opined that the earlier governments created pranahitha - chevella project to suppress the telangana agitation only and not for providing water. The government has released GO.No.120 which is amendment of 2013, Act to restore the rights of the farmers. He requested the public not to listen the false information created by some people who are against to the project. The ground water table completely depleted, hence at any cost the project shall be constructed. He requested the public to support the project and wished for early completion of the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 40. Sri. N. Durga He informed that he belongs to farmer family and He has supported the project. Reddy,Chilipiched (V&M) having 10 acres of agriculture land in which he drilled many bore wells but not found water. Like him many farmers have drilled bore wells in their agriculture lands and due to non availability of water in the ground they left agriculture field and migrated to various places and leading their livelihood as labors. By the construction of kaleshwaram project, this area will flourished with plenty of water and all the migrated people will come back to villages and lead their life successfully and all villages will flourish with agriculture crops, greenery. He thanked government for this project. He informed that no farmer is opposing the project. All communities and farmers, all people will get benefits with this project, hence the project must be constructed. He expressed his support to the project on behalf of all farmers and requested to construct the project. 41. Sri. C. Venkatram Reddy, He informed that most of the people are waiting to get He has supported the project. Ponthanpally(V), Shivampet (M) kaleshwaram project water. We are not against to the project and strongly welcoming the project. He happily informed that he is ready to give about 28 acres of own land to the kaleshwaram project. He also informed that all affected farmers are happy with compensation paid by government. The farmers belonging to Yeldurthy mandal are also losing their lands in the project and no farmer is expressed their unhappiness and they are fully satisfied with compensation paid by the government. He requested all the public to cooperate for construction of Kaleshwaram project. If water comes, the people will get good health by swimming in the open wells, canals, cheruvus etc., He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 42. Sri. Ramana Goud, Gudoor He informed that earlier governments neglected the He has supported the project. (Hamlet), Shivampet (V&M) construction of Pranahitha – Chevella Project. Now also some people are creating hurdles for construction of kaleshwaram project by taking the names of environment and compensation. Earlier speaker belongs to particular party has expressed totally false opinion on upcoming kaleshwaram project. He requested the people not to listen such false information given by some people. The telangana was achieved to have of water, funds and employment, but water is more important than funds and employment. He further informed that from past 60 years no irrigation project was constructed in the erstwhile combined Medak district. He questioned earlier government that, why the compensation has not been paid from past 40 years to the affected farmers in singur project. Narsapur constituency is located in high elevation and to get water to narsapur the lifting of water is only the solution. He requested the 24 villagers in narsapur constituency to support the construction of kaleshwaram project. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 43. Sri. B. Shanke r, Lingupally (V), He informed that earlier this project was named as Dr. • The District Collectorate Mirdoddi (M) Baba saheb Ambedkar pranahitha chevella project, Authority will look into the but it was renamed as kaleshwaram project. He compensation details and requested to keep the earlier name only. He further compensation will be paid informed that land to land has to be given to every based on the LARR act farmer who is losing the agricultural land due to this 2013 of GoI/ State R&R kaleshwaram project in the ayacut area as per 2013 rules. Act, but the government is paying some compensation to the affected farmers. He informed that totally 20% • A detailed study on noise labour are working in kaleshwaram project area, and and water pollution was he requested the government to pay the compensation carried out and to labors as per GO.No.38. He requested the incorporated in the Final government officials to conduct detailed study with EIA/EMP Report. regard to seismic effects in the area and prevention and control measures to be taken to minimize the seismic effects in the area and shall be incorporated in the project report. He informed that any notice regarding construction of project are not made available in gram panchayat offices and also Executive summery and draft EIA report was not made available in their Grampachayat Offices. He demanded to conduct detailed study regarding sound pollution, water pollution and same shall be incorporated in the project report.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 44. Sri. Indrasena Reddy, He thanked for conducting public hearing by which He has supported the project. Amsanpally (V), Kulcharam (M) people can express their problems. He informed that 90% of the people are depending upon agriculture for their livelihood for which water is essential. Politics are not permanent but the irrigation projects are permanent for future. To improve living standards of farmers and their financial position there is a need to develop agriculture for which plenty of water is required. Telangana was achieved only on foreground of water. To make telangana as Andhrapradesh, the project must be constructed. He further informed that he is a farmer and he is having about 30 acres of agriculture land but he could not cultivate even in 3 acres of land due to scarcity of water. He got frustrated for non availability of water in the bore wells in his agriculture land and he left the agriculture field and cultivation. After commissioning of kaleshwaram project we can cultivate even in very less rains. About 8 villages in kolcharam mandal facing lot of problems due to scarcity of water, land lords also became as labours. No person is coming forward to purchase the land in the kolcharam mandal due to drought conditions, and one acre of land is not also costing even 3.0 Lakhs due to scarcity of water. The small problems due to the construction of the project will be resolved collectively. He requested the public to support the project and he strongly welcomed the project on behalf of Raithu sangam.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 45. Sri. G. Venkat Reddy, He informed strongly that we want irrigation projects He has supported the project. Gundlapally (V), Shivampet (M) only. We don’t want about GO’s and other issues. We have to fight for water and funds. The shivampet area is located in high elevation, to get water to shivampet the lifting of water from less elevation is the only solution. He informed that the farmers in the Yeldurthy mandal are fully satisfied with compensation paid by the government, due to which they attended the public hearing very happily. By the construction of the project there may be lose to some farmers but lakhs of farmers will get benefits. The problems due to the construction of the project will be resolved collectively. He requested the public to support the project and he welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 46. Sr i. S. Ramalinga Reddy, He informed that to make telangana as bangaru The District Collectorate Hon’ble MLA, Dubbak telangana, the kaleshwaram project is required. He Authority will look into the Constituency further stated that the public hearing is conducting compensation to be given to after giving full information to all mandals, gram the people who loose their land panchayats and villages. Some earlier speakers and the compensation will be expressed that the public hearing is conducting without paid based on the LARR act giving any information to the villagers and farmers and 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. grampanchayats is incorrect. After following all procedures, the government is proceeding to conduct the hearing. The earlier government has not invited me for any meeting and not consulted me as an MLA during initiation of Pranahitha – Chevella Project as the main canal goes through my constituency. He requested the congress party not to create any hurdle to the project. He expressed his thanks to all government officials for conducting the public hearing in democratic and transparent way. He requested the government to look after the livelihood of land loosers and affected farmers. He requested to start the project as earliest. He strongly expressed his support to the project on behalf of his constituency. 47. Sri. D.B. Nagabhushnam, He requested the political parties not to create any He has supported the project Jogipet (V), Andole (M) hurdles to the project by taking the name of and requested the political environment. He appreciated the government for parties not to create any hurdles initiation of Kaleshwaram project and also informed to the project that every tank will be filled with water and flourish with agriculture crops and with good environment. The earlier congress government has constructed canals only but present government is planning for fill the canals with water. He opined that the singur project will get water from mallanna sagar project, by which Andole constituency will be developed in all aspects. He requested all political parties not to oppose the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 48. Sri. Bhupal Reddy, Hon’ble He informed that the excess water which is joining into Compensation will be paid MLC, Patancheruvu sea will be stored in major reservoirs by constructing based on the LARR act 2013 of Constituency kaleshwaram project and will be diverted to various GoI/ State R&R rules. places of the state through open canals. To make the Medak district flourish with agriculture crops, with plenty of water the government has initiated this project. Any small disturbances shall be resolved and shall work together to welcome this type of projects. He requested the public not to oppose the project. To make about 18, 20,000 acres of land flourish with agriculture crops and to see happiness in the faces of farmers, this project must be constructed. He also shared his experiences during the construction of BHEL in patancheruvu area. In this regard he informed that he lost about 120 acres of his own land during construction of BHEL in patancheruvu area. Due to coming of BHEL in the area, the surroundings are developed in extreme manner. The land loosers also will get benefits by taking compensation paid by the government. The land loosers can also purchase land in the adjacent villages and they can do cultivation. He requested all political parties to support for early completion of the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 49. Sri. P. Sathyanarayana, Donthi He expressed his thanks to all government officials for He has supported the project. (V), Shivampet (M) conducting the public hearing in democratic and transparent way. He appreciated the government for providing water facility for about 2,11,755 acres of agriculture land in the medak district. Earlier governments have failed to provide water facility for even one acre of agriculture land in the medak district. He questioned that why the public hearings were not conducted and not invited the MLA’s during the initiation of Pranahitha – Chevella Project. He expressed his blessings and also requested the public to bless the government for flourishing the area with agricultural crops, greenery and water. Any small problems shall be resolved and shall work together to welcome this type of projects. He opined that the government will take all necessary measures to protect the rights of land loosers. He requested the government to include other villages which are not covering under kaleshwaram project for providing water. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 50. Sri.M. Bhupal Reddy, Hon’ble He informed that due to non availability of water, the He has supported the project. MLA, Narayankhed entire telangana state is converted like desert. To Constituency make the state flourish with agricultural crops, greenery and with water the government has initiated the construction of kaleshwaram project. In this regard the government is proceeding in democratic and transparent way for early completion of canals, reservoirs and kaleshwaram project. All the farmers who lost their land in mallanna sagar project are very happy with the compensation paid by the government. He informed that about 40% of population in his constituency have migrated to other places due to drought conditions and scarcity of water. The Sriram sagar project and Singur project are not able to cater the water requirement of Narayankhed Constituency. About 40 to 50% of population in shankarampet – A mandal have migrated to other places due to drought conditions and scarcity of water. The kaleshwaram project will provide water facility by gravity for about 20,000 acres of land in shankarampet – A mandal. The Singur project will get plenty of water from kaleshwaram project and the back water from Sriram sagar project will flourish the area with agricultural crops and greenery. The farmers in his constituency are always ready to give their lands for the project. He requested the government to complete the project at the earliest and he supported and welcomed the project. 51. Sri. Bikya Nayak, Narsampally He welcomed the project and expressed his views on He has supported the project. (V), Narsingi (M) kaleshwaram project in lambada language.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 52. Sri. P Babu Mohan, Hon’ble He informed that when he visited Singur project 24 He has supported the project. MLA, Andole Constituency years back, the people residing near Singur project, said that this is the project for Hyderabad people. We lost everything in the Singur project but it is providing water for drinking purpose for the people residing in Hyderabad, we have not used single drop of water from Singur project. He informed that he came from village back ground and he knows the problems of farmers and villagers. After became as an MLA in Andol Constituency he provided water supply for 70 to 80 villages in the constituency by diverting back water from Singur project by constructing sump at Maddaipet village. By constructing canals he provided water facility for irrigation for about 40,000 acres of agriculture land and he informed that he provided water for filling of about 90 cheruvus in different villages. He happily informed that now also he is constructing cheruvus in various villages for providing water to farmers for cultivation. He wished that if kaleshwaram project comes the Singur project will always get water and in all seasons. To make entire Medak district flourish with water, agriculture crops and greenery the kaleshwaram project must be constructed. He requested all the public to support and welcome the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 53. Sri. C. Narasimha Reddy, He informed that, Medak means providing food for all. He has supported the project. Koudipally (V&M) In the Nizam’s era, the Medak provided food for entire state. Since last 67 years, the Medak was neglected by earlier governments by way of not providing water, funds etc., the entire district became backward in all aspects. Due to scarcity of water many of famer families have migrated to various places and faced financial problems. He opined that the government has taken a very good step to provide water for every acre of agriculture land in the state by constructing kaleshwaram project. Water is elixir of life, it is essential for entire life on the earth and to get water the kaleshwaram project must be constructed. Human civilization developed along the areas where water is present. If kaleshwaram project comes the farmers migrated to other places will come back to their native villages and will lead their livelihood very happily. Due to scarcity of water the land lords became like farming labours in the Medak district. After commissioning the project every person will enjoy water. Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton has made East & West Godavari districts in erstwhile combined Andhra Pradesh flourish with agriculture crops, water and greenery. Like him our government also make the entire telangana flourish with agriculture crops, water and greenery by constructing kaleshwaram project. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 54. Sri. A. Raja Reddy, Medak He informed that this public hearing is conducting to All the pre-requisite clearances (V&M) create awareness among the public whether the from forest department and kaleshwaram project is required or not. To other statutory bodies are in the construction of kaleshwaram project the government process and the project shall has to obtaining clearance from forest department, be implemented only after all pollution department and central government. But the the clearances are obtained. government is proceeding without obtaining any clearance from concerned departments and without All the details pertaining to the creating awareness among the public for which he TMC of water and the water expressed his objection on behalf of communist party conveyance system, etc is of India. Due to negligence of earlier governments the mentioned in the Draft entire telangana became backward in the country. It EIA/EMP Report and was kept is appreciated for providing water to the Medak by in the public domain of TSPCB lifting process as the Medak is located in high website by Pollution Control elevation. He requested the government officials to Board so that people can view create awareness among the public about, from and look into the details of the where water will be coming, how many acres of land project. will be provided with water, how many TMC of water will be coming, how much compensation will be paid to land loosers etc. He requested the public to support the project. He welcomed the project. 55. Sri.Farooq Husssain, Hon’ble He informed that the earlier government ruled for He has supported the project. MLC, Siddipet Constituency about 55 years, but could not provide for drinking and cultivation purpose. Now, the same party creating hurdles to this project for getting political gains. After construction of this project farmers suicides will not be there. He requested the public present in the meeting to raise the hands who are in favour of the project. The earlier government could not fill cheruvus and tanks by Pranahitha – Chevella Project. He requested the public to support the project. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 56. Sri. B Veerappa, Tekmal (V&M) He informed that about 75 % of population are He has supported the project. depending upon agriculture in the country. Nowadays the financial position of farmers became very bad due to bad condition of agriculture field. To improve livelihood and living standards of farmers the kaleshwaram project must be constructed. He also informed that the farmers in the Andole constituency are very happy when the water diverted to their agriculture fields from Singur project, even some farmers cried with happiness for providing water to their agriculture fields from Singur project. The farmers migrated to Hyderabad are coming back to their native villages due to the Kaleshwaram project. Directly or indirectly about 3 crore of people will get employment by construction of kaleshawaram project. About 1 crore acres of land will be provide with water. By this project the living standards of farmers will get improve and the entire telangana state will become rich. He requested the public to support the project. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 57. Sri. CH.Madhan Reddy, Hon’ble He informed that every person is feeling very happy The District Collectorate MLA, Narsapur Constituency for taking up construction of Kaleshwaram project. Authority will look into the From past 30 years the Medak area is facing compensation details and shall problems with drought conditions and scarcity of be paid based on the LARR act water. One of the political party is creating hurdles to 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. the project and looking to stop the project. To make Telangana as bangaru Telangana and to provide water for about 1crore acres of land the Kaleshwaram project must be constructed. He further informed that no water is found in the Narsaspur Mandal even after drilling bore wells upto 1000Ft. He requested the public not to listen the false information created by particular party people and all public must be oppose those people who are against to the Kaleshwaram project. Some people will lose their lands but many of farmers will get benefits. The government is thinking for paying more compensation to the land loosers. I am sure that, government will definitely resolve the problems faced by the land loosers in the project. The farmers who lost their agriculture lands in Singur project have not received compensation till today. Now, the farmers in the Yeldurthy mandal are very happy with compensation paid by present government. He thanked every person who attended the public hearing and for expressing their unanimous support for construction of the Kaleshwaram project. This project will resolve the water problems faced by the farmers. The environment and greenery will improve by this project water. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 58. Sri.B. Sampath Kumar, He informed that mainly daliths, tribes and backward He has supported the project. Nandigam (V), Nizampet (M) community people are leading their livelihood as small scale farmers. Nowadays due to scarcity of water and non availability of food the daliths and tribes are migrating to other places for their livelihood. Once water comes the daliths and tribes will get work and food. About 2000 families of farmers of Pulkal mandal who migrated to Hyderabad have returned back to pulkal ( to their villages) living behind their existing aadhar cards and ration cards of Hyderabad due to irrigation facility to pulkal under Singur project. He appreciated the government for constructing Kaleshwaram project and wished that all the migrants will return to their villages.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 59. Sri.K. Prabhakar Reddy, He informed that we fought for separate state of He has supported the project. Hon’ble MP, Medak Telangana for water, funds and employment for well Constituency being of public. After struggle of so many years we achieved Telangana. The Kaleshwaram project is one of the prestigious projects in India. The earlier government have constructed canals only but failed to fill with water and they neglected the entire irrigation system. The government of Telangana taken up very good project to provide water to every person in the state. He informed that some leaders belongs to particular party are creating hurdles to the irrigation projects by putting cases in court of law and creating false information and misguiding the public. This project is going to be completed very speedily and will become the speediest project in the Asia. Within two years of period the government have spent about 1344 crores of rupees for this project. From past so many years the Medak area is facing lot of problems with drought conditions and low rains. Lot of agricultural labour in some thandas of Narsapur Constituency were sold their children due to very bad financial position and due to lack of water. To develop the state in all aspects water is essential without water we cannot achieve anything. Some people are creating false information about seismic effects due to this project are not correct and requested not to listen such false information. He requested all not to create any hurdles to this project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 60. Smt M. Lakshmi, Yeldurthy She informed that to get better livelihood of farmers, He has supported the project. (V&M) our government has taken up the construction of Kaleshwaram project. This project is required to be constructed to have good irrigation facilities. About 20 mandals of Medak district will get benefit by this project. All villages and farmers will be happy with the construction of this project. She thanked all persons who are involved in construction of this project. She welcomed the project. 61. Sri. Aashayya, Arikela (V), He informed that Sindhu civilization started near He has supported the project. Papannapet (M) water so water is very essential for human beings. By the construction of Kaleshwaram project every persons dream will become true. Even after supply of water from river Manjeera papannapet has faced water problems in the last year. In papannapet mandal no cheruvu is full with water and now water is being supplied to Eight thandas by drilling bore wells around the papannapet. Everyone should support the construction of kaleshwaram project by a slogan “think globally act locally”. He welcomed the project. 62. Sri. G. Shivanjaneyulu, He informed that no farmer has come from rich family He has supported the project. Koudipally (V&M) and all came from poor farmer families only. From past 30 years we have not seen full tank level of water in tanks located in kowdipally village. Farmers are in very bad position due to depletion of ground water and non availability of drinking water. In Kowdipally mandal mainly SC & STs are backward in condition. There will be no environmental issues due to the construction of this project. Once project comes the living standards of all people will improve. Once water comes the entire area will flourish with agriculture crops and greenery. Hence, we request the government to complete the project on war footing basis. He welcomed the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 63. Sri.M. Veeresham, Rangapur He informed that we have to fight for construction of He has supported the project. (V), Narsapur (M) Kaleshwaram project like we fought for Telangana state. Some political party people creating hurdles to this project. He requested all the public to support the project and he welcomed the project. 64. Sri. P. Raju, Gavvalapally(V), He thanked the state government for conducting the He has supported the project. Chinna Shankarampet-R(M) public hearing. He informed that he is 44 years old and not even thought about the project and the meetings such as public hearing on Kaleshwaram project. He informed that lot of villages have facing drinking water problems even after supply of drinking water by drilling of borewells upto 400 to 500 depth. By this project the drinking water will be supplied for about 50 lakh people of erstwhile combined medak district, Nizamabad & Hyderabad districts. He welcomed the project. 65. Sri .Mahesh, Venkatapur (V), He informed that he is loosing about four acres of The District Collectorate Kowdiaplly (M) land in Kaleshwaram project. He opined that the Authority will look into the survey conducted is incorrect and the survey issues pertaining to the land numbers of some farmers are overlapped with survey survey and resolve the issue. numbers of other farmers. He requested the collector to look in to this matter and do justice to him. 66. Smt.T. Vijaya Laxmi, Khajapur She requested the government to complete the He has supported the project. (V), Chinna Shankarampet- project at the earliest to improve living standards of R(M) small scale farmers. The farmers got frustrated by drilling of bore wells and due to non availability of water in the bore wells they are facing financial problems. Due to which, the farmers and women migrated to Hyderabad and leading their livelihood as labours and security guards. She once again requested the government to complete the project at the earliest to improve living standards poor people.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 67. Sri.A. Raju, Asthala pur (V), He informed that he lost about four acres of Once after the implementation Yeldurthy (M) agriculture land in asthalpur village in Kaleshwaram of the project, the affected project. He alleged that the government has paid Rs. families will be given 1 lakh more as compensation to farmers in Yeldurthy preference. mandal than compensation paid to him. He happily given his lands to Kaleshwaram project and requested the officials to allow them to draw the water through pipes from canal directly for remaining agriculture lands. He requested to protect them by giving 100% subsidy for getting drip facility as they are very near to forest land. He welcomed the project. 68. Sri. K. Sakru Nayak, Kamaram He informed that he is leading his livelihood by cattle He has supported the project. (V), Chinna Shankarampet- growing profession. He belongs to ST (lambada) R(M) community. Nowadays the field of cattle growing profession is badly affected due to scarcity of water. Due to decrease of water facilities, the entire forest got affected and all animals, birds, trees etc., were also got badly affected. We belong to ST community and we are not having agriculture lands in the downstream of tanks. Once the Kaleshwaram project comes we get plenty of water by which we will get our olden days. He informed that his brother drilled four borewells in his agriculture land and found no water due to which he migrated to Dubai to overcome financial problems. Unfortunately his brother was expired due to an accident at Dubai and they received his dead body after 75 days. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 69. K. Anjaneyulu, He informed that he lost his land in Kaleshwaram The people who loose land by Vasantharaopeta (V), project and till now he did not receive any this project shall be given Yeldurthy(M) compensation from the government. Other farmers compensation will be paid have received compensation but he could not receive based on the LARR act 2013 of any compensation even after waiting since two years. GoI/ State R&R rules. He further informed that his father also suffering with health issues and they also not doing any work and he requested the government to take care about them.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 1. Sri Putta Madhu, MLA, Manthini After customary welcome, he specially thanked the He has praised the project villagers of Medigadda, Suraram, Bommapur, and requested for Mahadevpur, Kundurupally, Kannepally & Annaram for unanimous support of the providing lands to the project. He stated that there will people to the project be many benefits due to this project and the Kaleshwaram Project will solve all the problems for the public in the area. The Kaleshwaram Project will be beneficial to all the sections and leads to all round development of the area. There is no negative impact due to this project on environment and the people of Telangana sought the carving of the new state for their share in river waters, funds and government jobs only and succeeded in their effort. He requested for unanimous support of people to the project. After completion of the project, water will be available in River Godavari from Medigadda to Godavari Khani i.e., in a stretch of about 150 km regularly which will resembles Godavari Districts. Due to improvement in economic conditions of people, the tourism, businesses such as hotels, lodges, boarding houses and transport businesses will be improved to large extent which intern benefits the local community. He sought unanimous support to the project and reminded that in the public hearing only issues related to environment need to be raised. He advised that the people may approach the District Collector, Joint Collector & RDO for redressal of issues related to compensation. He expressed that the existing process of payment of compensation to the land loosers is much better compared to the procedure adopted previously. He requested the public to give their outright support to the project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 2. Sri.D. Sambaiah, Retired Chief He stated that East Godavari, West Godavari, He has praised the project. Engineer Krishna, Guntur and Prakasam districts are well developed due to availability water for irrigation from Dowleshwaram Project constructed by Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton, in last 160 years. He stated that water is the lifeline for human beings. The Kaleshwaram Project will help the development of the area similar to Sri Ram Sagar Project. He explained that Godavari river is flowing at lower contour in the state and most of the land area in Telangana is at higher contour, thus lifting of water is inevitable. He opined that the project is good for 13 districts and not a threat to the environment, whereas it will improve the environment due to increased availability of water for increasing green coverage. 3. Sri Venu Gopal, Retired Chief He emphasized the importance of the project to the The usefulness of the Engineer State as it would create additional irrigation potential project was stated. of 18.25 lakh acres of lands and stabilization of about 18 Lakhs acres of existing ayacut area. 1581 villages from 95 mandals will be benefited and on an average 154 TMC of water will be made available throughout 365 days between Pochampadu to Thupakulagudem. He opined that there will not be any negative impact on environment. He appealed to the people to support the project as it is lifeline to Telangana.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 4. Sri Bixapathi Naik, Girijana He stated that the people of Telangana succeeded in He appealed to the people Hakkula Porata Samithi getting separate state and one of their aspirations is to support the project. water for irrigation. He hoped that Kaleshwaram Project will safeguard the environment. The Girijans were affected due to adverse impact on environment and the proposed project will provide lifeline to the area ensuring all round development. The elders of Warangal area viz. Prof. Sri Jayashankar, Sri. Kaloji Narayana Rao, Prof. Janardhan Rao had predicted that after the formation of separate Telangana state, the people would prevail on the government for construction of irrigation projects. He felt that there is no need to think twice on this project, as it is the need of hour to Telangana state. Further, the government had given a commitment that any injustice to the Girijanas would be redressed on priority. He appealed to the people to extend their whole hearted support for the construction of the project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 5. Smt.Seethakka,Ex.MLA,Mulugu After customary welcome address, she requested the Compensation will be paid officials on the dais to explain the details of total area based on the LARR act to be irrigated in the district from this project and felt 2013 of GoI/ State R&R that lifting of the water to irrigate other areas without rules. irrigating the fields within the district would be considered as injustice to the people of the area. Further, She requested to lift the water to fill the Laknavaram Cheruvu, Ramappa Cheruvu, Ghanapasamudram and other water bodies in Bhupalapally district, which would be useful to the locals. She alleged that the government did not paid adequate compensation to the farmers for the land acquired for barrage at Thupakulagudem and the government was silent on the damage of forests due to laying of water pipelines. Further, government is taking action on the farmers engaged in ‘Podu cultivation’. She demanded that the authorities have to pay compensation for the land acquired for the project and obtain consents from the farmers, as per the Act enacted in the year 2013. She found fault the way the Environmental Public Hearing is being conducted by deploying heavy police force. She also criticized the way the government is acquiring lands from the farmers. She demanded protection of environment and water for irrigation needs of the locals before lifting the water to the far-off places.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 6. Sri Vijayanand, Secretary, He opined that, the Kaleshwaram Project would be the Compensation will be paid Telangana Vikasa Samithi, lifeline of the state. The public have gathered here for based on the LARR act Manthini Environmental Public hearing for the above project. 2013 of GoI/ State R&R For any irrigation project land is the primary rules. component. He expressed his gratitude to the farmers who give their lands to the project. He demanded the payment of the compensation to the lands as per actual market price and Government should pay the cost as per actual prices at any cost and demanded another Rs. 2.0 lakhs per acre from the Government. Some people have expressed their apprehensions on the damage to environment from the project and adverse impacts on land, animal, forest etc. but, silent on farmer’s suicides in the area earlier due to scarcity of water. So, the Kaleshwaram Project is the need of the hour and essential to tide over the water scarcity in the state. He sang a folk song ‘Ichampalli project nu vaidalu vesindru’ and felt that meted out injustice to the Telangana state in construction of Nagarjuna Sagar Project and in proposed barrage at Tummidihetty. He gave total support to the Kaleshwaram Project as it would rejuvenate the environment of the area. 7. Sri Raghupathi Rao, MPP, He opined that the Kaleshwaram Project was heart of Praised the project. Bhupalpally the Telangana state and should be constructed at any cost. He further stated that they dreamed for the separate Telangana state to provide water facilities to the area. So construction of Kaleshwaram Project is the goal of the separate Telangana state. He requested the PCB to issue necessary clearance to the project on war footing.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 8. Sri Nagula Laxma Reddy, farmer He stated that environment damage would take place, He has enumerated the Suraram village in case of generation of pollution from the proposed benefit from the project. project. He opined that the proposed project was not a polluting activity. He stated that the ground water table in this area would increase due to the proposed project and benefits the locals and sought payment of adequate compensation to the land losers, allotment of double bed room houses and provision of employment. He supported the construction of the project. 9. Sri Gandra Satyanarayana Rao, While welcoming the gathering, he stated that no • The water will provided Ex-ZPTC political party was against the projects however, he to the en-routed areas demanded lifting of water to local water bodies before while lifting to far off lifting to other far off places. He also highlighted the places. accidents occurred due to movement of heavy • Care will be taken while vehicles carrying sand, coal, etc and finally demanded movement of heavy compensation as per 2013 act to the land losers. vehicles carrying materials during construction.

