Hyderabad, March 15 -- Irrigation & Civil Supplies Minister Capt. N Uttam Kumar Reddy achieved a major victory for Telangana by convincing the Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) to recommend blocking environmental clearance (EC) for the Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Scheme (RLIS) of Andhra Pradesh.
The Telangana government has been continuously putting efforts at every level and every forum to halt RLIS, making strong representations at the National Green Tribunal (NGT), MoEF&CC, the Supreme Court, Krishna River Management Board (KRMB), and KWDT-II. Uttam Kumar Reddy has been at the forefront of this battle, personally taking up the issue with the Union Environment Ministe...