Mission Bhagiratha becomes an uphill task
7 years, 10 months ago

Mission Bhagiratha becomes an uphill task

Deccan Chronicle  

Kothagudem: It is not possible for the Mission Bhagiratha works in Bhadradri-Kothagudem district to be completed by their due date. There are 1,826 habitations in the district that will be supplied water through the project, and the distance between two adjacent villages in the agency area can be over 10 km. Apart from the pipelines, two intake wells will also have to be constructed, to lift water from the river; and three water plants will be required to pump 207 million litres to the 1,826 habitations every day. The construction of the water treatment plant at Toggudem near Paloncha is progressing slowly, and the construction of two others, at Poosuru in Vazed mandal and Rathamgutta in Manuguru mandal, is yet to begin. Another major task that is pending under the Mission Bhagiratha project is the construction of 750 surface water tanks that will supply water to 2800 habitations.

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Tribals in Hilly Areas Start Facing Waters Woes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Tribals in Hilly Areas Start Facing Waters Woes

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Residents in tribal and hilly areas are facing drinking water shortages well before summer’s peak, with concerns that the crisis could worsen by March. Locals in Gadiguda, Narnoor, Utnoor, Adilabad Rural, and Indravelli mandals report that borewells are drying up as soaring temperatures lower the groundwater table, threatening water availability. In interior villages of Wankidi mandal, as well as …

Telangana: Bhadrakali tank desilting works begin
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana: Bhadrakali tank desilting works begin

New Indian Express  

HANAMKONDA: Authorities of the Irrigation Department have released 500 cusecs of water from the historic Bhadrakali tank on Friday evening on the instructions of Revenue Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy who is also in-charge minister for Warangal district. The emptying of the lake would take 15 to 20 days and water would be released every day at the rate of 500 …

Keshavapuram project scrapped
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Keshavapuram project scrapped

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The state government has cancelled the Keshavapuram reservoir project, originally launched by the previous BRS government as part of the Godavari Phase-2 project, aimed to supply drinking water to Hyderabad by diverting Godavari water from the Mallannasagar project to the Keshavapuram reservoir on the city's outskirts. However, the Congress government has now announced a new cost-effective plan to directly …

Karnataka CM Unveils Cauvery Stage VI Project to Address Bengaluru's Water Needs
5 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka CM Unveils Cauvery Stage VI Project to Address Bengaluru's Water Needs

New Indian Express  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah announces the Cauvery Stage VI project, a Rs 7,200 crore initiative to address Bengaluru's water needs. The project will cater to the drinking water needs of 110 villages that were merged into Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2007. It will provide 2.4tmcft of water to the city, with nine Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) with a …

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The project ayacut farmers would get water supply for both the crop seasons this year as irrigation projects were bemiring with water, said minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday while releasing water to the left main canal from Palair reservoir at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The minister informed that the irrigation tanks in Palaiar constituency …

Chief Minister inaugurates combined drinking water scheme for 73 villages in Perambalur
1 year, 1 month ago

Chief Minister inaugurates combined drinking water scheme for 73 villages in Perambalur

The Hindu  

Stalin on Saturday, through video conferencing, inaugurated the ₹22.84- crore Combined Water Supply Scheme that targets to provide drinking water to 73 villages of Veppur panchayat in Perambalur district. In 2018, the scheme was announced to meet the drinking water needs of 73 villages belonging to Veppur panchayat utilising the water source from the Vellaru. The water obtained through the …

After much delay, Coimbatore’s Pilloor - III water supply project ready for inauguration
1 year, 1 month ago

After much delay, Coimbatore’s Pilloor - III water supply project ready for inauguration

The Hindu  

Pilloor - III water supply project, an initiative aimed at strengthening Coimbatore city’s water resources, is set for inauguration after facing persistent delays since its inception in 2021. But, the project will commence sooner than expected.” The entire project, costing ₹ 776 crores and covering 156 acres, is a part of the Central Government’s Amruth Scheme, and includes a long …

Work on new scheme for supply of unpolluted water to Mettupalayam residents set to begin
1 year, 2 months ago

Work on new scheme for supply of unpolluted water to Mettupalayam residents set to begin

The Hindu  

The long-felt demand of residents in the 33 wards of Mettupalayam Municipality for supply of unpolluted water will be fulfilled through the new ₹22. Re-laying of pipelines and construction of additional overhead tanks was necessary for increasing the frequency of water supply to at least alternate days, said M. Jaikumar, secretary, Save Bhavani Association. The ‘Improvement to Water Supply Scheme …

Minister reviews water shortage issues, implementation of drinking water schemes in Tamil Nadu
1 year, 5 months ago

Minister reviews water shortage issues, implementation of drinking water schemes in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

To quench the thirst of as many as 831 residential units in Radhapuram, Valliyoor, Nanguneri, Kalakkad, Palayamkottai, and Cheranmahadevi areas, a combined water supply scheme is being readied at an outlay of Rs 605.75 crore. "However, an idea of setting up desalination plants in the coastal areas, including Tirunelveli, Ramanathapuram, and Pudukottai, to supply drinking water during drought will be …