• Compensation will be paid based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 10. Sri Lingampally Madhav Rao, He agreed with the engineers regarding sustainability He has supported the Ambatipally of the environment from the proposed project and project. extended his support to the project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 11. Sri. M Shyam Prasad Reddy, While welcoming the gathering, he opined that there He has supported the Secretary, Telangana Retired would be no damage to the environment due to project. Engineers Association construction of irrigation projects, instead of damage, there would be positive impact on environment from the proposed project. He felt that no single village was submerged even though both the Medigadda & Annaram barrages with a combined storage capacity of about 27 TMC of water and expressed his gratitude towards engineers and govt. He further stated that about 22,000 acres of land under Medigadda barrage and about 12,000 acres of land under Annaram barrage would be utilized for storage of water in river course only without any additional land submergence, so no damage to environment and finally supported the project. 12. Sri. Vennapally Papaiah, District He complained that the detailed DPR was not placed • In the Public Hearing the President, BJP before the public, politicians by the Government and Draft EIA/EMP report requested for the same. He expressed surprise that was presented as per the government never gave a thought to lift the water the procedure. to fill water bodies like Ramappa cheruvu, • The command area has Ghanapuram cheruvu and other local water bodies. been indicated in the He demanded water to the local lands on priority EMP report. instead of taking the water to far of places to siddipet. He sought the details of allotment of budget for the proposed project (State govt., share and Central govt share). 13. Smt Bandari Sampurna, While welcoming the gathering, she said that the The Project will be Chariperson, Bhupalapally proposed project would be advantage to the area and completed after EC is requested the authorities to complete the construction obtained within less of time. of project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 14. Sri Sirikonda Prasanth , After customary welcome address, he emphasized the He has praised the project. Bhupalapally importance of water to the environment and Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton is praised even after 150 years for construction of Dowleswaram barrage and felt that the present Government headed by Hon’ble Chief Minister would be remembered on similar lines even after 200- 300 years for construction of this proposed Kaleshwaram Project. He stated that there was no water in SRSP and other canals. The water would be lifted from the proposed Kaleshwaram Project to SRSP and then into the canals. He finally requested the public to extend their unanimous support to the proposed project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 15. Sri D. Sridhar Babu, Ex -MLA & After customary welcome, he requested the Hon’ble The Public Hearing notice Former Minister District Collector to postpone the public hearing stating was issued by TSPCB on that the government and the TSPCB did not give month in advance and all minimum period of 15 days notice to the public. He necessary procedure was further stated that, apart from this public hearing, followed. Deployment of some other public hearings are also being conducted notice was necessary to today at different locations and people could not avoid any law and order attend the other public hearings to offer their views, problem. which was technically incorrect. He also stated that the deployment of heavy police force was not proper in democracy and the people from Ambatipally village had to pass police checking in all 10 directions to reach this venue. He stated that they were not against the proposed project, but some objections regarding re-designing of the project remained in their minds and requested to place the detailed DPR including the details of lands to be acquired for the project, before the public. He felt sad that the land acquisition was done by Irrigation officer and contractors instead of revenue department. The Registration Department is not working from Mulugu Road but working from Registration Officer’s house and the Irrigation Dept., is terrorizing the farmers for registration, which is not correct. Meanwhile, the audience raised objections over lengthy speech and accordingly, the district collector requested Sri D. Sridhar Babu to conclude in another one to two minutes. He agreed to conclude the speech in two to three minutes. He further stated that, the draft report is not correct; the increase in revenue from 431 crores to 12070 crores from yields on completion of the project is not practically possible and the EPTRI has not done any survey regarding structures having archaeological importance and historical monuments, etc. On that pretext he requested for re-survey and postponement of public hearing. He demanded for full implementation of EPTRI, Hyderabad Kaleshwaram Project proposed by the Congress Party and the late ChiefPage 7.178 Minister Sri Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 16. Sri Yella Reddy, CE (Retired) He stated that due to non-availability of water in The water storage capacity Godavari River between Kaleshwaram and of the reservoirs has been Yellampalli, the Biological spices have scattered away given in EIA report as per and will regroup after the availability of water in the the DPR of Kaleshwaram river due to construction of barrages. Construction of Project barrages is advantageous to the environment. He opined that storage of about 100 TMC of water at off- shore reservoirs at Karimnagar, Jagityal, Siddipet, etc., would be beneficial to the environment. 17. Sri Sreenivas Reddy, EE (Retired) He requested construction of more projects with The project will be inspiration from the proposed Kaleshwaram project. developed as per the norms He put forward his suggestion to construct the and comply with all the Kaleshwaram project as the norms and within the stipulations of all the environmental parameters. Statutory bodies of the State/Central Government. 18. Sri N. Anil, Bhupalapally While welcoming the gathering, he emphatically stated He has supported the that there would be no damage to the environment project and enumerated the due to the project and he further expected increase in advantages. agricultural yields, fisheries, etc., due to the proposed project. He finally appealed to all the people to support the project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 19. Sri Gandra Venkataramana Reddy, After customary welcome address, he condemned the Compensation will be paid Former Govt. Whip government’s vicious campaign against Congress based on the LARR act Party stating that they were against the projects and 2013 of GoI/ State R&R stated that during the period of Late CM, Sri Y.S. rules. Rajashekar Reddy, they have proposed the Kaleshwaram Project. He stated that the government The private person is did not prepare the detailed DPR and details of lands involved in acquiring land to be acquired and demanded compensation for the and it is being done by the lands as per 2013 Act. He objected the land Collector with the help of acquisition by the contractors who are using high Revenue officer. handed methods against the farmers with help of police instead of acquisition of land through peaceful Public was deployed to deal means by the Revenue Department. He stated that it with any law and order would be better to conduct public hearing at project issue arising during the site and found fault against the administration for public hearing. deploying heavy police force obstructing the farmers reaching the venue. The Warangal District is a historical place and have water bodies built by Kakatiyas, so he requested the government to redesign the project to provide water to local water bodies.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 20. Sri Thakkalapally Ravinder Rao While welcoming the gathering, he stated that the He has praised the project proposed project would not pose any threat to and appealed to give environment and appealed to the concerned to issue clearance to the project. all necessary clearances to the project. He further stated that the earlier governments after ruling 60 years, failed to provide water from the projects. The present project is redesigned to cater irrigation to about 18 lakhs acres with one of the lowest submergence area (about 475 acres only). Previous governments paid Rs. 80,000 per acre as compensation to the land losers, but, now the government is paying about 10.5 lakhs per acre including jobs. Every acre of land will be irrigated and the Ramappa lake, Ghanapuram lake and Laknavaram lake will be connected with the water from the proposed project. 21. Sri Punnam Ravi, R/o. He stated that for well being of the farmers of the He supported the project. Rangaiahpally state, the Government of Telangana has decided to implement this prestigious project. 22. Sri Umesh Goud, R/o. Regonda While welcoming the gathering, he stated that the He supported the project proposed project would improve the socio-economic and requested for public conditions of the farmers in the area. He requested the support. officials concerned to accord immediate clearances and also appealed the public to support the project without any second thought.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 23. Sri Challa Narayana Reddy, ZPTC, After customary welcome address, he extended his • Details of land coming Kataram support to the project, but he requested the under submergence government to complete the Kaleswaram Lift Irrigation have been provided in Project (proposed earlier by the Late Chief Minister Sri the EIA report. Y.S. Rajashekar Reddy) which was sanctioned with • The Land acquisition Rs. 600 Crs budget to provide water to 34,000 acres and R&R plans are locally through gravity. Damarakunta, Annaram and being drawn in Ambatipally villages are under the threat of accordance with the submergence and the government has not furnished amended Telangana any details of the lands covered under submergence. RFCT LARR Act. The L&T and MEIL have resorted to land registrations which are not correct. He requested the government to acquire the land duly following the procedure and effect the payment of compensation as per 2013 Act. He demanded the preparation of Rehabilitation and Resettlement Plan (R&R) to villages covered under submergence of the project reservoir. He has highlighted the environmental damage due to sand quarrying and un-scientific extraction of sand, the bore wells have been dried up. He finally requested for justice to villagers of Medigadda, Bommapur, Suraram which are under threat of submergence. 24. Sri. P. Ramesh, Moranchapally He opined that there would be no threat to He has supported the environment from the proposed project and requested project. the concerned authorities to issue necessary clearances to the project.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 25. Sri Appamu Kishan, District While welcoming the gathering he raised certain Compensation will be paid President Jayashankar issues regarding payment of compensation to the land based on the LARR act Bhupalapally oustees as per 2013 Act @ Rs. 24 lakhs/acre and 2013 of GoI/ State R&R sought employment & houses, irrigation water from rules. the project and decrease the height of the Medigadda barrage. He further questioned the authorities for not The height of the proposed furnishing the DPR and demanded for postponement barrage is fixed as per the of public hearing. He demanded for conducting fresh feasibility and design public hearing at Mahadevpur. parameters.

