Don’t divert drinking water for irrigation, Collector warns

Kurnool: District Collector Dr A Siri has directed officials to ensure that water available in Gajuladinne Project and Sunkesula Reservoir is utilised exclusively for drinking water purposes and not for irrigation under any circumstances. She instructed Revenue Divisional Officers (RDOs) to take strict action against those diverting water for agricultural purposes. Special teams should be formed to conduct regular field inspections, while public awareness should be created through village announcements, she said during a teleconference with Revenue officials on Thursday.

The Collector directed officials to complete verification and dispatch of all pending election-related forms by November 20. With around 2,400 Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in the district, each officer has only three to four forms to verify on average.

Forms received up to November 13 should be examined immediately, and the entire process should be completed within a week. She also instructed officials to clear pending Book-A Call cases without delay. Taking serious note of newspaper reports on rice distribution, Dr Siri directed RDOs and Tahsildars to inspect rice counters immediately and submit comprehensive reports within a week.

She also instructed officials to clear all 290 pending applications relating to 22-A lands through the online system by November 16.

Reviewing resurvey programme, she directed officials to complete pending works under Phases 3 and 4 and accelerate surveys in 44 villages under Phase 6, aiming to achieve 4,000 surveys per day against the current 3,400. The Collector further instructed officials to prepare a comprehensive report on house-site distribution, covering eligible beneficiaries, allotments made, pending beneficiaries, land requirements and estimated expenditure, in the prescribed format.

Joint Collector Noorul Qamar reviewed Revenue-related issues mandal-wise. DRO C Venkata Narayanamma, Kurnool RDO Sandeep Kumar, Pattikonda RDO Obulesu, Adoni RDO Aruna Devi, Tahsildars and other officials participated in the teleconference.

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