Hyderabad will have sufficient water, assures Harish

Hyderabad: To ensure adequate water supply to the Greater Hyderabad region, the State government is making the arrangements to store 20 TMC of water in Yellampalli reservoir. This was announced by the Irrigation Minister T Harish Rao here on Saturday; after a day-long review with the officials on the shifting of water from Yellampalli project to Hyderabad, re-engineering of Devadula irrigation project and the status of contract closures for Dummugudem lift irrigation project.

The minister asked the officials to fill the Yellampalli reservoir till its full reservoir level in the next season so that the water could be used for drinking water needs of Hyderabad city, power generation in NTPC Ramagundam and irrigation purpose under the Dummugudem lift irrigation project.

The minister enquired about the progress in the works of Devadula lift irrigation scheme, phase- 3 and package 2 and 3. He directed officials to prepare proposals and maps required for the re-engineering of Devadula project in a week's time in consultation with the Irrigation Advisor R Vidayasagar Rao.

The officials were also asked to prepare a report on design changes of the pump house that is being constructed to lift water from Bheem Ghanpur reservoir to Ramappa reservoir. These changes are aimed at conserving the historical Ramappa temple. The minister also discussed the progress in the closure of contracts in Dummugudem project. He agreed to pay bank commissions and security deposits to contractors for the early closures.