Rajahmundry (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 25 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu on Wednesday met Secretary of Jal Shakti Ministry, VL Kantha Rao, who visited to examine the Polavaram mission works.
The minister said that, with the help of the central authorities, the Polavaram mission works are progressing quickly.
Along with development, aid and rehabilitation (R&R) works for displaced households are additionally being accelerated.
He requested rapid approvals for pending designs required for the mission development and sought help for reimbursement associated to the elevated capability of Polavaram proper and left predominant canals to 17,500 cusecs.
He additionally sought technical and monetary clearances for the Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar mission to utilise Godavari floodwaters which might be presently going to waste into the ocean. ‘Explained that, on common, about 3,000 TMC of water flows into the Bay of Bengal yearly with out being utilised.’
Naidu requested for help to guard coastal and riverbank areas affected by cyclones, erosion, and tidal impacts. He additionally requested help for strengthening river embankments of main rivers, together with Godavari, Krishna, Penna, Vamsadhara, and Nagavali.
Naidu additionally sought monetary help for desilting and widening of the delta drains and river mouths the place they meet the ocean.
He urged the Centre to make sure that Karnataka doesn’t proceed with land acquisition and R&R works associated to the Almatti Dam peak problem, as it’s beneath the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
Kantha Rao assured help for RRR (Repair, Renovation & Restoration), Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and flood administration works.
Earlier, Telangana CM Revanth Reddy and Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu deliberated key points regarding water administration between the 2 states throughout a gathering with Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil within the nationwide capital.
During the assembly, the Telangana Chief Minister proposed the concept of implementing telemetry in all water tasks and reservoirs to measure precise water utilization, which was accepted by Andhra Pradesh, in keeping with the Telangana CMO launch.
Both sides agreed to allocate the Godavari River Management Board in Hyderabad and the Krishna RMB in Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh acceded to Telangana’s proposal to restore the distinguished Srisailam mission instantly, the discharge mentioned.
An Officers’ and Technical Experts’ committee shall be established to deal with all pending points between the 2 sides, together with the long-pending water tasks in Telangana for each the Krishna and Godavari river basins, it mentioned. (ANI)