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HISTORY
Telangana, situated in the central stretch of the Indian Peninsula on the Deccan Plateau, is the 29th state
of India and twelfth-largest state in the country witd an extent of 114,840 square kilometres and a
population of 35,286,757 (2011 census).
Telangana is bordered by the states of Andhra Pradesh to the south and east, Maharashtra to the north
and north-west, Karnataka to the west and Chhattisgarh to the north-east.
The city of Hyderabad is the joint capital for Telangana and the successor state of Andhra Pradesh for
the period of ten years.
Hyderabad, Warangal, Nizamabad, Karimnagar and Khammam are the major cities in the state.
The region is drained by two major rivers, with about 79% of the Godavari River catchment area and
about 69% of the Krishna River catchment area, but most of the land is arid.Telangana is also drained by
several minor rivers such as the Bhima, the Manjira and the Musi.
The annual rainfall is between 900 to 1500 mm in northern Telangana and 700 to 900 mm in southern
Telangana, from the southwest monsoons. Various soil types abound, including chalkas, red sandy soils,
dubbas, deep red loamy soils, and very deep b.c. soils that facilitate planting mangoes, oranges and
flowers
Marpally in the North. Isolated hills and hill ranges are also present in the District. The major river in the
District is Musi which rises in the Ananthagiri hill and flows to the East. Another river Kagna drains
covering number of villages in Vikarabad and Tandur areas. The major soils of the district may be
categorized into red earth comprising of loamy soil, sandy loam and sandy clay loams. The red earth
covers over 70% of area. The red and block soils comprising clay loams, clays and silty clays covers
about 20% of the area. The remaining 10% of the area is occupied by mixed soils. The district lies in the
following river basins.
Sl.No
% of area covered
Krishna
95%
Godavari
5%
Medchal
Medchal is a northern suburb of Hyderabad, India.[1] It used be a suburban village and one of the
largest mandals in Rangareddy district of Telangana, India.[2] The total population of Medchal is
35,611 according to census 2011.
History
According to locals, this is the largest lake in the mandal consisting 18 villages
including the Medchal village. Hence it is popularly known as Pedda Cheruvu. It is
said that the lake has been in existence since the Nizams Era.
Fishermen derived their wherewithal from the lake as it housed different kinds of
fish. Some forty years ago, fish rearing ponds were constructed. But they have been
abandoned since two decades. This is due to two reasons: one, the depleting level
of water in the lake; two, the inlets being blocked for the construction of the Outer
Ring Road and for other government projects.
Problems
The lake is dried up due to scarcity of rainfall. It has assumed the look of a small
kunta where water has been left to stagnate. The HMDA has adopted the lake area
under an urban forestry scheme to maintain ecological balance. Ravi, a local
fisherman, said that their community has lost livelihood as there is no water in the
lake and hence no fish.
Mission Kakatiya
Mission Kakatiya with tagline ( Mana Ooru Mana Cheruvu[2]) 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.[3] The name 'Mission Kakatiya' is given in the remembrance
and tribute to the Kakatiya rulers who developed large number of the irrigation tanks.
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 10
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.
Construction of tanks in Telangana has been an age old activity since pre Satavahana era.
During the Kakatiya era, the construction of tanks was carried out with utmost technical
expertise. Tanks such as Ramappa, Pakhala, Laknavaram, Ghanapuram, Bayyaram which
were built by Kakatiyas resemble seas and they greatly helped agriculture and overall
development and prosperity of the Kakatiya kingdom.
This vision and legacy of Kakatiyas were carried forward by Qutubshahis and Asafjahis who
ruled this region for centuries. Hundreds of big and small tanks were built in Telangana
region during their rule. Government desires to uphold the vision of Kakatiyas which
envisages revival and restoration of Minor Irrigation Sources in Telangana State.
Tank irrigation has huge bearing on generation of rural employment, poverty reduction and
agricultural growth. The sheer size of command area under tank irrigation makes it a large
center of agricultural production and provides a critical opportunity for commercial
agriculture through market linkages.
become drought prone villages. 80 % farmer suicides that occurred in AP state were from
Telangana region and millions of people from 10 Telangana districts migrated to far off
places like Mumbai, Bhivandi, Surat, Ahmedabad and Gulf countries as laborers in search of
livelihood. 16 lakh population from Mahaboobnagar district alone migrated to far off places.
Hence, exploitation of water resources has been one of the major concerns of Telangana
movement and people strongly felt that creation of a new state of Telangana, that is, state
power alone would fetch them water.
Realizing the importance of reclamation of tanks for growth in the state, the Government of
Telangana State has taken up the programme of restoring the minor irrigation sources under
the title Mission Kakatiya (Mana Ooru Mana Cheruvu). The mission aims at retrieving the lost
glory of minor irrigation in the state with community participation for ensuring sustainable
water security.
In July 2014 Irrigation Department, Govt of Telangana has carried out for the first time, the
census of Minor Irrigation sources in Telangana, which include M.I tanks constructed and
maintained by Irrigation Dept., M.I