Drought-Affected Kamareddy Gets Water

As many as 219 habitations in the drought-affected Kamareddy area have started getting drinking water, harvested from the Godavari river, from Sunday onwards.

Former minister and MLC Mohammad Ali Shabbir launched the scheme in the presence of former minister Sudarshan Reddy and Zaheerabad MP Suresh Kumar Shetkar at Mallanagutta.

The CPWS scheme to Kamareddy and other habitations in the Nizamabad district was adminstratively sanctioned under an HUDCO grant for Rs. 140 crores.

Speaking at the meeting to mark this occasion, Shabbir Ali announced that the scheme would cover 219 habitations in drought-affected Kamareddy, Machareddy, Domakonda, Bhiknoor, Sadasivnagar and Tadwai mandals, and would benefit 334,404 people.

Further, water provision has been made for the Kamareddy municipality, Dharpally, Dichpally and Gandhari mandals, the net population of which is 236,173, and the amount of clear water required is 40 LPCD.

The source for this scheme is the SRSP reservoir (with a capacity of 90 TMC) in the Balkonda mandal. The annual requirement of the scheme is 0.87 TMC.

Ali announced that as per the sanctioned estimate of Phase-I, the water is going to be lifted from the intake well to filters near Mallanagutta with all required items such as intermediate pumps, pump houses, power lines, pump sets and pipelines being provided till the work is completed.

To provide distribution lines to serve the 219 habitations, a total amount of Rs. 92.50 crores is required.

The work on the second phase has been started, and an initial amount of Rs. 20 crores has been sanctioned for the same. Rs. 20 crores have also been sanctioned for the execution of Phase-III.

The balance amount of Rs. 52.50 crores has been proposed to be used in the Phase-IV of the scheme. (INN)