Irrigation minister T Harish Rao has directed the officials to complete the on-going projects in Mahbubnagar district at the soonest and provide water to eight lakh acres by Kharif next. He reviewed the pace of land acquisition for Koil Sagar, Nettempadu, Beema and Kalwakurthy lift irrigation projects. 4000 acres of land is still to be acquired for these projects. He asked the agriculture department to caution the ryots on paddy and made it clear that water can be given for pulses during Rabi.