Environmental Public Hearing has been conducted as per the guidelines of EIA Notification 2006 by MoEF&CC and at District level only.

26. Sri B. Mallaiah, SE (Retd) He stated that the SRSP is in sad state and the The project is in accordance availability of water at the proposed project is with his request. abundant, hence, requested to complete the proposed project which in turn will change the fate of the Telangana State. 27. Sri Chiliveru Aayilmallu , R/o. He categorically stated that there would be no threat He has supported the Ponagallu to environment due to the proposed project and project. hence, requested for construction of the project immediately.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 28. Sri G. Srinivas, SC leader While welcoming the gathering at the venue, he stated Police power has been that they are not against the project and their deployed to avoid any law Congress party too. He has stated that 90% of land and order problem and losers are belong to SC, ST & BC and the government nobody was prevented to has deployed heavy police force obstructing the SC, attend the public hearing. ST & BC to reach the venue. He demanded payment of compensation as per 2013 Act and reasons behind Compensation will be paid lifting of water from Medigadda to far places like based on the LARR act Siddipet. He further questioned the authorities for 2013 of GoI/ State R&R conducting public hearings simultaneously at 15 rules. different places in 5 days only. 29. Sri A. Raghupathi Rao, farmer, R/o He felt sad as the most of the speakers are politicians Compensation will be paid Mahadevpur and not farmers. He supported the project but based on the LARR act demanded adequate compensation to the land 2013 of GoI/ State R&R oustees as per 2013 Act @ 30 lakhs per acre and rules. requested the authorities to conduct fresh public hearing at Mahadevpur. 30. Sri M. Venkataswamy, MPP, He demanded compensation as per 2013 Act and Compensation will be paid Mahamutharam water to irrigate the local lands. based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. Preference will be given to the local lands to irrigate. 31. Sri Mota Pothula Sivashankar After customary welcome address, he has stated that He has supported the Goud, ZPTC Ghanpur the water is main component in maintaining project. sustainability of the environment. He expressed that the proposed project will boost the environment in the surrounding area. He extended his full support to the project. 32. Sri Challa Odelu, Begaluru (V), He demanded 100% completion of the proposed He has supported the Mahadevpur (M) project and criticized the other political parties for project to cooperate for the raising objections on flimsy grounds against the project. proposed project. He requested them to cooperate for attaining Golden Telangana ‘Bangaru Telangana’

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 33. Sri Raji Reddy, ZPTC, While welcoming the gathering, he said that the Compensation will be paid Mahamutharam farmers are handing over the lands to the proposed based on the LARR act project and he criticized the earlier government for not 2013 of GoI/ State R&R paying adequate compensation to the farmers. rules. 34. Smt. Geetha, Mahadevapur She sought details of lands to be irrigated locally from The command area is the proposed project and reasons behind the lifting of proposed as per the DPR of water to faraway places without providing water to the the project. local lands. She alleged that the government terrorized the farmers and forcibly acquiring the lands. Land acquisition is being She also stated that Smt. Sonia Gandhi was done the respective district instrumental behind the formation of separate Collectorate Authority as Telangana State. per the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 35. Sri Suraram Mahesh Reddy, He appealed for compensation as per 2013 Act to the Land compensation and Telangana Paryavarana lands acquired for the project. Provision of double bed R&R Plan is in accordance Parirakshana Samithi room houses under R & R package and justified with the LARR Act 2013 of compensation for all the farmers. He stated that they GoI/State R&R rules. would support the proposed project in case of non submergence of forest land due to construction of the project. He demanded for conducting fresh public hearing at project site instead of conducting at a faraway place. 36. Sri A. G anapathi, Bhupalapally He wanted the authorities to take the opinion of all the Opinion of the people who Municipal Vice-Chairperson farmers and immediately construct the proposed attended the public hearing project. was taken. 37. Sri Mandhala Ravinder Redd y, He stated that the proposed project not only belonged He has supported the Bhupalapally to the Bhupalapally District, but also benefitted 7 more project. districts irrigating about 2 lakhs acres of lands. He felt that the project would enhance the environmental status of the area and requested authorities to issue necessary clearances at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 38. Sri V. Mohan Reddy, Kaleswaram, After customary welcome address, he stated that most He has appealed to the Mahadevpur of the speakers were expressing views politically politicians not to oppose the against interest of farmers. He made it clear that, the project. Government conducted “grama sabha” at Kannepally village, where no politician attended. He appealed to the politicians not to obstruct the project as the farmers were voluntarily handing over the lands for the proposed project. 39. Sri D. Ramesh, R/o Tadicherla As the DPR is not placed before the public, he • Draft EIA Report was requested the authorities on dais to present the details placed in the website of of the DPR, details on allocation of water to the locals Pollution Control Board (drinking & irrigation). He alleged that the MEIL paid and wide publicity was Rs. 1.5 lakhs less to the farmers and demanded given by TSPCB. compensation of Rs. 7 lakhs for small farmers & Rs. 5 lakhs for big farmers as one time settlement or compensation at the rate of Rs. 2,500 – 3,000/ per • Compensation will be month. paid based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 40. Sri L. Narsimha Reddy, PACS He stated that people in general in the state supported He has supported the Chairman, Mahamuttaram the project. The then Chief Minister Sri N. continuous effort. Chandrababu Naidu initiated work on ‘Devadula project’ and the later government headed state completed the ‘Devadula project’ without any partiality. He further stated that their government if comes into power, will certainly complete the proposed project at any cost. 41. Smt Chinthala Bharathakka, She stated that the farmers are happy with the He has supported the Vemulapally Medigadda project and she lent her support for project. construction of more such projects.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 42. Sri Matika Santosh, R/o. He gave a brief account of benefits to every farmer in He has supported the Jaggaiahpet the area from the proposed project. He requested the project and enumerated the public to lend their support to the project. Farmers had benefits. land only, now they have water for raising the crops. The proposed project is being built to fulfill the aspirations of Prof. K. Jayashankar, a legend and visionary of the State 43. Sri Bandari Ravi, R/o. Kasimpally While welcoming the people gathered at the venue, he He has appealed to the stated that the proposed project was taken up for people not to obstruct the creating irrigation potential of 1.0 Crore acres as construction of the project. promised, after formation of Telangana State, and appealed to the people not to obstruct the construction of the project. 44. Sri Marella Senapathi, He stated that the government would certainly pay the He has supported the Bhupalapally compensation to the land losers and some people project. ought to obstruct the project by filing several cases with mala fide intensions. He felt that there was no damage to the environment due to the proposed project instead it would enhance the status of the environment. 45. Sri Kyathraju Sambamurthy, R/o. He stated that there was no water. Water was Necessary environmental Mogulapally provided through canals which are presently idle and clearance is being obtained water is not flowing in the canals as there is no water from MoEF&CC. in the reservoir. Now, the Government is trying to provide water through these idle canals from proposed Kaleshwaram Project. He requested the government to get all necessary clearances to the project which would be beneficial to the area and the State.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 46. Sri B. Satyanarayana, Leader, BC He requested the project authorities to use low Adequate pollution control Welfare Association, Bhupalapally blasting techniques to minimize the damage to the measures will be surroundings and structures located around the undertaken during working sites of the proposed project. He requested construction to minimize the the government to safeguard the interests of affected damage to the BC, SC, and other traditional artisan classes like surroundings. Kummari, Kammari, etc. No effect to any type of community classes like Kummari, Kammari etc. 47. Sri Adapa Sammaiah, farmer, He has stated that the proposed project will enhance He has supported the Kaleshwaram the status of environment. He felt that the present project. government is offering good compensation to the farmers than earlier governments. 48. Sri S. Krishna Reddy, Rythu He stated that the people were using this public The land compensation as Sangam District President, hearing to show strengths instead of presenting their well as R&R of project Jayashanker Bhupalapally District views and suggestions on environmental issues. He affected families will be opined that the proposed project should be done as per LARR Act of constructed, but the public hearing needed to be GoI/State R&R rules. conducted before the commencement of the works. He demanded compensation to all the affected farmers and wanted the details of lands acquired for storage of 160 TMC of water. He fervently requested the authorities to safeguard the interests of the farmers in the area. 49. Sri A. Sridhar, R/o. Dhamannapet He fully supported for the proposed Kaleshwaram He has supported the project and expressed his gratitude to the farmers who project. handed over their lands for the project. 50. Sri G. Srinivasa Rao, ZPTC While welcoming the gathering, he extended his full He has supported the support to the construction of the project and project. appreciated the gesture of farmers who handed over their lands for the project. He opined that the proposed project would boost the development of the area.

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 51. Sri. Ajmera Pulsing Naik, He requested the government to prepare an action The project will supply Telangana Lambhada Hakkula plan for the supply of drinking water from the proposed drinking water to all the Porata Samithi project to Mahamutharam, Balimela and Vajedu villages where canals are Mandals and also stated that the people were not passing. against the projects. 52. Sri. K. Rajeswar Rao, R/o. He appealed to the Government of India to issue of He has supported the Gudepally Environmental Clearances for the proposed project. Kaleshwaram Project. 53. Sri Mysa Bhikshapathi, R/o. He stated that the proposed project would prove to be The project will provide Regonda a boon to the lakhs of farmers of Telangana State and drinking water as also to requested the Government to provide water to both enhance irrigation. crops and drinking water in the area. 54. Sri B Srinivas, farmer, Suraram He requested double bed room houses under R&R • Compensation will be (V), Mahadevpur (M) package to the farmers, exchange of land to the land paid based on the LARR acquired for the project and employment to the land act 2013 of GoI/ State losers. He requested the authorities to supply water R&R rules. from the proposed project first to their mandals. • Drinking water will be supplied to all the villages where canals are passing. 55. Sri Md. Tajuddin, R/o. Malhalrao He stated that the project would improve the He has supported the Mandal environmental status of the area and also in other 7 project. districts of Telangana State. The people will also get benefit from the project. He requested the Government of India to issue necessary Environmental Clearances to the project 56. Smt. B . Chandrakala, Bhupalpally She advised the people not to fight among He has supported the themselves, as the proposed project would be project. beneficial to the people and would ensure all round development of the area. 57. Sri Rajesh Naik, Chairman He stated that the proposed project would be a He has supported the (Library), Jayashanker prestigious project and the Scheduled Tribes of this project. Bhupalapally area (‘Girijanalu’) were ready to handover their lands on which they eked out their living. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Propo ser & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Replies from I&CAD 58. Sri Anil Reddy, R/o. He stated that the people of Mahamutharam, Kataram, He has supported the Mahamutharam Mahadevpur & other mandals were a happy lot as project. they were also benefitted with the proposed project. 59. Sri Rupanaik, R/o. Pegadapally He said that the farmers were coming forward He has supported the village voluntarily to offer their lands to the proposed project project. as the project would boost the development of the area, thereby the people also would move forward on account of socio-economic development by way of increase in agriculture output. 60. Sri Anantha Reddy, Co -operative He expressed his gratitude to the State leadership for Compensation will be paid Bank Chairman, Manthani proposing this prestigious project in their area and for as per LARR Act 2013 of providing good compensation to the lands acquired GoI/State R&R rules. from the farmers. He felt that the project would help to increase ground water levels in the area (Kataram). 61. Sri Kumbham Ramesh, NGO, While welcoming the people gathered at the venue, he He has supported the Kataram emphasized on all round development of the area project. including tourism, increase in farm productivity, and increase in literacy rate due to construction of the project in the area. He appealed to the authorities to issue of necessary Environmental Clearances to the project. 62. Sri Mekala Sampath, R/o. After customary welcome address, he stated that the Compensation will be paid Kasimpally farmers of the area were willing to hand over their based on the LARR act lands for the proposed project. He sought justified 2013 of GoI/ State R&R compensation to the land loosers and for the rules. implementation of R&R package. He thanked the Maharashtra government for extended their cooperation by giving necessary permissions for the project from their side. He felt that the project would not pose any threat to the environment and in fact improve the quality of environment due to increase in availability of water. He requested the authorities to complete the project as early as possible.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Mancherial District

S.No. Name of Proposer Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD & Village 1 Sri Devadas, Retd. He has explained that due to the construction of He has supported the project. Chief Enginecr, Kaleshwaram Project the proposed ayacut will be served Retirecl Fngineers by the assured water as the availability of water is rnore Forum (280 TMC) at the proposed site.

2 Sri Raj Kumar, He stated that due to the construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. ZPTC, Jaipur Project there is no impact on environment, so there is no objection from his side

3 Sri Pulla Reddy, He appreciated the construction of the project. He said He has supported the project. Kistapur (V), that the ground water in the surrounding villages will be Jaipur (M) recharged due to construction of this project. He also said that the construction of Kaleshwaram Project .will increase growth of fish and he supported the construction of the project.

4 Sri R. Srinivas He stated the benefits due to the construction of He has supported the project. Reddy, Kaleshwaram Project like proper utilization of water which Pegadapatly (V) is being wasted; serving about 40000 acres of ayacut by constructing Annaram Barrage, Sundilla Barrage; the ground water in the surrounding villages will be recharged. Hence he supported the construction of the Barrage.

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5 Sri Aravinda Rao, He have no objection in construction of Kaleshwaram He has supported the project. jaipur (M) saicl Project. that the farmers of Jaipur (M)

6 Sri Manthani He expressed that the Chief Minister of Telangana being He has supported the project. Laxman, MPTC, a farmer himself has taken up the Kaleshwaram Project to Jaipur convert the dry lands into fertile lands and also demanded the speedy completion of the project. 7 Sri Mekala Dasu, He has expressed his objection in conducting the The project construction activities which Singapur Environmental Public Hearing after commencement of the have been started are only for drinking Project and he opined that public money is wasted in the water purpose which does not require redesigning of the project. environmental clearance. Even the NGTs order of stay by not treating the ongoing works as drinking water project has been set aside by the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the matter was remanded to the principal bench, NGT ,New Delhi.(vide judgement dated 08.11.2017 in the Writ petition No. 34458 of 2017) 8 Sri Rikkula Laxmi He demanded for supply of water for irrigation to his If the village is under project benefitted Narayana Reddy village. mandal, the water will be supplied. 9 Sri Venkatesham, He said that the Kaleshwaram Project is beneficial to the He has supported the project. Gangipalli farmers. He demanded the compensation the pipeline. 10 Sri Sukari Srinivas, He demanded the study of back water effect due to He has supported the project. Indaram (V) construction of Kaleshwaram Project and also asked for providing irrigation facilities by construction of canals. He supported the construction of Project. 11 Sri Thirupathi He has praised the construction of project and he opined He has supported the project. Goud, Vevilla that the people in the surrounding villages will be benefitted. 12 Sri Annam He has demanded the compensation to the pipelines in As per the Telangana Amendement on Venkanna, and around Shettpally, Bejjala and Rommipur Villages, he RFCTLARR Act, the compensation will Shettipally (V) also demanded for construction of crematories in the be paid and it is beneficial then the affected villages. central act. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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13 Sri Sanjay Kumhr, He has demanded for provision of R&R facilities to the As per the Telangana Amendement on TDP Youth Leader, affected farmers, provision of employment; he expressed RFCTLARR Act, the compensation will Mancherial his objection in conducting the Environmental Public be paid and it is beneficial then the Hearing after commencement of the Project. He central act. demanded that the DPR of the project should be rnade available to the public. 14 Sri Gone Narsaiah, He supported the construction of the project and Irrigation facilities shall be provided to MPTC, Tekumatla requested to provide the irrigation facilities to Jaipur Jaipur mandal as it is one of the mandal. He stated the people of Jaipur mandal have no benefitted mandals. objection in construction of Kaleshwaram Project. 15 Smt. Hemalatha, She said that the farmers will be benefitted with the Compensation will be paid as per the MPP, Jaipur construction of the Project, She also requested for RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R compensation of pipelines. rules. 16 Sri Gunda Mallesh, He raised his objection in conducting the Environmental • The project construction activities Ex. MLA, CPI Public Hearing after commencement of the Project. He which have been started are only for demanded a compensation of Rs 20 Lakhs/Acre, drinking water purpose which does provision of employment for a person in each family, not require environmental clearance. provision of R&R facilities, provision of double bedroom Even the NGTs order of stay by not houses for land losers. treating the ongoing works as drinking water project has been set aside by the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the matter was remanded to the principal bench, NGT ,New Delhi.(vide judgement dated 08.11.2017 in the Writ petition No. 34458 of 2017)

• Compensation will be paid as per the RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 17 Sri Prashanth He said that they have taken up the awareness program He has supported the project. Reddy, Telangana regarding irrigation facilities among the people; he also Jagruthi, explained about the benefits of the project and supported Mancherial construction of the project.

