Hyderabad, Oct. 11 -- Telangana Irrigation Minister Capt N. Uttam Kumar Reddy today directed the department to identify irrigation lands suitable for establishing solar power plants, stating that the power generated should be used to operate irrigation schemes and pumping stations.
"If we generate power within the department and use it for our own lift schemes, we can save enormous expenditure every year," Uttam said at an extensive review meeting held at the Dr B. R. Ambedkar Telangana Secretariat here.
The minister asked officials to compile a comprehensive inventory of all irrigation lands across the State by next week, categorising them as viable for solar installations, commercially monetisable, or required for future projects.
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