Stating that the check dams will be constructed in two phases, he said under phase I, construction of many checkdams had already been taken up on a war-footing under Mission Kakatiya.
A total of 157 persons recovered on Wednesday taking the cumulative Covid-19 recoveries in the State to 2,99,427 with a recovery rate of 98.24 per cent.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation continued to report the highest number of cases with 111 followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (37) and Ranga Reddy district (31).
He rebuked the Centre's claims of providing Rs 20 lakh crore under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat package for industrial promotion to overcome the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Chief Minister said the State government was taking several measures for the past six and half years which brought in a qualitative change in the water resources management.
ECI secretary Avinash Kumar stated that the Election Commission has no objection to announce the acceptance of the PRC report with respect to the Model Code of Conduct in force in the State ahead of the Nagarjuna Sagar bypolls.
Hyderabad accounted for the highest number of cases at 75, followed by Medchal Malkajgiri (32), Rangareddy (31), Jagityal (28), Sangareddy (16), Mehboobnagar and Nizamabad (14 each) and Karimnagar and Warangal Urban (12 each).
They requested Finance Minister T Harish Rao to allocate an exclusive gender Budget to improve the infrastructure facilities for women in the campus and constituent colleges of Osmania University.