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KCR’s fiat: Quench thirst of State by June
Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed that all the works under Mission Bhagiratha should be completed by June though the original plan was to complete the works by December.
Hyderabad: Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao has instructed that all the works under Mission Bhagiratha should be completed by June though the original plan was to complete the works by December.
- Concerned departments told to work in perfect coordination
- Assures adequate funds for the project
- District Collectors told to play proactive role
The Chief Minister who held a review meeting on Mission Bhagiratha at Pragathi Bhavan here on Tuesday said that the government had taken up this scheme as a prestigious project and told the people that it will not seek votes if it cannot provide drinking water to every household. Hence, he called upon all the lined departments to work with perfect coordination and see that project works are completed fast.
The Chief Minister emphasised on the need to have uninterrupted power supply for the programme. “For Mission Bhagiratha power supply is very essential. Expedite the works on Sub Stations, power lines etc., Power should be supplied to Intake Wells, WTPs. Make all arrangements for uninterrupted power supply to supply drinking water to every household.
He told the officials that there was no dearth of funds for the programme. Financial institutions have already pledged about Rs 30,000 crore. ''We have to speed up works at the ground level and that should be our aim,'' he said. Asking the district Collectors to play proactive role, the Chief Minister coordinated with all the departments for the pipeline works.
Get clearances from the National Highways, State Highways, Panchayat Raj roads, railway crossings, canal crossings, river/rivulet crossings. Get the forest clearances faster, he added. The officials informed the Chief Minister that of 19 Intake Wells, 11 are completed and other are at various stages of completion.
These will be completed by this March. By April all the Intake Wells will be able to pump the water, the officials informed. Of the 50 Water Treatment Plants, three are completed, 75 per cent of work is completed in another 10 Water Treatment Plants. In 11 WTP about 50 per cent of the works are done and 25 per cent works are done in another 20 WTPs and in 6 WTPs less than 25 per cent of works are done.
The officials promised that works on WTPs would be completed latest by June this year. Officials said that by March this year, 3,811 villages will get drinking water and 366 villages will be added by December 20.
