3032 water bodies in Telangana encroached upon: Irrigation Census
[ad_1] Hyderabad: Under the Union government’s ‘Irrigation Census’ the ministry of Jal Shakti launched the first census of water bodies which documents the size, condition, status of encroachments, use, storage capacity, status of filling up of storage etc., nationwide. 24,24,540 water bodies have been enumerated in the country, out of which 97.1% (23,55,055) are in…