95% of reservoirs in State up to brim, says Nimmala
The Hindu
Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu highlights full reservoirs in State due to rainfall and water management strategies.
Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu has said that 95% of reservoirs in the State are full, thanks to the copious rainfall received in recent months and the department’s preparedness to keep the water bodies ready for storage.
Speaking to the media after inspecting the Gandikota reservoir in Jammalamadugu Constituency along with the local legislator C. Adinarayana Reddy here on Sunday, he recalled that the Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu had always focussed on catching and storing every drop of water to ensure irrigation to the last field in the uplands.
Mr. Naidu flayed the previous YSRCP regime for neglecting the irrigation sector. He said even the locks, shutters and doors of irrigation projects were not properly maintained. He attributed the filling up of 250 minor irrigation tanks in Kadapa districts to the proper water management strategies.
Referring to the long-pending issue of rehabilitation of Gandikota evacuees, he offered to take the issue of relief and rehabilitation package to the notice of the government.
Chief Engineer Srinivasulu, Superintending Engineers Mallikarjuna Reddy and Venkata Ramaiah, and Jammalamadugu RDO Sai Sree were among those present.
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