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18 Sri Mallanna, He has spoken about the development of North Compensation will be paid as per the Telangana Rythu Telangana and questioned about the allocation of water RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R Sangham to this region, he also demanded for equal compensation rules. to all the affected farmers. 19 Sri Damodar He has said that he is supporting the construction of the He has supported the project. ReddY, Pokkuru project and requested for provision of crematories in the (V), Chennur (M) affected villages. 20 Sri Prabhakar He has supported the construction of the project. He has supported the project. Reddy, Chennur (M) 21 Sri Sammi Reddy , He has supported the construction of the project, he He has supported the project. Chennur requested for an alternative for narsakkapeta and sundershala lift as these will be submerged due to construction of the project. 22 Sri Mallikarjun He has supported the construction of the project. He has supported the project. Yadav, Chennur 23 Sri Kris hna, He has opined that the government has taken up the He has supported the project. Chennur (M) Kaleshwaram project as part of providing irrigation facilities to an ayacut of about 1.0 crore acres. Hence he supported. 24 Sri Vala Srinivas He has supported the construction of the project. He has supported the project. Reddy, Thotapally (M), Jaipur (M)

25 Sri Boini Sampath He has requested for provision of irrigation facilities to The lands which come under the project their lands. area will be provided with the irrigation facilities. 26 Sri Rajamallu, He has demanded for proper compensation to the land Compensation will be paid as per the Kistapur lost due construction of Sundilla barrage. RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 27 Sri Uma He has opined that the estimated value of the project has As per the project development plan, the Maheshwar, increased from Rs. 8400 Crores to Rs. 80500 Crores and money is spent on the project Kundaram also opined that the government should spend an amount implementation. of Rs. 20000 Crores per annum to complete this project. He also suggested that the works taken up earlier should Works taken up earlier will be properly be properly utilized in the proposed project. utilized. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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28 Smt Srilatha She has demanded for proper compensation to the land Compensation will be paid as per the Kundaram lost due to construction of Sundilla barrage. RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules. 29 Sri Sriramulu, He has supported the construction of the project and he Once the project is implemented and Mudigonda (V) requested to fill the minor irrigation tanks in their stabilized, if it is feasible, preference will surrounding villages. be given to fill the minor irrigation tanks. 30 Sri Satyanarayana, He has expressed his concern about the conservation of Compensation will be paid as per the CPM crocodiles in L-madugu. He demanded for land RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R compensation according to 2013 ACT. He also demanded rules. that the DPR of the project should be rnade available to the public. 31 Sri K, Ravinder, He has opined that the redesigning of the Kaleshwaram Mandamarri Project has to be done. 32 Sri Sanjeev Rao, He has demanded for proper compensation to the land Compensation will be paid as per the Ex- MLA, Chennur lost, due to construction of Sundilla barrage. He RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R supported the construction of Project. rules. 33 Sri Shilam Sri nivas, He has demanded for taking action against the monkeys - Pegadapally menace on the surrounding villages of the project. 34 Sri MD, Faheem, He has supported the project and demanded that farmers All the farmers will be benefitted by this Jaipur should be benefitted in the construction of the project. project.

35 Sri Ravinder, He has supported the construction of the project and he Once the project is implemented and Jaipur (V) requested to fill the minor irrigation tanks in their stabilized, if it is feasible, preference will surrounding villages. He supported the construction of be given to fill the minor irrigation tanks. Project. 36 Sri Sundilla He has supported the construction of the project, he also The project shall be completed within the Rajaiah, Telangana said the project to be completed within the stipulated time stipulated time. Vikasa Sangham for effective utilization of water. 37 Sri Kaluvala Raj He has supported the construction of the project, he has He has supported the project. Kumar Bhimaram demanded for distribution of revenue land occupied by the forest department to the farmers.

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38 Sri M. Malla Redd y, He has supported the construction of the project, raised • The project construction activities BJP President his objection in conducting Environmental Public Hearing which have been started are only for after commencement of the Project and demanded for drinking water purpose which does land compensation on par with Mallannasagar Project an not require environmental clearance. also demanded that the project should be beneficial to the Even the NGTs order of stay by not people in the region. treating the ongoing works as drinking water project has been set aside by the High Court of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and the matter was remanded to the principal bench, NGT ,New Delhi.(vide judgement dated 08.11.2017 in the Writ petition No. 34458 of 2017)

• Compensation will be paid as per the RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules.

• It is assured that project will be beneficial to all the people in the region. 39 Sri Cheruku He has supported the construction of the project. He has Prior intimation will be given before Thirupathi Reddy, demanded for the Land acquisition details under the acquiring the land. Somanapally project. Sarpanch 40 Sri B. Kishan Rao, He has supported the construction of the project and He has supported the project. Jaipur (M) opined that the construction of the project doesn't have any adverse affect on the environment. 41 Sri. Jayathi Gopalo He has supported the construction of the project and He has supported the project. MPTC, Shetpally opined that the construction of the project is instrumental in utilization of allocated water and also demanded for construction of crematories in the affected villages. 42 Sri Shekar, Ex He has opined that the farmers of four villagers have lost Once the project is implemented and Sarpanch, around 400 acres of land under Sundilla barrage, hence stabilized, if it is feasible, preference will Kundaram the minor irrigation tanks should be filled in the be given to fill the minor irrigation tanks. surrounding villages by providing an exclusive lift system. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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43 Sr i Ravi, Kundaram He has requested for providing irrigation facilities to the Irrigation facilities will be extended to the dry lands areas which are not considered currently once the project is implemented and stabilized as per the feasible conditions. 44 Sri Udem He has demanded for compensation of pipelines in the Compensation will be paid as per the Manohar Redcly, affected villages. RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R Kistapur (M) rules. 45 Sri Bandari He has supported the construction of the project, he has Compensation will be paid as per the Satyanarayana, demanded for compensation to the affected lands of RFCLARR Act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R Naspur maddula vagu back waters, he also demanded for rules. compensation of pipelines. He also requested to consider the remaining lands under land acquisition.

Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Rajanna Sircilla District

S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 1. Sri M.Narsa Goud, Ex He welcomed the construction of Kaleshwaram Project He has supported the project. MPTC, Ghambiraopeti and in Location of Medigadda Barrage in view of the water availability and hence Godavari water will be utilized for irrigation of Telangana drought prone Districts and also appreciated the efforts for revival of SRSP (Sri Ram Sagar Project). He also informed that this project will boost the agriculture in the Telangana state. No one will oppose the lift irrigation project. He also thanked Chief Minister of Telangana. This Project will improve overall socio-economic conditions of Telangana people irrespective of Caste and creed. No impact on environment due to this project.

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 2. Sri Janagam Sharat Rao, He welcomed the construction of Kaleshwaram Project He has supported the project. ZPTC, Mustabad and informed that the project has long term benefits in terms of irrigation. The project will recharge the ground water and this project has no negative impacts on environment and has no pollution is generated from this project. He thanked the Officials 3. Sri Gaddam. Narsaiah, Ex He welcomed this project and informed that the project is He has supported the project. AMC Chairman, Sircilla dream of Telangana state. He thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana for the project. This project has no negative impacts on environment due to these project activities. 4. Sri Racharla He welcomed the project and informed that the project He has supported the project. Venkannna,Teacher, will irrigate one crore acres of land in Telangana. The Telangana Vikasa Samithi earlier Governments have made the people of Telangana to migrate to other parts of globe due to scarcity of water for irrigation. These projects packages 9,10,11,12 will boost the agriculture and all sectors of livelihood. 5. Sri Dornala Laxma Reddy He welcomed the project and project has no negative He has supported the project. CESS, Chairman, Sircilla impacts on environment. Due to this project, rains will come and requested not to oppose. He informed that ground water will be recharged and surface water utilization will improve. He thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana for the project towards Golden Telangana state. 6. Sri A. Vijayarama Rao, He welcomed the construction of Kaleshwaram Project He has supported the project. Ramreddypalli, Mustabad and informed that the project has long term benefits in terms of irrigation, fish culture and other sectors of livelihood sources. He informed that the forest land acquisition in Malakpet Reservoir is not a major issue, it can be sorted out by afforest ration of the land twice of the acquired land.

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 7. Sri B.Suren der Rao, Gudem He welcomed the Kaleshwaram Project This project has He has supported the project. (V), Mustabad no negative impacts on environment due to this project activities such as canals ,tunnels, reservoirs etc. and no pollution is generated from this project. The project has long term benefits in terms of irrigation, fish culture and other sectors of livelihood sources. He thanked the Chief Minister of Telangana for the project. 8. Sri Gurrala. Anand Reddy, He welcomed the Kaleshwaram Project but questioned Draft EIA & Executive summaries Somarampet that the place of PH is far away from effected villages. of both Telugu and English are (V),Ellanthakunt(M) He informed that the no EIA reports, executive palced in all the village summaries in Telugu were placed in the Gram panchayats before 30 days. Panchayats before 30 days. After placing of those EIA reports PH notification should have been issued. He The works carriedout for the questioned that the works of the project were started project are for the Phase –I thus violating the EIA notification 2006.He asked the drinking water facilities. TORs were issued in 31 st March 2017 and what seasons were taken for study of EIA and its impacts. He The EIA report will be updated. asked to make a study of three seasons (Winter, Rainy, summer) in the affected villages and can conduct PH. Forest Stage – I clearance is He questioned whether the permissions were accorded provided in the EIA report. from Forest Dept. and applied for Forest clearance. 9. Sri Bathula Anjaiah, AMC He welcomed the project and informed that the farmers • Compensation will be paid Chairman, Maddikunta of this region are drought prone, suffering due to scarcity based on the LARR act 2013 of water for irrigation and many of his natives had of GoI/ State R&R rules. migrated to other places. He informed to provide R&R for the land acquired places. 10. Sri V.Krishna Hari, Ex MPP, He welcomed this project and thanked Chief minister. He He has supported the project. Boppapur informed that every one shall be benefitted by this project and will improve all socio economic conditions of all sectors of this region

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 11. Sri Mohd Jabbar, He welcomed the project and compared the earlier The purpose of this project is Yellareddypet drought situations in the region. He informed that about mainly to provide drinking water 3,75,000 acres irrigation will be stabilized and also and to develop irrigation. Once requested for a solar power project. he project is implemented and get stabilized, ancillary benefits like tourism, power generation can be anticipated as per feasibility. 12. Sri Y.Yellaiah, Mallreddypet He welcomed this project and the farmers of this region He has supported the project. are drought prone, suffering due to scarcity of water for irrigation and many of his natives had migrated to other places. He added that the project will fill the upper Manair which will benefit all sectors of the district. He has no objection over the construction over the project 13. Sri Ch.Raju, Ghambiraopet He welcomed the project will benefit all sectors of the He has supported the project. societies like fish, irrigation, toddy culture due to upper manair project., He informed no impacts on the project. 14. Sri P.Raja Rao, Rajanna He welcomed the project and informed that the Compensation will be paid based Sircilla, President, Maharashtra Govt has constructed projects on Godavari on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Telangana Vikasa Samithi river, which lead to drought in Telangana. No water in State R&R rules. SRSP for the past decade and entirely dependent on rain fall. This project will boost agriculture and all sectors of livelihood in the state. He requested the authorities to take all necessary steps for compensation issues of land acquired. 15. Sri Konduri. Ravider Rao, He welcomed the project and formed the Govt. of He has supported the project. Gajasingavaram Telangana has taken a big task for reverse pumping of water from Godavari. He informed water is an essential commodity and such project will boost all sectors of environment &socio economic conditions of life. Earlier governments have not constructed projects from decades which lead drought conditions in this region. He welcomed the project and has no objection over the construction over the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 16. Sri U Srinivas, Surpanch, He has informed that they are poor farmers and were He has supported the project. Mangalpalli depended on rainfall .This project will immensely help irrigation in this region and about 850 acres of land was acquired under this project from Konaraopet village. No negative environmental impacts will generate from the project. 17. Sri R. Anjaneyulu, Farmer, He welcomed the project. Water will be pumped to upper He has supported the project. Narmala Manair and it will help irrigation in this region. He explained the drought prone situations and scarcity of water for irrigation has lead villagers migrated to other places. Any project will have certain impacts on environment, but this irrigation project will enhance all conditions of the district. 18. Sri Ch. Rama Rao, Katkur He welcomed the project and stated that the 4 packages He has supported the project. in Sircilla District are beneficent to all the sectors of villages. He thanked the Chief minister of Telangana and supported the project 19. Sri A. Shakar Goud, He welcomed the project stated that they have given the He has supported the project. Ex.MPP land to the project at Malkapur(V) and compensation was given accordingly. Rajanna Siricilla District will be more benefited by this lift irrigation project as most of the areas are drought prone. Any project will have certain impacts on environment, but this irrigation project will enhance all conditions of the district. 20. Sri J.Rajaiah, Kothapalli He welcomed the project and stated that no water was He has supported the project. available in Mid Manair project in the past so he migrated to Saudi Arabia. Now he came back from Saudi Arabia as the Government has proposed this project and Water would be available for Agriculture. He has informed that no negative environmental impacts will generate from the project

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 21. Sri He welcomed the project and stated that this project He has supported the project. G.Rajanna,Thangalapally provide water to 1,50,000 acres of land. He has informed that no negative environmental impacts will generate from the project. He thanked the Chief minister of Telangana and supported the project 22. Sri Venakat Narsing Rao, He welcomed the project and stated that this project will He has supported the project. Gudur provide water to Mid Manair. He informed that the upper manair project has dedicated for water and still maintained Agriculture for the past 10 years, depending on rainfall. Now the Government has proposed the lift irrigation project which will benefit the irrigation of Rajanna Siricilla District. He supported the project and thanked Government of Telangana. 23. Sri.V.Ramesh He welcomed the project and stated the importance of He has supported the project. Thangalapally water in the drought prone area. This lift irrigation Project will boost the Agriculture sector, recharge ground water and helps the environment in all aspects. 24. Sri B.Devadas, Ex.MPP He supported the project and stated that lift irrigation He has supported the project. Project will improve the conditions of this area and requested not to oppose the project. 25. Sri J.Jagan, Kothapalli He informed that for the past 10 years Mid Manair was He has supported the project. without water and has hampered the irrigation in this region, which led the youth to migrate to other places for Project Proponent will look into livelihood. This lift irrigation Project will improve the this matter for de-silting conditions of this area and requested the authorities to take up de –siltation of upper Manair (2.0 TMC) and establish the industries 26. Sri N.Vasanth Kumar, He welcomed the project and stated the importance of He has supported the project. Boppapuram water in the drought prone area. This lift irrigation Project will boost the Agriculture sector, recharge ground water and helps the environment in all aspects.

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 27. Sri N.Asok, Annantagiri He has informed that construction activities were under • Compensation will be paid progress for the past 2 years in Ananthagiri Village for based on the LARR act 2013 storage of 3.0 TMC water under 10 the package. The of GoI/ State R&R rules. project has acquired 3300 acres of land in Ananthagiri Village. He questioned the authorities for providing • As per the MoEF & CC compensation and rehabilitation & resettlement of the guidelines of EIA Notification land loosers at the project. He opined that the EPH has 2006, Environmental Public to be conducted in their village. Hearing is conducted at district level only. 28. Sri A Srinivas, MPP, He welcomed the project and stated the importance of He has supported the project. Mustabad water in the drought prone area. He informed that for the past 10 years Mid Manair was without water and has hampered the irrigation in this region, which led the youth to migrate to other places for livelihood This lift irrigation Project will boost the Agriculture sector, recharge ground water and helps the environment in all aspects Finally he supported the project and thanked Government of Telangana

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 29. Sri Krishnamurthy, Retd He appreciated the construction of Kaleshwaram Project He has supported the project. CE, I&CAD benefitting 13 districts of Telangana State. He also appreciated the Re-engineering of this project. The earlier project was proposed at Tummidihetti in the name of Pranahita Chevella. But due to less water availability the present Govt has proposed this project at Kaleshwaram, where water availability is more. Medigadda is appropriate location for the project barrage. He mentioned that about 280 TMC of water available and 180 TMC is diverting to SRSP. He said that this project will not have any negative impacts on the environment instead it maintains the balance of the environment by improving the socio-economic conditions of all sectors. He also informed that after completion of this project water will be available across Godavari throughout the year from Medigadda to Yellampalli project. He said on behalf of all Retired Engineers they are welcoming the project and are awaiting the completion of the project. 30. Sri A.Subhash, Thimmapur He welcomed this project and stated that this project will He has supported the project. fill the Narmala tank, and a long cherished dream of 60 years is turning true by this project. He supported the project and stated that lift irrigation Project will improve the conditions of this area and requested not to oppose the project and thanked Government of Telangana.

