Overcoming drinking water crisis a priority: Botcha

Municipal Administration Minister Botcha Satyanarayana on Friday announced that the government would accord top priority to meeting the drinking water requirements in the ensuing summer, and funds would not be a constraint in overcoming hassles in the process. The Minister was reviewing the progress of schemes such as housing, drinking water, employment of ward volunteers, … Read more

Gundlakamma water for Ongole from September

People can expect full-scale drinking water supply from September this year as the works on the ₹123 crore comprehensive water supply scheme under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation(AMRUT-II) to replenish the storage tanks from Gundlakamma reservoir is going on at a brisk pace. The project has been designed to draw 80 million litres … Read more

‘Draw up proposals fastfor drinking water scheme’

Krishna district Collector A. Md. Imtiaz on Monday directed District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) officials to draw up proposals proposal for the ₹56.50-crore drinking water project to be taken up under the Provisions of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas (PURA) initiative as per the guidelines of the National Drinking Water Mission. In 2014, two rural … Read more

NSP water released for yasangi

As per the decision taken at the District Irrigation Advisory Board meeting, water from Nizam Sagar Project was released for yasangi cultivation on Thursday. The release would continue for a week till February 27, according to Collector C. Narayana Reddy. To cater to the needs of standing crops in Kotagiri, Bodhan and Varni mandals, 1,200 … Read more