ABOUT ICADD
Irrigation & CAD Department of Telangana State is making every effort to harness and utilize all the available water resources for the benefit of Agricultural sector, Industrial Sector and also providing drinking water for overall development.
The main objective of Irrigation Department in Telangana is to create irrigation potential in the drought prone areas, upland areas and upkeep of the existing projects to enhance the agriculture productivity per unit of water with increased water use efficiency.
All the irrigation projects are classified based on the irrigated ayacut under the projects as below:
| Sl.No | Project Classification | Ayacut |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Major Irrigation Projects | Above 25000 Acres (10,000 ha.) |
| 2 | Medium Irrigation Projects | Above 5000 Acres (2,000 ha.) & upto 25000 Acres ( 10,000 ha.) |
| 3 | Irrigation Projects | Up to 5000 Acres (2,000 ha.) |
In addition, the Department is also in charge of command area development and flood control works in the State.
For the early completion of ongoing projects and to modernize the existing Irrigation Projects in the state, financial assistance is being taken from Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), NABARD, GOI and Accelerated Irrigation benefit Programme (AIBP) assistance besides tying up with consortium of Banks for getting loan in addition to the Normal State Plan.
MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT
1. Hydrological assessment of availability of water in the river basins including water allocation to the Irrigation and other purposes
2. Planning & design of Irrigation systems.
3. Construction of new projects to create irrigation potential for economic development of the state.
4. Operation & Maintenance of the existing Projects in an efficient manner.
5. Stabilization of existing ayacut by rehabilitation of the age-old projects.
6. Modernization of age old Major & Medium Irrigation projects.
7. Improve water management and water use efficiency by integrated and coordinated efforts by all line departments.
8. Preparation and implementation of operation and maintenance plans for existing Irrigation projects.
9. Flood management.
10. Restoration and maintenance of flood banks.
11. Irrigated area assessment and assessment of water royalty charges for industrial and other utilization.
12. Presentation of data & analysis on water availability, utilization of Interstate river basins, presenting the information to the respective tribunals.
13. Exploration of new project commands.
ORGANISATION SET UP OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Government of Telangana has reorganized the existing setup of the I&CAD Department, vide G.O. Ms. No. 45, I&CAD (SER.II) Department, Dt:28.12.2020 with a view to make it a vibrant organization capable of responding quickly and effectively to the needs of the people. Further, the main aim of the Re-organization is for better and more responsive management of Irrigation Infrastructure in the State. All the Irrigation sources have been brought under one umbrella of Territorial Chief Engineers. The Ayacut for the Territorial Engineers-in-Chiefs/Chief Engineers is kept around 5 Lakh Acres to 7 Lakh Acres for effective management and control.
The cadre Strength of the department is as follows:| Sl.No | Designation | Sanctioned Strength |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engineers-in-Chief | 6 |
| 2 | Chief Engineers | 22 |
| 3 | Superintending Engineers | 57 |
| 4 | Executive Engineers | 234 |
| 5 | Deputy Executive Engineers | 892 |
| 6 | Asst. Executive Engineers & Asst. Engineers | 2796 |
| Engineering cadre Total | 4007 | |
| 7 | Circle scale Ministerial & Technical Staff | 6083 |
| Sub Total | 10,090 | |
| 8 | O & M Skilled Staff | 879 |
| Grand Total | 10,969 | |
Engineer-in-Chief (General) is the overall in-charge of the monitoring of all the Irrigation Projects in the State, Chairman of different committees, Hydrology and Investigation activities, Inter State issues on Water allocations, Commissioner of Tenders. All correspondence on Technical matters as well as with other States on water related issues, are routed to Government through Engineer-in-Chief (G) office.
Engineer-in-Chief (Administration) is the HOD and in-charge of overall administration of the Department and will look after the Service matters of all employees in the state besides acting as the Chairman, Board of Chief Engineers (BoCE), Preparation of SOR's and Contractors registration.
Engineer-in-Chief (O&M) is in-charge of overall Operation and Maintenance of all Irrigation Projects and Lift Irrigation Schemes in the state.
Major, Medium, Minor and IDC Lift Schemes are brought under one umbrella and the Territorial Engineers-in-Chief/Chief Engineers are in-charge of Operation and Maintenance of these Schemes in their respective jurisdiction. The Territorial Engineers-in-Chief/Chief Engineers function independently as the head of the departments for their respective units and budget.
Irrigation & CAD department is strengthened by the Director General, WALAMTARI duly merging the Telangana State Engineering Research Laboratory (TGERL) into WALAMTARI to take up engineering and capacity building activities.
The Central Designs Organization unit was strengthened by bringing all the Designs offices under one roof.
In order to ensure proper inspection, operation, maintenance and surveillance of the Dams in the state, Government vide G.O.Ms.No.21 I&CAD(Estt.) Dept. Dt:15.06.2022 has constituted a State Committee on Dam Safety (SCDS) and State Dam Safety Organization (SDSO) for Telangana State.
The Quality Control unit was reorganized by bringing all the Quality Control Circles and Divisions under the Administrative control of the Chief Engineer, Quality Control, Telangana and kept under the overall control of ENC (O&M and Q.C) to ensure the quality of work and to prevent sub-standard works and report to ENC (General) on the allegations of any corrupt practices/ irregularities in the execution of the works as and when entrusted.
STATE HISTORY
The state of Telangana came into existence on 2nd June 2014, 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 with 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.
Telangana has the advantage of having most of the east flowing rivers in the heart of the state bringing in copious supplies from the Western and Eastern Ghats and the Deccan Plateau up to Bay of Bengal. However most of the flows occur only in 3 to 4 months of South West monsoon i.e., June to September. The annual rainfall is between 900 to 1500 mm in northern Telangana and 700 to 900 mm.
Telangana is a riverine state with major, medium and minor rivers. Of these two are major interstate rivers i.e., 1.Godavari and 2.Krishna. Godavari and Krishna flow through the heart of the state. Total water allocated to Projects in Telangana in Krishna basin is 299 TMC and Godavari basin is 954.23 TMC. Apart from the 2 major rivers, there are other 9 Nos. of small rivers such as Bhima, Dindi, Kinnerasani, Manjeera, Manair, Penganga, Pranahita, Peddavagu and Taliperu.
Telangana has a heritage of cultivation and irrigation dating back to several centuries. In the past, ancient Kings and rulers built lakes and reservoirs by constructing bunds and anicuts across rivers for creating irrigation potential as well as drinking water for the people. Big lakes like Ramappa, Pakhal, Laknavaram and many other irrigation works of Kakatiya period have become names to remember and are serving till today. The Mir Alam Tank is the finest example in arched dam constructed across Musi River. The GhanapurAnicut across Manjira with two canals called Fathenahar and Mahabobnahar, Pocharamlake, Osmansagar, Himayatsagar, Nizamsagar Project, Mannair Project, Dindi Project, Palair Project, Wyra Project and Sarlasagar Projects are some of the magnificent contributions of the eminent Engineers of Hyderabad State under Nawab Ali Nawaz Jung Bahadur and other eminent Engineers during the Nizam's kingdom in Telangana.
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