The Hindu 14.06.2010
Water scheme to be inaugurated by July-end
Staff Reporter
Anantapur: Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy said that the Kesineni Suryapratap Reddy Drinking Water Scheme under execution for meeting the drinking water requirements of the textile town of Dharmavaram will be inaugurated by the end of July 2010.
Reviewing the progress of the drinking water scheme at the project site in Dharmavaram near here on Sunday, the Minister said that the scheme was conceived by former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to take care of the drinking water requirements of the people of Dharmavaram.
The scheme was launched and funds sanctioned during his tenure and the same is being executed to realise the dreams of Dr. Reddy to provide protected drinking water to the rural and urban people.
The project costing Rs.65 crore is progressing speedily and works are on in full swing, including laying of pipe lines, building of pump houses, water filtration plants, sumps and other engineering works. Land had been acquired and disputes relating to land resolved.
Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and Union Minister for Urban Development Jaipal Reddy would jointly launch the scheme and dedicate the same to the people of Dharmavaram.
The Union government had sanctioned 80 per cent of the total project cost while the State government is bearing the remaining 20 p.c. of the total expenditure.
The Minister said that 50 p.c. of pipeline works have been completed, out of the total 90 km pipeline being laid from the Chitravathi balancing reservoir.
Local MLA Venkatrama Reddy, Member of Parliament Anantha Venkatarama Reddy, MLC Patel Venugopal Reddy, Collector B. Janardhan Reddy, Joint Collector Anitha Ramachandran and Public Health SE Mohan were present.
