100 ATW plants for Kurnool

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Kurnool: One hundred All Time Water plants would be set up throughout the parliamentary constituency with the funds from MPLADS and ten litres of pure...

kotla jaya prakashKurnool: One hundred All Time Water plants would be set up throughout the parliamentary constituency with the funds from MPLADS and ten litres of pure water would be supplied to people for one rupee, Union Minister of State for Railways Kotla Jaya Suryaprakash Reddy said here on Monday.

Addressing the officials at the government guesthouse, the Union Minister instructed the officials to make sure water was supplied in all the assembly constituencies in the parliamentary constituency.A MLC Sudhakar Babu, Joint Collector Kanna Babu, Zilla Parishat CEO Suryaprakash, SE of Rural Water Scheme Ravi Babu and others were present.A The Minister suggested to the officials to fill the summer storage tanks from the two TMC water released from Hospet Dam.

Expressing concern over the depleting ground water resources up to 15 metres, the Union Minister told the officials to supply water to the villages. He instructed the RWS SE to concentrate on the villages of Aluru and Aspari mandals where the water problem was severe. "A number of villages in Adoni mandal are also facing water problem," he added.

He said that forty per cent of our share in the water from Karnataka was being stolen. He said that he would take up the matter with the chief minister.A The Union Minister also instructed the officials to arrange water tanks for the cattle at vantage points in all the villages.A He said that he would personally visit the summer storage tanks on May 14 and 15. He said that the people of Pandipadu should be supplied water on temporary basis.

ALL TIME WATER (ATW): Union Minister Kotla Jaya Suryaprakash Reddy instructed the RDOs of Kurnool and Adoni to select suitable places to set up All Time Water (ATW) facility. Under this programme, people could buy ten litres of water for one rupee, he added.A He said that ATW was successful at Gadag and the same would be repeated in the district. A The minister told the officials to extend employment guarantee programme to all irrespective of their caste or religion. During summer, irrigation tanks should be identified for de-silting work to provide work and to A prevent migration.

MLC Sudhakar Babu appealed to the Union Minister to merge the villages into Kurnool up to three kilometers from the limits of the city.A Municipal Commissioner VVS Murthy, Adoni RDO Ramsundar Reddy, Kurnool RDO Obulesu, DUAMA project director Harinadh Reddy, Transco SE Peeraiah, and others were present.A Later talking to reporters, he said that Jaganmohan Reddy was in jail because he indulged in economic offences. A He said that YSR Congress party was no rival to the Congress party. "The law is taking its own course regarding the cases against Jaganmohan Reddy," added.

Stating that the Congress would win the next general elections, the Union Minister said that the country was developing under the guidance of Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh.

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