Mission Kakatiya

Mission Kakatiya is a tank restoration and rejuvenation program in the state of Telangana. Tanks have been the life line of Telangana owing to the state’s geographical positioning. The people of the state are highly dependent on the tanks which are spread across all the 31 districts. The topography and rainfall pattern in Telangana have made tank irrigation an ideal type of irrigation by storing and regulating water flow for agricultural use.

The Program was inaugurated on 12 March 2015 by the Hon’ble Chief Minister Sri K. Chandrashekhar Rao in Sadashiva Nagar Village.The name ‘Mission Kakatiya’ is given in the remembrance and tribute to the Kakatiya rulers who developed a large number of the irrigation tanks.

The objective of Mission Kakatiya is to enhance the development of agriculture based income for small and marginal farmers, by accelerating the development of minor irrigation infrastructure, strengthening community based irrigation management and adopting a comprehensive programme for restoration of tanks.

The Government is planned to restore 9,306 Tanks every year (20% of total tanks) with an eventual target of restoring all 46,531 tanks in 5 years, in a phased manner to bring this gap ayauct of 10 lakh acres in to command which requires no further allocation of water and also land acquisition.

This gap ayacut of 10 lakh acres under Minor Irrigation tanks can be brought to Irrigation.

• By de-silting the tank beds to restore original water storage capacity of tanks.
• By repairing dilapidated sluices, weirs etc.,
• By strengthening the tank bunds to its original standards.
• By repairing the feeder channels to standards for getting water freely into tanks.( Part of chain of tanks)

Presently, third phase of Mission Kakatiya is going on in the state.

Beneficiary:

All Citizens

Benefits:

The initiative will improve the ground water table, reduce the power consumption by farm sector, get higher yields, spur the growth of livestock and rejuvenate rural economy on the whole.