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 31. Sri Venkatarama Rao, Retd He welcomed the project about 2000-3000TMC water is He has supported the project. CE Irrigation being discharged into sea in waste. This Lift irrigation project scheme is proposed at Medigadda, Sundilla & Annaram for providing drinking water, irrigation and stabilization of SRSP. The water is firstly utilized for drinking water purposes and later on for irrigation by providing distributaries’ canals. He also stressed that irrespective of political parties everyone should appreciate project. The Environmental clearance will be taken up for this project at early. 32. Smt Pallem. Annapurna, While welcoming the project, expressed her happiness He has supported the project. ZPTC, Konaraopet of long cherished dream is turning true by providing water to upper Manair from Mid manair through reservoirs, canals etc. She hoped for early approvals for the project 33. Sri Laxmi Ravinder Rao, She welcomed the project and hoped for early approvals He has supported the project. MPP, Konaraopet for the project. 34. Sri K.Srinivas, MPTC, He welcomed the project and his villagers have liberally He has supported the project by Rajannapet handed over their lands (Ac 23.31g) to the project. The stating about the benefits. Groundwater will be recharged and also informed that the village is high with fluoride content hence the surface water from lift scheme will also improve health conditions. He hoped for early approvals for the project and every one are welcoming the project 35. Sri Mahender Reddy, He welcomed the project and stated that some land was He has supported the project. Elanthakunta acquired in the project and requested for compensation and R&R for land losers. He requested the authorities for an substantial and profitable compensation for land acquired and informed to not to oppose the project. 36. Smt Sampoorna, AMC She welcomed the project and hoped water from the lift She has supported the project. Chairman, Ghambiraopet project will improve their livelihood and their economic condition

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 37. Sri Marri. Venkat Reddy, He welcomed the project and stated the earlier this Compensation will be paid based Formar, Boppapur, project was started in the name of Pranahita Chevella on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ Yellareddypet Lift project and appreciated the redesigning. He State R&R rules. requested the authorities for an substantial and profitable compensation for land acquired. 38. Sri A. Anil Reddy, Former, He welcomed the project and stated that they have He has supported the project. Jillella village awaited long for this lift project. He thanked the Govt and hoped water from upper Manair to Nakkavagu tank, will improve agriculture and their status. 39. Sri Y.Kanakaiah, Formar, He informed that water is most essential for farming& He has supported the project. Vilasagar drinking and this project will improve all sectors of society. Ground water will be recharged and area will be developing water from Yellampalli to Midmanair through tunnels, canals will improve economic conditions of this area 40. Sri Kalwakuntal Gopal Rao, He welcomed this project and stated the water is more He has supported the project. Mohinikunta important over environmental clearance of the project. Everyone are directly depended on water, he thanked the Govt and requested for clearance of the project. 41. Sri G.Devaiah, Up He welcomed the project and informed that He has supported the project by Sarpanch, Gajasingaram, Gajasingavaram village is not benefitted by this project stating about the benefits. Gambirraopet and requested the authorities to provide water to their village 42. Sri Kommu. Balaiah, He welcomed the project and informed that He has supported the project. Gudem, Mustabad Harithaharam (tree plantation) will be benefitted by this project. Water to upper manair will improve the conditions of villages 43. Sri Bhuma.Raju, He welcomed the project and upper manair villages will He has supported the project. Samudralingapur be benefitted by this project

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 44. Sri Lachi Reddy, ZPTC, He welcomed the project and stated the importance of He has supported the project. Boinpally water in the drought prone area. He reminded that about 14 villages submergence during Mid manair project and this lift irrigation project will benefit all sectors of the villages. How the earlier Government has build the projects without taking any permissions. !00 villages will be benefitted by losing 14 villages. 45. Sri Edaboina. Narsaiah, He welcomed the project and hoped for filling of water in He has supported the project. Narmala Narmala tank. 46. Sri Devenderyadav, Cess He welcomed the project and informed that 270 acres is He has supported the project. Gambhrraopet acquired in the project and constructing reservoir of 0.12 TMC. The authorities had also provided compensation to the land lost villagers. He reminded the early days which led to drought situation and migration of villagers. He welcomed this project and requested for early approvals 47. Sri S.Venu, ZPTC, He welcomed this project and informed that about He has supported the project. Ellanthakunta 40,000 acres of land will be benefitted in Ellanthakunta(V).Water from the project will improve all scenarios like irrigation, fish culture etc in the hilly area of Rajanna Sircilla dist. No negative impacts on the environment by this project. He hoped for 2 crops and early clearances for this project. 48. Sri A.Gangadhar, ZPTC, He welcomed the authorities and the project. This He has supported the project by Chandurthi project will improve the irrigation scenario in Rajanna stating about the benefits. Sircilla dist. 49. Sri A.Mallesh, Terlumaddi He welcomed the authorities and informed that his He has supported the project. village Terlumaddi is last in the ayacut area and hoped for early completion of the project. 50. Sri A.Ravinder, He welcomed the project and informed that farmer is the He has supported the project. Thangalapalli backbone of society. Agriculture is not waste, it is a festival. this project will improve the conditions of farming in this region 51. Sri G.Akilyadav, He welcomed the project and requested for early He has supported the project. Ellanthakunta compensation payment to the land losers of the project EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 52. Sri N.Yellagoud, Kothapalli He welcomed the project and thanked the villagers for He has supported the project. attending and supporting the project 53. Sri Ramalingeswar He welcomed the project in the drought situations of He has supported the project by Surpanch, Racharla Rajanna Sircilla dist and hoped for early completion and stating about the benefits. Boppapur environmental clearances form the authorities. All borewells are dried up in the area. 54. Sri KrishnaReddy, MPTC, He welcomed and supported the project proposed at He has supported the project. Yellareddypet Medigadda, Annaram , Sundilla and its benefits to the area of Rajanna Sircilla dist. 55. Sri Kamalakar Reddy, He stated that drought situation are prevailing in the area He has supported the project. Ghambiraopet and forest cover is degraded. Hence he supported for the project for revival of environment in this area by supplying water from the proposed project 56. Sri Ch. Srinivas Rao, He welcomed and supported the project for bringing He has supported the project. Gudem water from Godavari to mid manair in Rajanna Sircilla dist. He requested the District Collector to send positive report to the Ministry(MOEF&CC) for approving the project 57. Sri V,Chandraiah Goud, He welcomed and supported the proposed project He has supported the project. Rudrangi 58. Sri A.Ramulu, CPI Diat He welcomed and supported the proposed project and He has supported the project by president, Yellareddypet requested for early compensation payments for the stating about the benefits. acquired lands in the project 59. Sri Ghousuddin, Kothapalli He welcomed the project and stated no negative impacts He has supported the project. on environment. This project will boost the economy in the this area and shall improve all sectors of villagers 60. Sri D.Raja, Rajanna sircilla He welcomed the project and informed that he is from He has supported the project. Dist power loom industry. Water is essential for the farming thereby the power loom sector will be benefitted. No negative impacts on the environment from the project

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S.No . Name of Proposer & Village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/Action Plan from I&CAD 61. Sri Satish Chander Rao, HM He welcomed the project and reminded the land He has supported the project. retired Pothugal acquisition; submergence issued in the earlier projects of Menarche thanked the Govt for the project, which will improve the economic conditions in the region. He requested the villagers to support the project. 62. Sri Budugu. Praveen He welcomed the project and informed that this region is He has supported the project. Rajanna sircilla Dist upland in nature hence no industrial projects arrived. He mentioned that Water is used for Agriculture purpose 78% and for industries 17%. 63. Sri G.Srinivas, Mucherla He welcomed the project and requested the authorities He has supported the project by to provide canal from Mucherla to Cheekodu Village to stating about the benefits. support farming in their area. 64. Sri G.Mallaiah, 4th Ward He welcomed the project and thanked the Chief Minister He has supported the project. member, Narmala of Telangana and Govt of Telangana for constructing the project. 65. Sri Narayan Reddy, He welcomed the project and informed that stated the He has supported the project. Thimmapoor importance of water in the drought prone area 66. Sri Ch LaxmaRddy, He welcomed and supported the proposed project and Compensation will be paid based Yellareddypet requested for early compensation payments for the on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ acquired lands in the project. State R&R rules. 67. Sri D.LingaRao, He welcomed the project and proposed for to plant trees Planting of trees is done as per Lingannapet to compensate the lost trees in the project at a ration of the compensatory aforestation. 1:2 and requested for local employment in the project. The employment to the local people is also anticipated from this project. 68. Sri J.Devaiah, Lingannapet He welcomed and informed that canal is under progress He has supported the project. from Timmapur-Rajannapet. He supported the project 69. Sri T.Prabhakar Rao, Up - He welcomed and informed that he has requested hi He has supported the project. Surpanch, Gudur villagers to stop borewells in Mustabad area as this project is near completion. 70. Sri M.Raju, Nagampet He welcomed and informed that their villagers are drilling He has supported the project. bore wells and destroying tanks and requested the Dist collector to look into the issue. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Siddipet District

S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 1. Sri. Farooq Hussain, MLC He informed that though he is not a farmer but always He has supported the project. thinks about the farmers by moving around the fields in the villages. He expressed that the Kaleshwaram Project is required 100% in present scenario as it provides water to irrigation requirements. He requested the public to raise their hands in support of the project. He stated that the bore well or open well will provide the hard water with which the yield will not be 100% where as the water from projects can give canal waters which will provide 100% yield. He expressed his deep thanks to all responsible for this project. 2. Sri. Satish Kumar, MLA, He informed that this project is a friendly project in He has supported the project. Husnabad which there will not be any pollution, it only helps farmers. It can provide water to the half of the total farmers of the state. Hence, we all should welcome this project with whole heart. 3. Sri Narasa Reddy, Wargal He informed that Siddipet district is a backward district He has supported the project. (V), Gajwel(M) in which so many farmers have committed suicides due scarcity of water for the cultivation. Kaleshwaram project is project with which all good can happen. He informed that for industrial development roads, Electricity, Water supply is required for which the Kaleshwaram project will bring water. By industrialization educated persons will get employment opportunities and help in the development of the area. Hence, everyone must support the project. Nobody should object.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 4. Sri Srihari Rao, President He stated that it is a project which is a direct solution to He has supported the project. Raithu Sangam the problems of a farmer. The farmer who always struggles in Siddipet district due to scarcity of water supply for cultivation purpose, it can provide all the requirements of a farmer. He informed that natural sanctuaries, forests, Archaeological structures, Biodiversity parks are not going to affect temporarily or permanently. He welcomed the project. 5. Sri M. Gangavva, She informed that many bore wells were drilled by the He has supported the project. Palamakula (V), farmers in the village but there not working effectively Nanganooru(M) and they are becoming dry. Hence, this project is required not only for cultivation but also for making everyone to stand on their own financially. She welcomed the project. 6. Sri Srinivasa Goud, He informed that there is no water in their village even He has supported the project. Godugupally(V), after drilling the borewells up to 400 to 500 feet depth. Doulthabad(M) Hence, he requested everyone to co-operate in getting the water through project. 7. Sri Devi Ravinder, He informed that the people of Telangana fought for • Ground water levels in the area Lakdaram(V), water, funds and employment. He informed that the will be increased. Kondapaka(M) entire district is struggling for water, said that it is the • It increases the agricultural time to get good water for agriculture. Also stated that productivity. the project will increase the agriculture percentage in • He has supported the project. the state lead into welfare of every community of the society, including farmers. He Expressed that the backward people will benefit a lot with this project. 8. Sri. Chandramoulisham He informed that the living standards of Siddipet district He has supported the project. people will improve by constructing this project. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 9. Sri B. Shanker, He thanked for conducting public hearing by which • Compensation will be given as Lingupally(V), Mirdoddi(M) people can express their problems. He informed that per the LARR act 2013 or State earlier this project was named as Dr. Baba Saheb R&R rules. Ambedkar Pranahitha Chevella project but it was renamed as Kaleshwaram project. He requested to keep the earlier name only. He further informed that about 3000 acres of forest land is getting submerged in this project and requested to develop alternate forest land. He requested the government to include action proposed to be taken to protect the Sound pollution, air and water pollution in Mallanna sagar reservoir which is big reservoir having a capacity of 50TMC. He informed that government is giving compensation to the land losers but the agriculture labour was not provided any relief and hence he demanded that every dalith, tribes should also be given compensation. As per 2011 Act dalith should be given 1 acre land and tribes should be given 2 acres of land. Finally he demanded for land to land to every farmer who is losing the agricultural land due to this Kaleshwaram project in the ayacut area. 10. Sri . N. Arjun Goud, He Stated that due to the commissioning of this kind of He has supported the project. Baswapur, Mulugu project all the villages including small hamlets will become green. To increase the life of a farmer this kind of projects will help. Hence the Kaleshwaram Project should come to eliminate the struggles of a farmer, which gives full fledge happiness to a farmer. Hence this project should come

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 11. Sri . Chandra Mouli, CE He stated that water is soul to the land without which • It was replied that the seismic Retd. there will not be any life. Huge quantities of water are studies indicate that there is no required for agriculture. Due to the establishment of chance of earth quake as the this project the Siddipet farmers can get upto 50 TMC proposed project site falls water. The rain water which was getting wasted will be under Zone –III. utilized. By using the water in a effective way the • He has supported the Telangana can become Konaseema in cultivation. project. Even there will be so much of benefit to the environment, Kaleshwaram project is a life line to Telangana District. He also said that there will not be any earth quakes as required seismic studies have been done in that regard. There were no earth quakes due to the construction of dams like Nagarjunasagar, Srisailam and SRSP which are having huge capacities and compared to the Mallanna sagar. Hence everything is good with this project, let us complete the same. 12. Sri . Ranga Chary, He expressed that to change the life style of public this There will not be any major Journalist kind of project constructions are mandatory. He said environmental impact. that he is a journalist since 25 years observed and made documents on real stories that so many farmers have committed suicides due to scarcity of water. Also helped so many farmers in economical way. This kind of projects should come to have irrigation facilities. The farmers, even the public welfare will be possible with this. The professions and small sector business problems will be eliminated and there will be drastic change in the life’s of general public. Some persons believe that there will be environmental issues due to the irrigation projects. But, no environmental issues were observed due to the existing projects. Any small disturbances shall be resolved and shall work together to welcome this type of projects.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 13. Sri. Pathuri Vijaya, She stated that the Kaleshwaram project is equally Water levels in the area will be Ramancha(V), important as Telangana; to get required water to increased due to the project. Chinnakodur(M) agricultural purpose the project establishment is mandatory. She also informed that they have 3 acres of agriculture land in which they have drilled 4 to 5 bore wells and found no water. Due to which they sold out 2 acres agriculture land. She requested to complete the project at the earliest so that they will get water and do irrigation in remaining 1 acre. She also stated that no farmer will be selling his farm in future due to scarcity of water as this project has ability to fulfill all the requirements of the farmers. 14. Sri. Nimma Malla Reddy, He expressed that it is a project which is proposed He has supported the project. Koinpally(V), keeping the Telangana State Public Welfare in mind. Nanganoor(M) By this project agriculture lands will have irrigation facilities and ground water levels also will increase which in turn helps farmers. Government is struggling for the welfare of public by providing this kind of necessities, hence nobody should object this kind of projects infact every one should support them. 15. Sri. K. Srinivas , Mothe(V), He informed that this project can supply all the He has supported the project. Mirdoddi(M) requirements of farmers as ground water in Siddipet District as already got dried and it is only the way to provide the water needs, it can give light in the lives of farmers. 16. Sri. C. Vijay Reddy, Due to the construction of Kaleshwaram Project 910 Compensation will be given as Sarpanch, Thukkapur(V), Acres to 1390 Acres of fertile land is getting submerged per the LARR act 2013 or State Thoguta(M) in Tukkapur Gram Panchayat area. It is brought to the R&R rules. notice that Thukkapur and Yellareddypet grampanchayats was paid with lesser compensation and requested kindly give compensation similar to the other areas. He requested to look after their needs as promised and they definitely support for the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 17. Sri. M. Hanumanth Reddy, He expressed that the construction of Kaleshwaram Water levels in the area will be Irkod(V), Siddipet(M) project will resolve the drought conditions of Northern increased due to the project and Telangana farmers, Ranganayaki Reservoir can welcomed the speaker for the become a boon to the Siddipet Public by providing support. regular water supply. Industrialization is also takes place. 18. Sri. A. Rangareddy, He expressed that he belongs to submerged village, • Compensation will be given as Vemulaghat(V), Thoguta(M) hence requested for opportunity to submerged villagers per the LARR act 2013 or by providing correct compensation. He also expressed STATE R&R RULES and this that they are not against to the project, not saying no to issue is under the purview of the project but requested to calculate the compensation District collector. as per the provisions provided in the Government Act. • As per F.No.22-76/2014 IA-III Hence he requested the Ministers and District Collector full land acqucition is not apre – to give a thought that the public hearing is prior to the requicite for EC. land acquisition or land acquisition is prior to public hearing. He also stated that they are still aqua life in their canal in their village, hence how to leave it. 19. Sri. Ramachandra He expressed that there are no rains though it is rainy Due to the project the ground Rao,sarpanch season hence unable to get good cultivation. He water levels will be increased Boppapur(V), Dubbak (M) informed that, he has drilled about 20 bore wells in his which in turn increase the agricultural lands, but all bore wells failed. He further greenery around the project. informed that every community living standards will increase by having this project. He also stated that by establishing this kind of projects the above mentioned problems cannot be raised, Environmental quality will increase; moreover the green fields will grow. 20. Sri. N. Nagaraju, He welcomed the project and requested the He has supported the project. Rangampet(V), Gajwel(M) Government to give correct compensation by providing the economical support to all submerged villages. 21. Sri. B. Srinu, Bhompally(V), He expressed that this project can eliminate all the He has supported the project. Mirdoddi(M) problems of farmers hence Mallanna Sagar Project should come

