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The officials undertook the survey on June 11 and so far about 84 percent of the data has been collected.

They said that they were unable to get water from Mission Bhagiratha scheme and were facing an acute drinking water crisis.

Shah said that the government launched a video conference service through Rythu Nestham programme to provide various services.

The minister further told the officials to prevent inconvenience to the public due to floods and heavy rains. She asked them to take steps to avoid human loss.

The government will ensure supply of drinking water in every village and municipality through tap connections until July-August

Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWSSB) authorities are making alternative arrangements to draw water from the project.

The Mission Bhagiratha department reassured that the State currently has an ample water supply, effectively meeting the required demand through Mission Bhagiratha.

About 4,000 pump sets are used under Mission Bhagiratha and of these, officials identified 120 that needed repairs.

In a statement BJP spokesperson NV Subhash said though the probe agencies had submitted their reports to the government, the government was neither taking action against the accused nor making the reports public.

The State government then had issued circulars strictly prohibiting use of bore water for supply to villages, the official said.

Venkatesh asked the officials to work in coordination so that drinking water was provided to every house continuously till the end of summer season.

Except a few, almost all water bodies have dried up due to the drought as well as the non-lifting of water from the Kaleshwaram lift irrigation project.

Sultania held a review meeting with Mission Bhagiratha, municipal, irrigation, revenue and panchayat raj officials along with Collector Dr. Ala.

Chloroscope (Chlorine test) kits are being supplied to each and every gram panchayat to test the quality of water before supplying it to people.

Citing the hardships being faced by farmers across the State due to lack of irrigation water and quality power supply, the BRS president said it was much more than a natural calamity, and was a man-made and government-made calamity.

Aditya told the officials to inspect the supply of water being provided to each house under Mission Bhagiratha and asked them to address the problems if any.

When the BRS was in power, Smitha Sabharwal used to monitor the supply on a daily basis. But the Congress government was not ensuring such supervision.

Demanding a compensation of Rs.25,000 per acre to the farmers, KCR, who visited and interacted with farmers in Jangaon, Suryapet and Nalgonda districts, said 200 farmers had lost their lives in just about 100 days of the Congress in power.

In particular, the tribals are depending on the water in wells, bore-wells and streams to overcome the drinking water crisis.

As many as 804 boreholes and 151 pumps were working in the urban areas and 1, 627 boreholes and 7, 199 pumps were available in the rural areas