From 50 Years Ago (10 December 2005)

plicit in a division of responsibility between FROM 50 YEARS AGO major part of the additional irrigational two states, it would be helpful to have unified facilities should be available as over 23 lakh control. This was what the States acres distributed in Andhra and Hyderabad Reorganisation Commission had also in mind. States will be irrigated by then. That the project will benefit greatly the The project has immense possibilities; the two States of Andhra and Hyderabad is not Vol VII, No 50, December 10, 1955 additional yield of foodgrains alone resulting doubted; there is however, a disturbing from it has been estimated at 1.3 million thought: the price that will have to be paid Nagarjuna Sagar tons...The power potential of the project, for it and which cannot be calculated in Project viz, 75,000 KW which will be available monetary terms. It is that the dam