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 22. Sri. M. Shankar, He expressed that there will be environmental Water levels in the area will be Ananthasagar(V), improvement due to this kind of projects. The farmers increased due to the project Chinnakodur(M) are crying due to drying of their fields as there is no water, hence this type of projects should come. He expressed thanks to those farmers who has lost their lands, he assured that he government will resolve their problems. He also expressed his hole hearted thanks to all the responsible. 23. Sr i. Srinivas Reddy, He expressed that he belongs to a submerging village. Forest –Stage I Clearance are Vemulaghat(V), Thoguta(M) He informed that with great difficult he came to the placed in the EIA report. public hearing. The police are asking name and other details before allowing to the venue. Some of the Due ot security reasons they were villages were taken to begumpet, police station which is asked the villagers name. not correct. Already there is a lake with 1 TMC capacity which can irrigate 1500 acres of agriculture land. About The final EIA report is updated 1800 acres of forest land which is also has rare with all the queries. medicinal plants and it was know that still forest clearance was not obtained. There is also NGT case in this regard and requested to give information in this regard. Only 10 Pages of executive summery was placed in their village Grampanchayat Office, draft EIA report was not made available in their Grampachayat Office. No Gramasabha was conducted in their village in this regard. The report submitted by the EPTRI is suppose to have three seasons data but the report was prepared without any such information. Land is submerged Expressed that their village people have not received any information of this project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 24. Sri. Chandra Shekhar He informed that Telangana state agitation was done • Ground water levels in the area Reddy ,Yetigadda for water, But now lands for taken for the same. In will be increased. kistapur(V), Thoguta(M) Mallanna sagar reservoir area about 10,000 to 12,000 • The water in lakes and tanks acres of land acquisition was done as per the 123 GO. will be available and which in They have left the village one year back but no turn increase the fish government official came to them to discuss with them production. about R&R package. He further informed that as they • It increases the agricultural belong to submerged villages it is responsibility productivity. government and others to take care of them. Many • This also increases the leaders approached them and many promises were employment for the fishermen given but till date no government benefits were given to in the region. them. There are about 10 to 15 lakes in their village and the government has not done seeding due to which the fisherman have lost their livelihood are getting effected hence Government should take care of all the effecting people. He requested the officials to present their issues before the government. 25. Sri. M. Mahipal Reddy, He expressed that their village people have not • Press notification was given in Yerravalli (V), Kondapak(M) received any information of this project; they have done Namaste Telangana (Telugu) Tom Tom yesterday only due to which they have lost and The Deccan Chronicle opportunity to express their views. He also expressed (English) news papers on 24th that no Sesimic study analysis have been carried out in July 2017. their village. It came to know that sesmic studies are • Seismic studies that were under progress and if any lineament is found will the carried out indicate that there is project location get changed and fresh land acquisition no chance of earth quake as will be made. He stated that the Public hearing should the proposed project site falls be done before acquisition of land, after conducting under Zone –III. sesmic analysis and permissions. He requested the • All the issues raised by the officials to present their issues before the government. speaker were noted.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 26. Smt. C. Shankaravva, She expressed that she belongs to Chinnagundlavalli; He has supported the project. Chinnagundavalli(V), there are many suicides of farmers noted in their village Siddipet(M) due to scarcity of water for agricultural purpose. Hence she requested every one saying that this kind of suicides should be eliminated by welcoming the Kaleshwaram Project. By having canals small farmers will be benefited. She welcomed the project. 27. Sri. Mahaknali Laxman, He expressed that due to scarcity of water he has Water levels in the area will be Kishtapur (V), incurred Rs. 6.0 Lakhs for bore well drilling for a land increased due to the project and Chinnakodur(M) costing Rs. 75,000/- only. The fields are getting dried welcomed the support of the up due to shortage of water. Also stated that this kind speaker. of projects can only help the above situation by providing timely requirements of water to the agricultural fields. 28. Sri. V. Narsimha Reddy, He expressed that they all belong to Rythu families, • It was clarified that this is an Vemulaghat(V), Thoguta(M) also stated that there were no Grama Sabha happened environmental public hearing at their village. To get this kind of project there should and no gram sabha will be be proper compensation to the submerged villages. He conducted. also expressed that they are getting land loss due to • Compensation will be given as this project hence requested to consider their per the LARR act 2013 or problems. STATE R&R RULES. 29. Sri. B. Rangareddy, He informed that in drought prone mandals of The groundwater will be Mundrai(V), Nanganoor(M) Karimnagar, Warangal & Medak are formed into new recharged due to the project and Siddipet District. The present Siddipet district is not benefit the livelihood to the having reservoirs of one TMC capacity. The present farmers. government proposed to develop four reservoirs. The farmers are losing everything in their lives. This project will bring light in the farmers livelihood.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 30. Sri. P. Srihari Yadav, He informed that civilization was developed along the He has supported the project. Kasthuripally(V), banks of rivers. The culture of the area and quality of Chinnakodur(M) environment will improve where ever there is water flow. He expressed that he is a shepherd, shepherds have to survive a complete day with a single bottle (1 Ltr) of water due to which they will face health problems. He thanked the land loosers. Hence we know the significance of water, hence this project should come, water should come. Hence the project has to be completed at earliest. 31. Smt. A. Balamani, She has expressed her heartful thanks to all There will not be any major Sarpanch, responsible for this project, the project with which all environmental impact. Appannapally(V),Dubbak(M the problems of a farmer can be eliminated, help the ) submerged villagers, cannot cause harm to the environment. Hence this project should be completed successfully. 32. Sri. Ashok He informed that he belongs to submergence village • It was clarified that the and requested government to provide pakka houses, compensation will be given as employment and resolve our problems. He informed per the LARR act 2013 or State that already the villages having lakes, bore wells and R&R rules. good cultivation if project comes they will lose entire lakes, bore wells and cultivation and they will loose their livelihood. He informed they are not against the project 33. Sri. E. Thirupathi, He expressed that they are the submerged village Compensation will be given as Rampur(V), Thoguta(M) people; they are losing their agricultural lands, hence per the LARR act 2013 or State demanded for more compensation, also demanded for R&R rules. a job to every house of their village.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 34. Sri. O. Prathap Reddy, He informed that telangana state has been achieved • Compensation will be given as Boorgupally(V), Gajwel(M) on the foreground of water, funds and employment. He per the LARR act 2013 or State further informed that neither the public representatives R&R rules. nor government officials visited submergence villages. He informed that the creation of 17 lakh acres of ayacut shall be appreciated but at the same time of 17,000 acres of land is getting submerged. He expressed that the government shall take care of the submergence villages when large number of villages are getting benefited. He questioned that what is the necessity of changing the name of Pranahitha – Chevilla project to Kaleshwaram Project? He also stated that it is always responsibility of Government to protect the life of all 5,000 families. Also said that there is huge forest land getting affected, hence everyone should struggle to protect the same. At the same time he informed that he is not against the project. He informed that the land cost is about 30 lakhs, where as compensation paid is only 6 lakhs. 35. Sri. Dhamodhar Reddy, He expressed that there will not be any lost to • The water levels in the area will TREA environment due to Kaleshwaram Project, infact the be increased due to the project. environment will get improved by improvement the • It increases the agricultural ground water levels and greenery area will increase in productivity and greenery in the huge quantities. He advised the farmers not to close region the existing bore wells / open wells which are dried up and informed that the same will get recharged with water after the completion of the project. 36. Sri. G. Yadagiri, He expressed that farmer suicides are due to the water He has supported the project. Raghavapur(V) problem. By constructing this project farmers will be benefited. The land loosers and beneficiaries of this project should resolve their issues. This project will benefit to lakhs of people. He welcomed the project and requested to complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 37. Smt. V. Laxmi, She informed that as we together fought for Telangana He has supported the project. Rangaraopet(V) state on similar lines we should also fight for achieving this project. Many of the small farmers are getting migrated due to drought conditions. All these small farmers will be benefited by this irrigation project and our state will become Bangaru Telangana 38. Sri. G. Laxma Reddy, He expressed that this project is beneficial to everyone He has supported the project. Duppadpally(V) as it is directly related to a farmer, field and cultivation. Hence it has to be supported by every one for welfare of entire society. 39. Sri. Parshuramulu, He expressed that this project should come, more Compensation will be given as Mirdoddi(V&M) : industries will come to the District, and they will provide per the LARR act 2013 or State jobs to local people. He also stated that the submerged R&R rules.. villagers shall be done justice by giving good compensation by the Govt. He welcomed the project. 40. Sri. Sathi Reddy, Rtd. SE He assured that there will be 100% benefit to the Assured that the water levels in environment, and ground water table will increase, the area will be increased due to animals, birds farmers will be benefitted. By using the project. ground water for drinking purpose there is possibility of getting fluorosis. He requested that all the farmers should welcome the project. 41. Sri. Satyanand, Rtd. CE He expressed that there will be benefit to 20.0 Lakhs Compensation will be given as acres of land will be developed for agriculture purpose per the LARR act 2013 or State due to this project, of which 5 lakh acres area will be R&R rules. horticulture development which is also environment friendly. it is a project with which there will be all the benefits to the agricultural fields expect loss to the land loosers. It is also mandatory to compensate land losing people these villagers shall be kept in mind and Govt benefits shall be provided to them.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 42. Sri. C. Srinivas Reddy, He expressed that he belongs to a submerged village, Compensation will be given as Thukkapur(V), Thoguta(M): police people are arresting the people coming for public per the LARR act 2013 or State hearing from their village. Also stated that how the R&R rules. public hearing can be taken up when there is still case is pending in NGT Court regarding the same project. He also said that the project construction is started without obtaining environment permissions like EC, forest clearance which is not correct. He finally expressed that the village people are trying to get suicide due to land losses. 43. Sri. Rajaiah, He expressed to that he belongs to Goudas Compensation will be given as Peddapur(V),Chinnakodur( community, they have not received any compensation per the LARR act 2013 or State M) for the loss of 4 acres of land hence requested for the R&R rules. required compensation no official is considering their request 44. Sri. P. Ramulu, Ex He expressed that the environment will not get any It was clarified that the Sarpanch, Mittapally(V), harm due to this project infact all the aspects of environment will not be affected Chinnakodur(M) environment will get improve by the continuous and there will be continuous provision of water. improvement 45. Sri.S.Ramlingareddy, MLA He informed that by Mallanasagar reservoir shall be Compensation will be given as Dubbak,,Sri.S.Ramlingared constructed and the area shall flourish with agriculture per the LARR act 2013 or State dy, MLA Dubbak,Siddipet crops. He requested the public present in the meeting R&R rules. to raise the hands that are in favour of the project. The collector requested the speaker to confine to the environmental issues only. Sri. Ramalingareddy informed that there will not be any pollution due to the project and further the land cattle, birds, trees and the entire environment will improve by this project. He requested the govt shall looking to the problems faced by the land loosers and help them in all aspects.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 46. Sri.S.Kanakaiah,Gundared He welcomed the project. Informed that there are large Compensation will be given as dypally, Siddipet number of agriculture labour in our villages who have per the LARR act 2013 or State migrated to other places will return to their village. He R&R rules. also opined that there will be no effect to the environment and by having water trees will grow more. By loosing one acre of land for project by which hundreds of acres of land will have irrigation facility by which economy will improve? He further requested others also to welcome the project 47. Sri.Venkatesham,Venkatra He welcomed the project. He informed that there will Welcomed the speaker for the opet,Siddipet be not any environment damage by this project and support and assured that the opined that the relation between the environment and project will be completed very this project is like a relation between like mother and soon. children. The environment will improve by this project. The land loosers in the project shall be kept in mind. The government shall complete the project at the earliest. 48. Sri.B.Lingam,Thimmayapa He informed that he is having five acres of land in his Welcomed the speaker for the lli,Siddipet village, due to scarcity of water there is no cultivation support by giving the land and in entire land. In this project I am loosing two acres of assured that the ground water land for canal construction and I am the first person to levels will be increased. sign to give the land. Now, I am leading my livelihood by driving auto rikshaw. Once project comes I will do agriculture, I am eagerly waiting for early completion of the project

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 49. Sri.Mallesham He informed that in siddipet we are not having canals, • Assured that the water levels in Goud,Chowdaram,Siddipe tanks and we have fought for separate Telangana the area will be increased t state for water, funds, employment. Due to scarcity of which in turn increase the water trees are not growing and caste based greenery. professions are also not developing. Many trees are • They have supported the dying due to the shortage of the water. This project project will resolve the water problems faced by the farmers. The environment and greenery will improve by this project water. I am sure that, chief minister of the state will definitely resolve the problems faced by the land loosers in the project 50. Sri.A.Ravinder Reddy, He informed that earlier Nizam rulars have developed • Ground water levels in the area Ex.MPP,Raithu sangam tanks in the form of chain to have water for irrigation. will be increased. He expressed his displeasure on earlier governments • It increases the agricultural and informed that the earlier government neglected productivity. canals, lakes, water tanks. In 1960 there were about • The water in lakes and tanks 18 lakh acres of land was under cultivation in the will be available and which in catchment of water tank. The earlier governments has turn increase the fish not given agriculture facility to even 4 lakh acres of production. land in 2014 the earlier Due to which irrigation and farmers faced lot of problems. Some of them are trying to stop the project by way of creating hurdles to the project. He opined that there will not be any problem to the environment. He stated that about 80,000 families will be benefitted by the way of food, fish, fruits etc due to this project. He further informed that the government will take care the land loosers and he expressed that everybody should thank to land loosers

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 51. Sri.N.Bhagavan He informed that water is elixir of life. From past Assured that increase in green Reddy,Telangana Vikasa decades there was huge damage was occurred to the vegetation and decrease in Samithi,Siddipet environment due to lack of sufficient rain falls and suicides due to increase in water facility the drought conditions, suicides, hunger groundwater levels in the region deaths were prevailing and the animal and birds also and welcomed the speaker for the got effected environment. By constructing this project support. environment sustainability will be brought and he suggested that to construct this project by taking all precaution measures to avoid environment damage and he requested the public to welcome the project and he expressed his gratitude to the land loosers 52. Sri.K.Prabhaka r Reddy, He informed that we fought for separate state of Assured that there will not be any M.P,Medak telangana for water for well being of public. He environment pollution due to the informed that there will be no any advers effect to the present project and welcomed the environment. He stated that there are reports on speaker for the support. environmental damage due to industries, coal projects etc but there are no reports on environmental damage due to water projects. From Godavari river about 275 Kms area will be developed by the way of animals, birds, trees. The ground water will also be recharged due to this project. The water tanks, kuntas and borewells located away from this project also get water from the project. This project is a dream of crores of people. The land loosers are also taken care by the government. It is a such a reputed project by the government and which is leading with higher speed in asia. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 53. Sri.Bhoom Reddy,Siddipet He informed that by this project declined species and Assured that green vegetation will environment will get developed. The proposing be improved due to increase in mallanna sagar project area is near to forest land groundwater levels in the region area. The Agriculture was carried out depending on and welcomed the speaker for the ground water only due to which the entire ground support. water was exhausted. The villages and urban areas and also and about 40 Kms area located in between kondapaka and yellareddypeta got affected due to depletion of ground water. If the water projects developed based on bachawath programme the balance in the environment was maintained. By constructing this project different species of animals, birds will be developed and ground water will be recharged. Upto 400 to 500 Kms area will be recharged due to canals and taking water from this project is right to all siddipet people. About 2000 TMC of water from river Godavari is joining into sea. If the project is constructed 400 to 500 TMS of water will be utilized for irrigation and drinking purpose. The environment will also improve with this project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 54. Sri.G. Election reddy, He informed that, the earlier government have spent Assured that green vegetation will Ramayampally about Rs.6000 crores in canal construction which has be improved due to increase in gone in vain as the canals are still dry without the groundwater levels in the region water. He opined that though some of the villages will and welcomed the speaker for the submerged, but crores of people will be benefited. support. There will not be any harm to the environment, moreover, the project can benefit the environment with good availability of water. The government will look after the villages which got submerged. He thanked the government for constructing this project, the siddipet shall developed like konasema. He informed that earlier the public present here welcomed the project by raising their hands. He further requested that we should welcome development in the form of project and at any cost the project shall be constructed.

