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Officials told to tackle drinking water crisis in Guntur district
The Zilla Parishad general body meeting presided over by Chairperson Sheik Johny Moon here on Friday discussed drinking water crisis in the district. Members cutting across party lines asked the officials tackle the drinking water shortage in the rural areas.
Guntur: The Zilla Parishad general body meeting presided over by Chairperson Sheik Johny Moon here on Friday discussed drinking water crisis in the district. Members cutting across party lines asked the officials tackle the drinking water shortage in the rural areas.
Agriculture Minister Prattipati Pulla Rao called upon the Rural Water Supply Department engineers to evolve a centralised monitoring system at the headquarters to strive for optimum utilisation of water resources.
He promised to discuss with the Chief Minister on immediate release of water from Nagarjunasagar Reservoir to meet the drinking water requirements of people in the district. He said that arrangements will be made for release of water from Srisailam to Nagarjunasagar and from there to Prakasham Barrage for supply of water to western delta.
An action plan is being prepared by the Zilla Parishad to effectively tackle drinking water scarcity and filling the village tanks with Nagarjunasagar water apart from reviving the defunct bores. A report will be submitted to the Chief Minister for sanctioning of Rs 24 crore for the repair of borewells and other water resources. Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh would be spent for the revival of borewells.
The minister revealed that the State government will give top priority to solve water scarcity. When there is no scope for revival of water schemes, water will be transported to those villages, he said. He asked the RWS officials to draw a contingency plan to tackle acute water scarcity in the district.
Social Welfare Minister Ravela Kishore Babu assured that the government will leave no stone unturned to tackle the water problem during summer. He said that special funds would be released for water supply to SC, ST thandas and tribal hamlets. He revealed that protective drinking water would be supplied to the ST colonies.
In all, 185 RWS schemes, nine civic reservoirs and 507 drinking water tanks are in place in the district apart from separate water resources to meet the drinking water needs of livestock, according to Zilla Parishad Chairperson.
Collector Kantilal Dande said that the World Bank aided Nagarjunasagar project modernisation programme is under progress at a cost of Rs 4,444.41 crore which covers both the sides of the project areas in Telangana and AP.
The meeting also discussed arrangements for the ensuing Krishna Pushakaralu and the facilities that need to be created for the devotees. Several party MLAs, MLCs and ZPTC members highlighted the water scarcity problems in their region.