Coimbatore Corporation and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board expected to begin trials of Pilloor-III drinking water scheme from September 25
1 year, 6 months ago

Coimbatore Corporation and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board expected to begin trials of Pilloor-III drinking water scheme from September 25

The Hindu  

The trial run of the Pilloor-III Drinking Water Project’s main pumping station will begin on September 25. This was decided at a consultation meeting of the Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation and Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage Board officials held in Coimbatore on September 3. Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner M. Prathap and TWAD Board Managing Director V. Dakshinamoorthy participated in the …

KCR takes stock of drought conditions in state, directs priority to drinking water
1 year, 9 months ago

KCR takes stock of drought conditions in state, directs priority to drinking water

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In the wake of delayed monsoon and extended summer, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao directed officials to take measures to provide uninterrupted irrigation water to farmers to enable them to begin kharif-sowing operations. The CM also asked officials to give preference to drinking water supply over irrigation, at a meeting with ministers and officials at the Secretariat to review …

Mission Bhagiratha failed in tribal areas: Bhatti
2 years ago

Mission Bhagiratha failed in tribal areas: Bhatti

Deccan Chronicle  

KESLAPUR : CLP leader Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka alleged that the Mission Bhagiratha scheme has failed to supply potable water to the people in rural and tribal areas in the district. Bhatti alleged that the BRS government had just painted the existing water tanks to boast that they were built under the Mission Bhagiratha scheme. But failed to repair damaged pipelines …

Mekadatu project works to start soon after SC nod: Basavaraj Bommai
2 years, 1 month ago

Mekadatu project works to start soon after SC nod: Basavaraj Bommai

Deccan Chronicle  

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai exuded confidence in the commencement of Mekedatu Project works once the Supreme Court gives its nod. The former Congress government led by Siddaramaiah ‘erred’ at the initial stage of embarking upon the Mekedatu Project leading to legal battle with Tamil Nadu, said Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Thursday. As Union budget ear marked Rs 5,300 …

Budget 2023 | FM Sitharaman announces ₹5300 crore grant for Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in poll-bound Karnataka
2 years, 1 month ago

Budget 2023 | FM Sitharaman announces ₹5300 crore grant for Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in poll-bound Karnataka

The Hindu  

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1, 2023, announced a grant of ₹5300 crore for the Upper Bhadra Irrigation Project in the poll-bound Karnataka. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in April 2022 had said that steps had already been taken to declare the Upper Bhadra project as a national project. The Upper Bhadra Project will ensure irrigation of around 2.25 …

Pipeline works in ORR villages drag on; commuters face hard time
2 years, 10 months ago

Pipeline works in ORR villages drag on; commuters face hard time

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Water woes and bad roads continue to haunt the people residing in areas beyond the Outer Ring Road even as the monsoon is approaching. Though the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board assured that it will complete laying 2,863 km of drinking water pipelines as part of phase-II project, it could only complete about 280 km. If the …

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district
2 years, 10 months ago

Interior villages witnessing ‘water wars’ in erstwhile Adilabad district

Deccan Chronicle  

DUBBAGUDA : It’s time for water wars in villages. Tekam Laxmi Bai of Molalgutta of Adilabad Rural mandal said the Mission Bhagiratha water is released once a week sometimes once in 15 days. She said some people of their neighbouring village Pothaguda had thrashed Namdev Pawar, operator of the Mission Bhagiratha tank, alleging that he was not releasing the water …

Minister gets it direct: Mission Bhagiratha runs dry
2 years, 11 months ago

Minister gets it direct: Mission Bhagiratha runs dry

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Sarpanches from several districts across the state aired woes over the drinking water crisis in villages this summer before the minister for panchayat raj and rural development Errabelli Dayakar on Friday. The minister was holding a video conference with sarpanches and officials of Mission Bhagiratha to take stock of the drinking water situation. The minister said the state government …

Safe drinking water from Mission Bhagiratha remains a pipedream
3 years, 5 months ago

Safe drinking water from Mission Bhagiratha remains a pipedream

Deccan Chronicle  

KOTHAGUDEM: The possibility of providing safe drinking water through Mission Bhagiratha is destined to take more time. The target under MB on extending protected water to all the people living in 1,513 habitations and towns like Paloncha, Kothagudem, Manuguru, Bhadrachalam and Yellandu in Bhadradri district will not be accomplished in the near future. There is no MB water supply in …

‘Navali balancing reservoir project would be taken up after consulting Andhra, Telangana’
3 years, 7 months ago

‘Navali balancing reservoir project would be taken up after consulting Andhra, Telangana’

The Hindu  

Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol said that construction of a balancing reservoir at Navali in Koppal district, which was meant for balancing the deficit of water in Tungabhadra reservoir due to accumulated silt on the bed, would shortly be taken up after consulting Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments. Interacting with mediapersons at Vaikunta Guest House near Tungabhadra reservoir in Munirabad, …

