Location Telangana, India Website Official website | Participants People of Telangana | |
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Date First Phase - 12 March 2015 (2015-03-12) to 11 July 2015 (2015-07-11) Organised by K. Chandrashekar Rao - Chief Minister,
Government of Telangana | ||
Mission Kakatiya tagline మన ఊరు మన చెరువు or Mana Ooru Mana Cheruvu is a program of restoring all the tanks and lakes in Telangana State, India. The Program was inaugurated on 12 March 2015 by chief minister Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao. The name 'Mission Kakatiya' is given in the remembrance and tribute to the Kakatiya rulers who developed large number of the irrigation tanks.
This program initiated by Chief Minister of Telangana Mr. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR). As part of this, government identified 45,000+ tanks and lakes in a special intensive survey on minor irrigation tanks. Government is planning to restore all these tanks and lake which is expected to cost Rs.2,00,000 crore over the next five years. By restoring almost all the tanks, as much as 250~270 TMC of water available for agriculture, irrigation, livestock, and drinking-water needs. This program was started in third week of December 2015.
Though de-silting and restoration of village tanks is its main activity, the flagship programme of the Telangana government encompasses livelihoods, food security, cultural, and environmental components. The mission has attracted global attraction and finds place in case studies of premier colleges of India.
Pylon
A pylon is to be established in the Warangal District with a height of 20 feet. The final plan of the Mission Kakatiya pylon has been submitted to CM.