Hyderabad: Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy and RTC Chairman Bajireddy Govardhan released the Kaleswaram water through packages 20 and 21 in Peddavagu at Chintaluru of Jakranpalli mandal of Nizamabad district on Sunday.
Prashanth Reddy thanked Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao for bringing the Kaleshwaram water to the crop fields of the Nizamabad district farmers. He said that the water from the Kaleshwaram project is flowing into the dried-up streams, and even in drought, the fields of the farmers will receive irrigation water.
He appealed to the farmers to make good use of the water coming through packages 20 and 21. He also promised that the government will set up one outlet valve for every three acres to provide drinking water to every household through Mission Bhagiratha.
Bajireddy Govardhan said that the government has fulfilled its promise to the farmers by undertaking package works. He mentioned that the project was designed and completed with Israeli technology. He also highlighted that it is a historic achievement that the Kaleshwaram water reaches the rural constituency.
Govardhan assured that even in a drought, there will be no interruption of irrigation water. He added that the government has already completed 25 check dams, and the groundwater is also rising.