Bhagiratha fails to flow, Mahbubabad parched
5 years, 11 months ago

Bhagiratha fails to flow, Mahbubabad parched

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: As the summer heat is rising to uncomfortable levels each passing day, tribals living in interior hamlets are finding it difficult to find drinking water. The situation is acute in Mahbubabad district where hand pumps and drinking water wells have gone dry. The Mission Bhagiratha project which was taken up by state government with the promise to provide safe …

Hyderabad: Water crisis looms large
6 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: Water crisis looms large

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Despite a bountiful monsoon, the city is heading towards a water crisis in the summer with levels in the Krishna river basin depleting at an alarming pace. The Water Board has decided to supply water from Manjira and Singur to conserve resources in the Krishna basin. Explaining why water was scarce despite the rain, a Water Board official said …

KCR sets March 31, 2019, deadline for Bhagiratha
6 years, 3 months ago

KCR sets March 31, 2019, deadline for Bhagiratha

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has instructed the officials concerned to ensure that by March 31, 2019, purified and good quality water from Mission Bhagiratha will flow into every house, which will also have a tap connection. He has made it clear that money is not a constraint in ensuring that water through Mission Bhagiratha reaches every habitation irrespective …

Telangana: Will Bhagiratha water be charged is still a puzzle
7 years, 10 months ago

Telangana: Will Bhagiratha water be charged is still a puzzle

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana state government is still not clear whether or not to charge for the safe drinking water supplied to villages through the Mission Bhagiratha project that is to cost Rs 43,791 crore. Engineering-in-Chief R. Surender Reddy conveyed to the PAC that the government will initially charge Rs 50 per one kilo litre of water for industries and Rs …

Yettinahole Project: Survey for dam in Tumakuru ends
8 years, 2 months ago

Yettinahole Project: Survey for dam in Tumakuru ends

Deccan Chronicle  

Hassan: While the final hearing of the National Green Tribunal on the petition against granting of forest clearance for the Yettinahole Integrated Drinking Water Project is scheduled for Friday, the Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Limited has almost completed its survey for the construction of a reservoir at Byragundlu in Koratagere, Tumakuru district, for supply of water to Chikkaballapura and Kolar under …

‘Hale Unduwadi drinking water project has to start from scratch’
8 years, 4 months ago

‘Hale Unduwadi drinking water project has to start from scratch’

The Hindu  

Even as the civic bodies in Mysuru are hopeful of the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board de-reserving a plot of land identified for setting up a water treatment plant as part of the proposed Hale Unduwadi drinking water scheme for Mysuru, little or no efforts have been made to revive the drinking water project that was stalled with the announcement …

Krishna Phase-III drinking water project to function from June
9 years, 11 months ago

Krishna Phase-III drinking water project to function from June

The Hindu  

With works nearing completion, the Rs.1,670 crore Krishna Phase-III project will become fully operational in June, Water Board assured on Wednesday. Explaining the status of phase-III works, HMWSSB Director G. Rameshwar Rao said a small section of the pipeline to carry untreated water from Alimineti Madhava Reddy Project canal at Akkampally in Nalgonda district to a water treatment plant in …

8-year-old canal-based water supply project remains forgotten
10 years, 8 months ago

8-year-old canal-based water supply project remains forgotten

Hindustan Times  

The Patiala Municipal Corporation’s dream project of canal-based water supply system proposed in 2006 to ensure round-the-clock supply seems to have been buried under piles of official documents. HT Image The Rs 175 crore project as per which two canal-based water projects would be set up at a 30-acre land at Jassowal village, is still at the stage of tentative …

Rs. 11,000 cr. to augment water supply in city
11 years, 9 months ago

Rs. 11,000 cr. to augment water supply in city

The Hindu  

Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy launched a number of projects here on Saturday. Perhaps with an eye on the 2014 polls, he announced completion of the Krishna Phase III and Godavari drinking water projects by March/April next. With completion of both these projects, daily water supply to the city would become a reality, he said. 3,000 crore next year …

Ensure water supply to city is not hit: Siddaramaiah
11 years, 10 months ago

Ensure water supply to city is not hit: Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

In view of the unprecedented water crisis following the fall in the water-level in the Krishnaraja Sagar, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday directed the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Ltd. and the Water Resources Department to ensure that drinking water supply to the city was not hit at any cost. The Chief Minister, who convened a …

Water remains a mirage despite pipelines
12 years, 1 month ago

Water remains a mirage despite pipelines

The Hindu  

It is a case of the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip for quite a few habitations in the Ranga Reddy district, which lie around the peripheral areas of GHMC. And though major pipeline works to facilitate water flow was completed long ago, lack of supply from the Shankarpally reservoir is making safe drinking water a pipe dream …

Godavari project works progressing
12 years, 2 months ago

Godavari project works progressing

The Hindu  

While doubts are being expressed in some quarters about the feasibility of the Godavari drinking water project, hectic activity is on at the Water Board to complete it as per schedule by December 2013. The Board desperately requires 12 km of forest land in the three districts of Karimnagar, Medak and Ranga Reddy for laying pipeline and for the construction …

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