CM KCR vows to end water woes of Nalgonda dist
CM KCR said as promised by him during the Telangana movement, he had laid foundation stone for 13 LISs to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500 crore providing irrigation facility for an additional ayacut of 1.3 lakh acres.
Nalgonda: Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao on Wednesday vowed to end the water woes of Nalgonda district forever by pumping water from Paleru reservoir of Sitarama Lift Irrigation Scheme in Khammam district to Devulapally Balancing Reservoir in Nalgonda district. He said estimations have been prepared to take up the project at a cost of Rs 600 crore to pump water from Godavari River to Krishna River, which has unreliable water flow during some years.
Addressing his first ever public meeting after the lockdown at Palem village in Haliya mandal here, the Chief Minister said as promised by him during the Telangana movement, he had laid foundation stone for 13 LISs to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 2,500 crore providing irrigation facility for an additional ayacut of 1.3 lakh acres. He vowed to complete them within the next one and half years, failing which he will not seek votes in the next Assembly elections.
Chandrashekhar Rao also announced to take up construction of two more LIS at Veerlapalem and Thopucherla following a request made by the local MLAs for which orders will be issued in a couple of days. He assured to complete the Basvapuram project and supply water to Aleru and Bhongir Assembly constituencies by June this year. Upon completing the Dindi LIS, he assured to provide irrigation water for the entire erstwhile Nalgonda district.
The TRS president urged people not get misguided by the false propaganda of the Opposition parties and instead, support the party which has worked for them in the upcoming Nagarjuna Sagar bypolls. He said the Congress and the BJP leaders were speaking nonsense and demanded to know why they remained as silent spectators when the Nalgonda region was being subjected to injustice in undivided Andhra Pradesh. “They shifted the Nagarjuna Sagar project by 19 km downstream, failed to end the fluoride problem which destroyed an entire generation, and did not take up any welfare schemes for people of erstwhile Nalgonda district. They remained a mute spectators to protect their posts when the then Andhra rulers were ignoring Telangana region,” he said.
He requested people to discuss with others and analyse before casting their votes in upcoming Nagarjuna Sagar byelections. “If you think that I am not telling the truth, defeat TRS in Nagarjuna Sagar bypolls or else ensure that the Opposition parties lose their deposits. People should vote for those who work for them,” he added
On the occasion, the Chief Minister announced special funds worth Rs 186 crore for the local bodies in Nalgonda district. He appreciated the work done by the local bodies and sanctioned Rs 20 lakh each for 844 gram panchayats in Nalgonda district from the Chief Minister’s Special Fund. He also announced Rs 30 lakh each to every mandal headquarters, besides Rs 10 crore to Nalgonda Municipality, Rs 5 crore to Miryalaguda municipality and Rs 1 crore each for six other municipalities in the district.
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