High Court Clears Stay on Kaleshwaram ProjectHyderabad High Court had lifted the stay imposed on the construction of Kaleshwaram Project in a relief to the Telangana Government. National Green Tribunal imposed the stay on the works as there are no environmental clearances to take up the construction in Forest lands.

Telangana government has argued that it is taking up only the drinking water component of the project which does not clearances and also stated that it will take up the irrigation component only after the clearances are obtained. High Court had lifted the stay and specifically told not to take up the construction in forest lands. It also told the government to ensure that not a single tree is axed for the project.

This Project will bring 225 TMCs of water into usage and is likely to benefit 1581 villages in Seven districts of Telangana. It will irrigate 738851 hectares in Khariff every year and 222647 acres in Rabi season. The project will cost approximately 80500 Crore according to the project DPR. Besides this, the project will involve 4067 Crore Power costs every year and another 110.82 Crore for annual maintenance costs.