55. Sri.P.Balaiah,Telangana He informed that the Telangana people fought for Assured that green vegetation will Rachaithala Sangam, water in the Telangana State and now this project will be improved due to increase in Husnabad bring water. We as a poets, writers will refelect the groundwater levels in the region society in our writings. There will be environmental and welcomed the speaker for the sustainable, bio diversity will improve by constructing support. this project. We all are welcome the project

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 56. Sri.P.Narayana,Thimmaipll He informed that he is having 6 Acres of agricultural • There will not be any i, Naganoor (M) land out of which 4 acres of land was given for this environment pollution and more project. He also informed that the Government has over groundwater levels will be paid compensation to him and he is very happy increased due to the present thinking that I will get water to my agricultural land. project. Earlier, no crop is to be developed due to drought • The water in lakes and tanks conditions in 6 acres now I can do agricultural in my will be available and which in balance 2 Acres of agricultural land. He further turn increase the fish informed that if water comes into tanks, kuntas fishes production. will developed and fisherman will get benefited and • It increases the agricultural about 4500 Acres of land coming under cultivation in productivity. Naganoor Mandal. There will be no damage to the • This also increases the environment due to this project and he welcomed the employment for the fishermen project. in the region. 57. Sri.Bhoopathi He informed that he is having 10 Acres of agricultural Assured that the water levels in Reddy,Mittapally,Siddipet land and he drilled many borewells in his land but all the area will be increased due to failed. He further informed that in his area about 15 the project which in turn increase farmers committed suicide due to drought condition. the agricultural productivity. And He requested to complete the project at the earliest assured that the project will be such that water come into the tanks and ground water completed at the earliest. table will increase. He informed that due to water flow in this area the climate temperature will come down there by rains will fall and the water cycle will be maintaining. They will not any pollution issues with this project and requested to complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 58. Sri .D. Srinivas, Mittapally, He informed that Telangana area is a drought area. Assured that the water levels in Siddipet By constructing this project the drought area will the area will be increased due to flourish with agricultural crops. The Telangana area is the project which in turn increase having record of highest number of farmers suicides the agricultural productivity. which will reduce by constructing this project. The farmers can do cultivation with low expenditure and can have high yield by having irrigation facilities. Not only farmers also caste based profession will also improved. After getting Telangana State the Government has taken up this project which will develop the area in all aspects. He request all the farmers to welcome this project. 59. Smt.G.DevaLaxmi, She informed that they have drilled three bores in their Assured that the project will be Dubbak, Siddipet agricultural fields but no water was found. She further completed at the earliest and informed that her husband committed suicide and she welcomed the speaker for the is having two small children. She requested to support complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 60. Sri. Mareddy Ravinder He informed that in their village about 92 acres of • Water levels in the area will Reddy, Irkode, Siddipet agricultural land will be submerged in Mallanna Sagar Reservoir. He thanked the villagers whose be increased due to the agricultural lands are getting submerged. He also project which in turn increase informed that mainly the Irkode village is getting the agricultural productivity. effected by submerging in the Reservoir and he • suggested the villagers whose agricultural lands are Welcomed the speaker for the submerged to convey their demands to the support, all the suggestions Government in proper way and settled their demands were noted and will take and requested them not to create any hurdles to the appropriate action accordingly. project. Many farmers suicides were occurred in Telangana area after coming of this project. Farmers suicides will stop by developing irrigation facility. He informed that they have convened a meeting with their villagers and decided to collect Rs. 100/- from each family from around 620 families and about Rs. 62,000/- will be disbursed to land loosers. He also informed that is loosing about 9 Acres of agricultural land in Mallanna Sagar Reservoir. He informed that water is required for environmental sustainability and this project will bring water to tanks by which birds and animals will flourish. He is not against to the land loosers and also informed that without loosing land canals will not be constructed, to get water canals are to be constructed in this, some people loose their land and lot of people will get benefitted. 61. Sri.Venkatarama He informed that irrigation facility is required for He has supported the project. reddy,Errsanpally,Siddipet control of farmer suicides. He suggested to the government that the submergence or land loosers payments shall be given in two or three instalments. He welcomed the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 62. Smt.G.Komala,Mandapally She informed that there will not be any environmental Assured that green vegetation will ,Siddipet damage by this project and further the environment be improved due to increase in will be improved. She also informed that they drilled groundwater levels in the region. five borewels in their agriculture land but all are failed. This increases the water We have check dams in our village but no water is availability in the check dams. their in the check dams. Due to financial problems farmers are committing suicides and they are not able to give proper education to their children. Animals and birds and agriculture will be developed with the availability of water only. She requested the government to construct canals at the earliest. 63. Sri.T.Anjaiah, Manjeera He welcomed the project on behalf of their He has supported the project. Rachaithala organization. He informed that for the past 30 years sangam,Nagasamudrala their organization working on farmer suicides. He inform that there will be short term problems and long term benefits with this project. This project is covering 13 districts by which half of the Telangana state will have irrigation facility. In Nagarjuna Sagar project also there was no environmental issues observed. He informed that with this project ground water table will increase, rainfall will increase. 64. Sri.T.Bal arangam,Ponnala, He informed that there will not be any environmental • Ground water levels in the area Siddipet issues due to construction of reservoirs. By diverting will be increased. water from river Godavari into ranganayak sagar, • It increases the agricultural mallanna sagar, kondapochamma sagar all the productivity. cheruvus and tanks will be filled with water by which • Due to which water in lakes fishes and trees will develop and environmental and tanks will be available and quality will improve and there will be no pollution. By which in turn increase the fish this project there will be improvement in the financial production. status of the farmers. He welcomed the project. • There will not be any environment pollution due to the present project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 65. Sri.R adha Krishna He informed that there will not be any environmental Assured that the water levels in sharma,chandrapur,Siddip issues due to this project. By this project the ground the area will be increased due to et water table will be increased due to which animals, the project which in turn increases birds and environmental quality will be improved. Due the agricultural productivity. This to depletion of ground water the farmers are reduces the suicides in the region. committing suicides. From past five years the ground water was depleted in our village the farmers committed suicides. Due to non availability of ground water the farmers drilled many borewells in their agricultural lands and found no water, ultimately they brought financial problems and credits they committing suicides. The drought area mainly the northern telangana will flourish with agriculture crops by this project. He informed that some of villages along with his native village are going to submerged in ranganayak sagar and mallanna sagar reservoirs. He expressed his thanks to land loosers and submerged villagers. He requested the government and collector siddipet to take appropriate action and provide alternate measures for leading their life smoothly

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 66. Sri.BairavaReddy,Chinnag He informed that the siddipet is considered as one of Assured that green vegetation will undavalli,Siddipet the drought area in the country. As the area Siddipet be improved due to increase in area is located in high altitude there is need to lift the groundwater levels in the region water from canals like Ranganayak sagar. The and welcomed the speaker for the present government is taking initiation and proposed support. this project. Water is essential for livelihood of human beings, animals, birds and trees. To get the water the project is to be constructed. He informed that the lakes and tanks were filled due to good rainfall and due to mission kakatiya in the past year. But due to less rainfall in this year the crop got damaged in siddipet district. To get water the project is to be constructed and he requested the public to think before creating hurdles to this project. He expressed his thanks to submerged villagers and requested them not to create any hurdles to the project. He informed that the project is essential for stopping farmers suicides, improvement in livelihood and he welcomed the project. 67. Smt.G.Narsamma,Siddipet She is informed that they have drilled four bore wells • The water levels in the area will ,Siddipet in her agricultural lands but all bore wells have failed. be increased which in turn Due to financial problems, drought conditions their increase the agricultural children migrated to Mumbai and other countries and productivity. she is facing lot of problems. She informed that earlier • This also increases the fish they were doing fishing activity but due to non productivity in the region. availability of water in lakes and tanks they could not do fishing activity since five years. She opined that to get water in the lakes and tanks Mallanna sagar project is to be constructed. She requested submerged villagers to solve their problems by mutual understanding and also she expressed her troubles face by them in getting drinking water in past days. She requested to complete the project at the earliest.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 68. Sri.Narla He informed that for the past 20 years this area is • The water levels in the area srikanth,Velkatoor,Siddipe having low rainfalls. To get better livelihood of farmers will be increased due to the t this project is required to constructed to have irrigation project which in turn increases facilities. He informed that due to increase in agricultural productivity and concentration of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide green area. in the atmosphere the oxygen levels are depleted due • This leads to increase in to which the quality of environment got decreased. To oxygen levels. get improved quality of environment water is required for which Ranganayak sagar, Mallanna sagar, Kondapochamma sagar are to be constructed. 69. Sri.B.Prabhakar He informed that he belongs to farmer community. He Assured that the water levels in Rao,Thotapalli,Siddipet strongly belived that kaleshwaram project is essential the area will be increased due to for siddipet. He further informed that there are only the project which in turn increase two rivers i.e., river Godavari and River Krishna are the agricultural productivity and only the water sources for telangana state. Due to non welcomed the speaker for the availability of water in the Almatti dam the Srisailam support. and Nagarjuna Dams are always in dry condition. He informed that the water from River Godavari are also not coming due to Babli project. There is no water in Sriramsagar project. About 20 TMC of water is coming from Ellampalli project out of which 6.5 TMC of water is going to Hyderabad as drinking water and 6.5 TMC of water is going to NTPC and remaining 6.0 TMC of water is available only. By constructing kaleshwaram project water can be diverted to existing reservoirs and proposed new reservoirs by which irrigation facility will improve.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 70. Sri.C.Devendhar Reddy, He informed that no problems with the construction of • The water levels in the area will DCCB, Kaleshwaram Project, With the project floura and be increased due to the project Chairman,,Sri.C.Devendha fauna of this area will develop and the fluoride which in turn increases the r Reddy, DCCB, problem of this area can be eliminated with the water agricultural productivity. Chairman,Siddipet and crop productivity may also increase. He said that • The water in lakes and tanks will Unfortunately, not even one acre of land was not be available and which in turn irrigated in this region with canal even after 70 years increase the fish production. of independence. He expressed his gratitude towards the people of submergence villages and asked people to bear the agony of submergence villagers. He opined that project will bring Water to farmers ,toddy tappers and fishermen by which their life standards and economic conditions may change. He said that health conditions and nutritious standards of the people will increase 71. Smt.Aruna, VC, Gajwel She informed that due to depletion of ground water Assured that the water levels in Municipal,Gajwel,Smt.Aru and less rainfall crops are damaging and rfarmers the area will be increased due to na, VC, Gajwel committing suicide in Telangana state. She opined the project which in turn increases Municipal,Siddipet that the project taken up by the government of the agricultural productivity. This telngana will bring water to fields of the farmers and reduces the suicides in the region. urged to give environmental clearance to this project 72. Sri.Laxman ,President He informed that there will be no loss to the people of • Assured that the water levels in Gangaputhra this district with this project. He said that the birds are the area will be increased due Sangam,Sri.Laxman migrating from this place to other states due to to the project which in turn ,Siddipet scarcity of water. He opined that with the project increase the water in water, employment will be created for fishermen.he lakes/ponds and increase the asked the people to not to go against the project and fish production. said that project is permanent solution to this region. • This also increases the He urged the people to consult the collector for employment of the fishermen in compensation related issues but not to stop the the region. project. • Compensation will be given as per the LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 73. Sri.Ragulasaraiah, VC, He stated that combined Medak district is Assured that the water levels in Zilla predominantly dependent on bore wells for irrigation. the area will be increased due to Parishath,,Sri.Ragulasarai He informed that it has been long time dream of the the project which in turn increase ah, VC, Zilla people for drinking and irrigation water. He requested the agricultural productivity and Parishath,Siddipet the government to give drinking and irrigation water welcomed the speaker for the through Kaleshwaram Project at the earliest. He support. thanked the people loosing their lands in the project. 74. Sri.J.Ram He stated that water is life. He informed that Assured that the water levels in reddy,Venkatraopet,Sri.J.R civilization and development begins on the banks of the area will be increased due to am reddy,Siddipet rivers. He stated that due to non availability of rivers the project which in turn increase tanks have been developed in the region. He informed the agricultural productivity and that due to failure in protecting the tanks and shortage welcomed the speaker for the in rainfall there has been effect to the environment as support. well as the farmers. Many farmers and their families have been affected due to failure of bore wells. He stated that the separate state of Telangana has been achieved for irrigation water only. Therefore the proposed Kaleshwaram Project has to be welcomed.He informed that the nizam mir osman ali khan during the year 1901 has proposed near yetigadda kishtapur. But the project could not be completed due to unavoidable circumstances.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 75. Sri.M.Pavan,Siddipet,Sri.M He stated that the four reservoirs including mallanna • Press notification was given in .Pavan,Siddipet sagar has to be constructed to provide irrigation to the Namaste Telangana (Telugu) entire northern telangana region. He stated that the and The Deccan Chronicle hearing should have been conducted near the (English) news papers on 24th submergence villages. He stated that the villagers July 2017. should have been informed 30 days before the public • It is to clarify that this is an hearing. He questioned why the public hearing is environmental Public hearing, conducted after the land acquisition for the work is but not the PH for social impact almost completed. He asked how many times the re- assessment study. engineering of kaleshwaram project has taken place. • Compensation will be given as He requested the goverment for better compensation per the LARR act 2013 or State for the submergence villages. Here the collector has R&R rules. requested the speaker to speak on environmental issues. The speaker informed that they don’t have any environmental issues regarding the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 76. Sri.M.Venugopal Reddy, He stated that there is no effect on the environment Welcomed the speaker for the Municipal due to the proposed ananthagiri reservoir, support. Assured that the water Cnclr,Siddipet,Sri.M.Venu ranganayaka sagar reservoir , mallanna sagar levels in the area will be gopal Reddy, Municipal reservoir and konda pochamma sagar reservoir. He increased due to the project which Cnclr,Siddipet informed that he is in favour of the project. He stated in turn increases the agricultural that drinking water is being supplied to the Siddipet productivity. This reduces the from 55 Kms long system which is subjected to suicides in the region. leakages and pollution. If the Ranganayaka Sagar Reservoir is constructed, clean water will be available to Siddipet. He stated that many farmers have committed suicide in the region due to non availability of irrigation water, power and loan related problems. He informed that pollution is the reason for the destruction of species. He stated that the project is proposed for the well being of the people. He stated that his father Macha Boga Reddy has expired due to electrical shock in his farm at 5 AM in the morning while starting his borewell. He stated that the state of Telanagana has been achieved for irrigation water only. He further stated that the deaths of farmers due to Suicides and Electrical Shocks can be avoided with the Project. He extended his complete support to the Kaleshwaram project. 77. Sri.K.Vikram The speaker informed that the Telangana Non- • Assured that there will not be Reddy,Siddipet,Sri.K.Vikra Gazetted Officers association extended their support any environment pollution due m Reddy,Siddipet to the Kaleshwaram project. He stated that the state to the present project and of Telangana has been achieved on the grounds of welcomed the speaker for the Water, Employment and Revenue. He stated that support. there is no harm to the environment with the Kaleshwaram Project. He stated that since Independence, there is no project constructed in Siddipet District. Only singur project was constructed but it could not serve the water to the land which is 2 Km away from the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 78. Sri.K.Venkat Reddy, He informed that there is harm to the Environment Assured that the water levels in Chairmen, Agriculture with the proposed Kaleshwaram Project since there the area will be increased due to market committee, are no harmful emissions or effluents from the project. the project which in turn increases Chinnakodur, Siddipet He informed that with the construction of the project, the agricultural productivity. This the ground water gets recharged and the farmer reduces the suicides in the region. suicides will be decreased. He stated that there is no ground water available in the region even after digging borewell upto 500 Mts. He stated that due to water forestry gets developed further there will no problem to the drinking water for the animals. He stated that to avoid the farmer’s suicides water is necessary. He urged for early completion of the project. 79. Sri.Anjaneyulu, He stated that there is 4000 acres of Agricultural land Assured that the water levels in Sarpanch,Gundavelli,Sri.A and there are families relying on agriculture in his the area will be increased due to njaneyulu, village. There is one tank in his village which can the project which in turn increase Sarpanch,Siddipet serve water to 700 acres of land. Surrounding villages the agricultural productivity and also get benefited with the tank. He informed that with welcomed the speaker for the the Kaleshwaram project, the environment will also support. get benefited. He stated that public is also the part of the environment. With the project all the forest animals will also get benefitted. He stated that they have extended their support to the scheme and the Ranaganayaka Sagar Rservoir. The speaker has thanked the people losing their lands in the scheme. 80. Sri.M.Ramlingareddy,Chitt He informed that the environment will not be effected Assured that there will not be any apur, Siddipet by this project. Without water there is no trees, birds, environment pollution due to the animals etc. By getting water trees will grow, lakes present project and welcomed the and water tanks will flourish with water there by birds speaker for the support. and animals will inhabitant there by the environment will improve. He questioned how environment will get damaged due to this project. Further informed that to get water the project has to be constructed. All of us shall welcome the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 81. Sri.M.Bal He informed that the chinnakodur mandal has the Assured that green vegetation will Reddy,Gangapur, Siddipet least rainfall in the last 10 to 15 years in the entire be improved due to increase in Medak District. Aged mango trees also have dried up groundwater levels in the region due to scarcity of water. Public have migrated to other and welcomed the speaker for the places due to non availability of water. Drinking water support. is supplied through water tankers in the summer season in the region due to scarcity of water. He appreciated the scheme of lifting the water that is going waste into the sea. He opined that Ranganayaka Sagar Reservoir is essential for the region. 82. Sr i.D.Mallaiah ,kanaipalli, He opined that animals like Monkeys, Bears and Wild Assured that the water levels in Siddipet boars are entering into the village premises due to the area will be increased due to environmental degradation. He opined that the the project and welcomed the environment can be improved with the water and for speaker for the support. that the project is essential. He informed that sheep . are dying due to scarcity of water. The sheep raisers migrated to Bombay/Dubai will come back for agriculture in the region if the project is constructed. 83. Sri. Dr.Yadava He informed that we will need water when the Assured that the water levels in reddy,Gajwel, Siddipet environment gets polluted but pollution will not occur the area will be increased due to with water. Every village in the area is experiencing the project and welcomed the drinking water problems. The ground water levels in speaker for the support. the region have depleted. Even if the water is . available at deeper levels, they are causing health problems. So to improve the health standards of the people Mallanna Sagar project is required.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 84. Sri.G.Parameshwar,Siddip He informed that the farmers in the region can Assured that there will not be any et,Siddipet develop by irrigation with the water from the project. environment pollution due to the The project will benefit the environment and will not present project and welcomed the cause any affect to the environment. He informed that speaker for the support. the project shall be taken up immediately to benefit Compensation will be given as the farmers in the region. He informed that the per the LARR act 2013 or State Government should take care of the people of the R&R rules. Submergence villages 85. Sri.Y.Somireddy,Palamaku He informed that construction of the project is Assured that there will not be any la,Siddipet compulsory for protecting the environment. He environment pollution due to the informed that check dams were constructed along the present project and welcomed the stream passing in their mandal by which the ground speaker for the support. water has been recharged. Accordingly, by construction of the project the farmers in the area will get benefitted and the suicides of the farmers will reduce. All the dry lands in the area will get irrigated. The drinking water requirement in the region will also be fulfilled with the project. He opined that the environment will not be affected by the project. 86. Sri.Yellareddy,Siddipet He informed that the projects shall be constructed. He He has supported the project. further informed that the people of their village have unanimously resolved to support the construction of the project. 87. Sri.Gopal Kishna He informed that the environment will be improved by He has supported the project. Rao,Thotapalli,Sri.Gopal the construction of the projects. He informed that with Kishna Rao,Siddipet the irrigation projects crops will be improved and the abundant oxygen will be available. He expressed his full support to the Kaleshwaram Project.

