Hyderabad, July 12 -- State irrigation and food and supplies minister N Uttam Kumar held a review meeting at the Dr B R Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat on Saturday with officials of the concerned departments and oversaw development works.

He directed officials to speed up land acquisition and relief and rehabilitation (R&R) for all pending and ongoing irrigation projects in Telangana.

He asked officials to be in constant communication with district collectors and address legal, administrative as well as logistic issues for a smoother execution at every level. "Assessed project statuses, identifying factors that are causing delays. These projects must be treated as administrative priorities. We can't afford to lose more time," he said.

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