Sitammasagar project scheduled to complete by September 2022

The Telangana State government has fixed September 2022 deadline to complete construction of the proposed Sitammasagar multi-purpose project. A high-level team  visited the proposed site for the construction of the barrage at Ammagaripalli village. The ₹ 2,700-crore Sitammasagar multi-purpose project envisages construction of a barrage with a storage capacity of 36.57 tmcft and a hydel power unit of 320 MW capacity to optimally harness the surplus waters of the Godavari for both irrigation and hydel power generation purposes.