Hyderabad, Jan. 4 -- The Telangana state assembly on Friday unanimously adopted a resolution requesting the Centre to grant all permissions without further delay to Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme (PRLIS) being built on Krishna River, aimed at providing both irrigation and drinking water to the drought-prone regions of the state.

Introducing the resolution in the state assembly, chief minister A Revanth Reddy said that the project, which was initiated in 2015, failed to make any major progress due to lack of environmental and hydrological clearances from the Centre, as a result of which the project estimates and construction costs escalated sharply.

"In view of these developments, the House unanimously urged the Government of...