88. Sri.G.Yell areddy,Dubbak,S He informed that the environment gets improved with He has supported the project. ri.G.Yellareddy,Siddipet the water. The greenery and forestry can be improved with the water. He requested the Environment ministry for permitting the project for speedy completion of the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 89. Sri.G.Bhaskar He informed that the Environment will not be affected Assured that there will not be any ,Gajwel,Siddipet by the irrigation projects. He informed that the forests environment pollution due to the will be developed with the water. He opined that there present project shall not be any disbelief regarding the project. He thanked the people of the submergence villages. 90. Sri.Rajireddy, Siddipet He informed that he is in support of the project. He He has supported the project. opined that the relationship between the project and environment is like the relationship between mother and her child. He informed that even though he is losing his land for the canal, he is supporting the project to avoid the suicides of the farmers in the region. 91. Sri.V.Satya ,chandlapur, He said that he is in favour of the Kaleshwaram • Ground water levels in the area Siddipet project. He opined that the project will be blessing for will be increased, due to which the 1,85,000 fishermen in the region. He informed that the water in lakes and tanks fisheries can be developed with the water from the will be available and which in Project. He requested the Government to take care of turn increase the fish the people in the submergence villages. production. • This also increase the employment of the fishermen in the region. • Compensation will be given as per the LARR act 2013 or State R&R rules. 92. Sri.Bandi Ramesh, He informed that the Ground water in the region has Assured that the groundwater Siddipet depleted and the project is essential. Irrigation project levels in the area will be in this area is an age old dream of the public. He increased due to the project. requested to not to object the project. 93. Sri.Radhamanoher Reddy, He informed that the environment develops with the He has supported the project. Rajakkapet, Siddipet project water. Health will improve with the project water. 94. Sri.V.Gopal Reddy,Gajwel, He opined that environment can be protected by the He has supported the project. Siddipet project. He informed that rural development can be achieved by construction of the project. EPTRI, Hyderabad

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 95. Sri.Rajireddy,Machapur,Sri He informed that the public hearing should be Clarified that this public hearing is .Rajireddy,Siddipet conducted in the villages which are getting affected by on environment the project and not in Siddipet. He informed that public hearings on the loss of livelihood and caste based professions have to be conducted. 96. Sri.M.Mahesh He informed that he is losing his 10 acres of land He has supported the project. ,Lingareddypalli,Sri.M.Mah under Ranganayaka Sagar reservoir of the project. esh ,Siddipet But he voluntarily gave the land keeping in view the benefits of the project. He opined that the environment will be benefited by the water. He informed that the unemployment can be reduced by the establishing industries in the region. For establishing industries, facilities have to be provided. 97. Sri.V.Narayana He informed that there will not be any affect on the • Ground water levels in the area Reddy,kyasaram,Sri.V.Nar environment due to the Kaleshwaram Project. This will be increased. ayana Reddy,Siddipet project will be the lifeline for the people. He informed • It increases the agricultural that 80% of agriculture in the region is rain fed. Due to productivity. shortfall in rains, there is no development in the • The water in lakes and tanks economic conditions of the farmers. So the project will be available and which in has to be constructed. He informed that the depleted turn increase the fish ground water levels will improve with the project. production. Environmental balance can be achieved through the • This also increases the project. The project will create local employment and employment for the fishermen will benefit the fishermen in the region. He opined that in the region. the project will benefit every section of the society. 98. M.Mohan He informed that the pollution of the area can be He has supported the project by Reddy,Peddlingareddypall reduced by the Project. He informed that fauna will informing that there will be raise in y ,M.Mohan develop in the region with the project. The ground groundwater levels which in turn Reddy,Siddipet water levels in the region have depleted. He informed increase the employment that due to digging many bore wells, earthquake has opportunity. occurred in lathur region of Maharashtra. He informed that migration in the region will be reduced. He informed that he is in favour of the project.

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S.No. Name of Proposer & Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from Village I&CAD 99. Sri. He informed that polluted water is being encountered Assured that no pollution will be Rajareddy,Machapur,Sri. in the bore wells. The crops in the region are drying generated due to the proposed Rajareddy,Siddipet up due to scarcity of water. People are getting project and welcomed for the affected due to consumption of polluted water. He support. opined that irrigation projects will enhance the health standards of the people. He informed that he is in favour of the project . 100. Sri.N.Yadavreddy,Marimuc He informed that water is the lifeline for the people in Compensation will be given as hala,Sri.N.Yadavreddy, the region. he opined that the public hearing should per the LARR act 2013 or State have been conducted in the submergence villages. He R&R rules. informed that 2013 LA act should be implemented for LA in the villages. 101. Sri.L.Mallareddy,Peddaling He informed that he is in favour of constructing the He has supported the project. areddypally, project. He expressed his personal pain he faced due Sri.L.Mallareddy, to scarcity of water.

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Action plan to address the issues raised during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project – Sironcha Taluk –Maharashtra State

S.No Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan 1. Sri Satyanand Venkateshwarrao He informed that there is always negative attitude He has supported the project. Galipelly, Ex Sarpanch of spread by some vested interest in the local villagers Pochampalli village regarding the proposed Kaleshwaram Project Medigadda Barrage which is proposed by Chief Engineer, Kaleshwaram Project Irrigation & CAD dept, Govt of Telangana. This Medigadda Barrage project will increase water reservoir of this area. Hence the poor aadivasis who have to go for 4-5 km daily for bringing drinking water will get the water. Also, due to increase in water reservoir of barrage, the chances of fishing would have increase. It will help local fishermen to become self-sufficient for their livelihood. This project will be beneficial for socio- economic development of the region. He wished to complete the project as early as possible and also, he showed full support to the project. 2. Shri Rajeshwar Rao He informed that this project is not for any destruction, He has supported the project. Satyanarayan Galipelly R/O but development of the region. Due to water reservoir, Pochampalli there will be increase in fishing business. He further stated that it will help to develop the area of Barrage as tourist spot. Hence local youths will get opportunity to develop their business. He supported the Medigadda Barrage fully ad wished to complete it early. 3. Shri Rajanna Mallaiah Kothapelly He informed in Telugu language that it is good and He has supported the project. there is no loss due to this project. This barrage will definitely increase ground water table in the area. But if at all any local farmer/s losses his land, good compensation should be given to him.

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S.No Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan 4. Shri Bapu Mallanna He informed his views in Telugu language that Compensation will paid as per Ranguwar,R/O Aarada village everybody says that there is loss. But there is no the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 clarity about it and project proponent does not inform how much of land from villages will be acquired. The public consultation should have been conducted before finalizing the project. He said they are ready to give lands but requested for how much the land will be acquired and how much land will be lost of the adjoining areas due to water increase and however he also supported the project. 5. Shri Krishnamurthy Rikkula, R/O He supported the project and informed that project Compensation will paid as per Maddikunta village proponent is to give about making available the the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 information of how many villages will be affected and how much land will be affected. He further expressed the wish that the Maharashtra should take advantage of this project like its counterpart Telangana. 6. Shri Santosh Narayan Atla, R/O He expressed the support to the project and given He has supported the project. Maddikunta village opinion that the Project Affected Person (PAPs) who President of Taluka Yuwa have to give their land for this project, their children Morcha, Sironcha should be issued the certificate. 7. Shri Manatayya Mallayya, R/O He informed that since last fifty years, they are Compensation will be paid as Pentipaka village cultivating the land. They are not against the project per the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 but said that they have just spent lakhs of rupees for and the compensation for the borewell and now if land is acquired, their family will structures will also be paid. be ruined. Most of the villagers of Kortala village as there is fear of land acquisition.

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S.No Name of Proposer & village Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan 8. Shri G.Madhusudhan Chary He objected that the NOC should have to be gained Compensation will be paid as Aravelli, R/O Pentipaka by the project proponent before the construction. The per the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 project proponent does not give the information and the compensation for the regarding the DPR of this project. The information structures will also be paid. asked under Right to Information Act,2005 by him is not answered by the Planning Department of the project proponent. The project proponent has appointed its Executive Agency M/s Larsen & Toubro, who has illegally purchased the land of poor famers and after completion of the project; it will be sold to private company for development. The poor farmers will be deprived for their rights. 10. Shri Kirankumar Mohan Dekhala He stated that the local people are opposing the He has supported the project. R/O Maddikunta village project as there is no clarity regarding compensation. Hence the local farmers should be compensated as per their desire and take up the project. 11. Shri Shrinivas Sambayya Mulkala, He informed that local people are under tension as Compensation will be paid as R/O Ankisa village they have doubt as to whether they will get per the RFCTLARR Act, 2013 reasonable compensation of land or not. and the compensation for the structures will also be paid 12. Shri Harikumar (Ajaykumar) He supported the project and stated that Maharashtra He has supported the project. Venkatrao Enaganti, R/O Ankisa Government should utilize its designated water on top priority for drinking purposes. He further stated that the people whose land have been acquired are satisfied with the good compensation given by the Telangana State. He started again to express the same views which were expressed by the above persons and he fully supported the project. Since no any other issues raised by other than of the above persons, he was asked whether anymore new issues are to be raised other than the above persons, to which he said that he had no other issues, hence he did not spoke further and stopped.

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Action plan to address the Proceedings of Public Representations gathered during public hearing for Kaleshwaram Project

S.No. District Objection/thought/suggestion/note Responses/action plan from I&CAD 1. Karimnagar Total 14 representations received. There is a mixed opinion of the people • Compensation will be paid in this district which are as follows: based on the LARR act 2013 of • Enumerated benefits of the project GoI/ State R&R rules • Requested to start the implement the project as early as possible. • Public Hearing will be • Good Compensation package for the people who loose their land. conducted as per the rules • To conduct Public Hearing in the entire Telangana State. stipulated in the EIA • There is no information on EIA and project details prior to Public Notification. Hearing. • The Draft EIA Report has been • Draft EIA report is not in accordance with MoEF&CC Guidelines. placed in the TSPCB website • Construction started prior to Environmental Clearance. 30 days prior to Public Hearing • To re-conduct Public Hearing. for the public to view the report. • The Draft EIA Report was prepared in accordance with EIA Notification and MoEF&CC guidelines. • The construction works related to drinking water supply are commenced which do not require environmental clearance. 2. Nizamabad Total 51 representations received. People’s opinion are as follows: • All the construction activities • Requested to reduce submergence area with respect to canal, conveyor • Few supported the project. system, reservoir etc are • To redesign the project. designed as per the CWC • Few enumerated the benefits. guidelines. • Good compensation package to the people who loose the land. • Compensation will be paid based on the LARR act 2013 of GoI/ State R&R rules.

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3. Medchal Total 15 representations received. Most of them are in common in each • The existing tanks will be representation viz., stabilized based upon the • Requested for stabilization of existing tank “Pedddapalli cheruvu” of water flow from this project Kolthur village. through the conveyor system • People form Lakshmipur village requested for constructing a bridge and if it is feasible to stabilize. across their village pond for transport and also to stabilize the pond • Compensation will be paid with the project water. based on the LARR act 2013 of • Some people demanded to give compensation in the form of land GoI/ State R&R rules. against land. 4. Yadadri • Most of the people supported the project. • Compensation will be paid • Few have issues on the compensation to be paid to the people who based on the LARR act 2013 of will loose land. GoI/ State R&R rules. • Some requested for ground water recharge. • Ground water levels in the area • Few requested to reduce the capacities of the reservoirs proposed in will be increased. their district.(Baswapuram and Gandhamalla reservoirs)

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5. Peddapalli Total 5 representations received. People stated as follows: • Public Hearing was conducted • People from Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee opined that as per the guidelines of EIA such a huge project has a need to conduct Public Hearing even at the Notification, 2006 and the state capital “Hyderabad” as the project going to influence the venue of the Public Hearing economy of the state. was fixed accordingly. • Expressed that Draft EIA Report submitted does not contain complete • The Draft report was prepared details of the project activities. in accordance with the • The Draft Report placed in TSPCB website is not easily accessible guidelines of EIA Notification, and not available in Telugu version. 2006 of MoEF&CC. • The Draft Report is in not in accordance with the MoEF & CC • The details of the project guidelines. activities are mentioned in the • The venue of the Public Hearing is not easily approachable. EIA Report. • The paper notification has to be advertised atleast in two vernacular • The paper notification was languages. advertised in two vernacular • Environment will be highly affected by the project pertaining to land, languages. soil, water etc. • There won’t be any • There is no survey on the cultural heritage sites if any in the project environmental damage by this influenced area and no information on the same in the report. project. • There is no clear information of the field survey of the project. • Nothing has been reported • The draft EIA Report does not contain three season baseline data. about the cultural heritage sites in 10 km radius during the study. • The Final EIA Report was updated with the complete baseline data. • Field surveys were carried out as per the norms and the information was recorded and mentioned in the EIA report.

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6. Nalgonda Total 72 representations received. People stated as follows: • Compensation will be paid • People demanded for good compensation package for the land based on the LARR act 2013 of loosers. GoI/ State R&R rules. • Some people expressed that project to be implemented after giving • The existing tanks will be compensation. stabilized based upon the • People from Kolunupaka village, Alair Mandal requested to provide water flow from this project drinking water to their village and also to stabilize the ponds present in through the conveyor system their village. and if it is feasible to stabilize. 7. Sangareddy Two representations received. People stated as follows: • There won’t be any • Requested to construct canal 3 km away from Thurkapally village of environmental impact on the Narayankhed mandal so as to safeguard the Genome Valley located in Genome Valley during to canal their village. construction. • To stabilize Pedda cheruvu of their village and also small irrigation • The existing tanks will be tanks. stabilized based upon the water flow from this project through the conveyor system and if it is feasible to stabilize. 8. Jagityal Total 28 representations received. People stated as follows: • Compensation will be paid • People requesting for stabilization of existing tanks in their respective based on the LARR act 2013 of villages. GoI/ State R&R rules. • Ground recharge facilities by the project • The existing tanks will be • To provide drinking water facilities. stabilized based upon the • Compensation for all land loosers. water flow from this project through the conveyor system and if it is feasible to stabilize. • Drinking water facilities will be extended. • Ground water recharge is anticipated by this project.

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9. Medak Total 28 representations received. People stated as follows: • Compensation will be paid • Compensation to the people who loose land. based on the LARR act 2013 of • To provide drinking water to the villages which are not considered GoI/ State R&R rules. in the project. • Fish culture will be enhanced • To improve fish culture by filling the existing ponds. by this project. • To reduce submergence area. • All the construction activities with respect to canal, conveyor system, reservoir etc are designed as per the CWC guidelines. • The existing tanks will be stabilized based upon the water flow from this project through the conveyor system and if it is feasible to stabilize. 10. Jayshankar Total 67 representations received which are in common. People stated as • Compensation will be paid Bhupalapally follows: based on the LARR act 2013 of • Compensation to the people who loose land. GoI/ State R&R rules. • To provide water to the villages which are not considered in the • The water will be provided to project. the villages as per the water conveyor system designed and wherever it is feasible to provide. 11. Mancehrial Six representations received. People stated as follows: • Compensation will be paid • Positive opinion on the project by stating that economy of the state will based on the LARR act 2013 of improve by this project. GoI/ State R&R rules. • Requested for good compensation for the land loosers • To stabilize existing tanks. 12. Rajanna Only 1 representation received in this district from an association It is a positive and supportive Sircilla ‘Telangana Jagruthi”. In their representation, they enumerated all the representation. benefits of the project. They also expressed that entire Telangana State’s economy face will change once the project is implemented and the state will stand in first place in the country’s economy status.

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13. Siddipet Total 375 representations received in this district. Majority of the people • Compensation will be paid supported the project. Most of the representations contain common based on the LARR act 2013 of opinion of the people which are as follows: GoI/ State R&R rules. • To reduce the capacity of the Komaravelli Mallanna Sagar. • Drinking water facilities will be • To study seismic effects of the reservoir extended. • To reduce submergence area • Seismic studies were carried • To pay good compensation out and mentioned in the final • To redesign the project EIA Report. • To provide drinking water facilities • The project was designed as per the CWC guidelines and accordingly capacities of the reservoirs are fixed. 14. Maharashtra The People of Maharashtra from the Aipeta village have requested to pay • As per the RFCTLARR Act Rs. 20 lakhs for the land to be acquired for the project and they have also 2013, they will be compensated asked for one job for the family who are losing lands for the project. The as per the norms. Advasi people who are residing near project has requested drinking water • The project proponent has supply from Kaleswaram project as they have to go far of distance for informed that they will be getting the water. looking into this matter and also the project will help in recharge of the groundwater.

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