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Handri-Neeva works going on at brisk pace
Handri-Neeva Works Going on at Brisk Pace. Works are going on at brisk pace at the Ananta Venkata Reddy Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanti Lift Irrigation Scheme (HNSSLIS) that is aimed at transforming the drought-stricken Rayalaseema region into cultivable land.
Anantapur: Works are going on at brisk pace at the Ananta Venkata Reddy Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanti Lift Irrigation Scheme (HNSSLIS) that is aimed at transforming the drought-stricken Rayalaseema region into cultivable land.
As the Rayalaseema region was facing severe water scarcity, the government had decided to construct the HNSSLIS project to divert 40 tmc ft of water for irrigation and drinking water purposes for the people of Kurnool, Anantapur, Chittoor and Kadapa districts. The project, if completed, would provide irrigation facility to 6.025 lakh acres and drinking water to 33 lakhs of population.
According to the design of the project, 80,000 acres in Kurnool district, 3.45 lakh acres in Anantapur district, 37,000 acres in Kadapa district and 1,400 acres of ayacut land in Chittoor district would receive water for irrigation purposes.
Under the first phase, water has been released for the last two years from Malyala in Kurnool district to Jeedipalli in Anantapur district.
The officials said that 90 per cent of the works had been already been completed in Kurnool and Anantapur districts under the first phase and water was being released from the Jeedipalli Reservoir to the Penna Ahobilam Balancing Reservoir (PABR) and Mid-Penna Reservoir (MPR) dam. Under the second phase, water has to be pumped up to a height of 86 meters using four lifts from the Jeedipalli Reservoir and also has to be sent through a stretch of 349 km through the main canal. For this, five reservoirs, three sub-canals, and three distributaries have to be constructed. Besides, 26 tmc ft of water has to be released to irrigate 4,04,500 acres of land and for drinking purposes under the second phase. Furthermore, reservoirs have to be constructed in Gollapalli, Cherlopalli and Maarala in Anantapur district and 70 per cent of the works have been completed. The Central government and the Ministry of Forests have accorded permission to dig 1.5 km stretch of canal.
Works relating to the construction of reservoirs in Srinivasapuram in Chittoor district and Adavipalli in Kadapa district were yet to be completed.
Speaking to The Hans India here on Sunday, Minister for Heavy Irrigation Devineni Umamaheshwara Rao said the State government had given permission to complete the pending works. He said the main objective of the government was to solve the drinking water problem of the people of Anantapur on a permanent basis as they were facing lot of hardships.
The Minister said drought could be totally eradicated from the district if water to the full capacity was supplied to the Peruru, Bhairavuni tippa, Yogi Vemana, PABR, Mid Pennar, Chagallu and Pendakalu reservoirs through the Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanti project.
Payyavula Praveen
