Seventy years of drought, displacement, and broken promises — and now a Chief Minister standing in a farmer's gathering, swearing on the local goddess that water will flow through Kodangal's fields by December 2028. The Chief Minister's Office of Telangana posted on Monday, 9 November 2026, detailing Chief Minister Revanth Anumula's address at a Raitanna Atmeeya Sabha (intimate farmer's assembly) held at the Lagacharla Industrial Park in Kodangal constituency, Vikarabad district.

A ₹9,053-Crore Bet on a Long-Neglected Belt

Before the meeting began, CM Revanth performed special prayers at the Polepalli Yellamma temple and walked with farmers in a padayatra to the venue — a deliberate, symbolic act in a constituency where previous leaders arrived by convoy and left little behind. At the gathering he unveiled foundation stones for development works worth ₹9,053 crore across the Kodangal constituency, covering road connectivity from Rajendranagar through Chevella, Shadnagar, Parigi, and Kodangal, alongside a pipeline of industries that the government says will generate thousands of jobs for local youth.

The event drew Speaker G.P.K., Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, and a full cabinet bench — ministers Damodar Rajanarsimha, Tummala Nageswara Rao, D. Sridhar Babu, Jupally Krishna Rao, N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, Vivek Venkataswamy, Vakiti Srihari, and Azhar, plus PCC president B. Mahesh Goud, MPs, and large-scale farmer participation from across undivided Mahabubnagar district.

Palamuru's Four-Decade Water Wait — and What Changed

Palamuru — the region's historic name, covering today's Mahabubnagar, Nagarkurnool, Nandyal, and Wanaparthy districts — has been Telangana's most persistent symbol of agrarian distress. Chronic drought and mass outmigration defined the region for generations. The CM stated plainly that projects such as Bhima–Nettempadu–Koyilsagar, Jurala, and the Palamuru-Rangareddy lift irrigation scheme sat untouched for decades, and even after Telangana's formation in 2014, real change did not arrive. He alleged the Makthal–Narayanpet–Kodangal lift irrigation scheme was shelved for a full ten years by the previous administration.

The sharpest line of the speech was also its simplest: 'When the opportunity is here, why should we not develop?' He pledged to bring Krishna river water to Kodangal's fields by December 2028, sealing the commitment with an oath on Polepalli Yellamma — a local deity whose name carries enormous social weight in rural Telangana.

El Niño, Fine Rice, and the Prajabalam Road-Tour

The CM used the platform to manage immediate anxiety too. Citing the El Niño effect as the reason behind this season's severe rainfall deficit and water stress, he urged farmers to pivot to short-duration, dry crops (arutadi pantalu) this cycle. On the politically sensitive question of fine (sanna) rice availability, he was direct: the government holds adequate stocks; citizens should not worry even if paddy output falls this season.

Looking ahead, he announced the 'Prajabalam' state-wide outreach programme will launch after the Sankranti festival — a statewide tour to listen and respond to public grievances across all regions. The name itself, translating roughly to 'People's Strength,' signals a campaign designed as much for political momentum as governance feedback.

Governing Under Inherited Debt

Running through every part of the speech was an acknowledgement the Congress government returns to often: the state is simultaneously repaying loans accumulated by the previous BRS government and trying to fund new capital works. The CM framed this not as an excuse but as a governance challenge being tackled one problem at a time, with the stated goal of making Telangana the number-one developed state in India — a benchmark he has now restated as a formal political commitment.

Industry watchers and farmers alike will be counting the months to December 2028 — and to what flows, or doesn't, through Kodangal's fields when that deadline arrives.