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Andhra Pradesh-Hyderabad
By Our Staff Reporter
"I have serious doubts about the Minister's claims. There is no clarity in the details about the status of the project,'' Mr. Reddy said at a press conference here. Alleging that the track record of the TDP Government was poor in the implementation of irrigation and drinking water projects, he recalled that the Municipal Administration Minister, B.V. Mohan Reddy, had stated in the Assembly in 1995 that the Krishna water project would be completed in three years. "Leave alone completion it took off after seven years of dilly-dallying,'' he ridiculed. Similarly, the Devadula project which was launched with much fanfare by the Chief Minister himself with the promise that it would be completed in three years' time was yet to take off. The Government had a penchant for shifting the blame onto the media whenever things went wrong. "Tomorrow, the Tourism Minister may insist that the media had misquoted him on the Krishna project completion,'' Mr. Reddy maintained. The former Minister sought to know if the Government was anticipating any technical bottlenecks ahead. Stating that 80 per cent of the water supplied would go a waste as sewage, he queried whether the existing sewage network was geared up to meet the extra load of 45 mgd of Krishna water that was proposed to be brought to the city in the first phase. The project would bring only 2.75 tmcft of water as against 5.5 tmcft envisaged in the original plan drafted by the previous Congress Government. "As against Rs. 640 crores for 5.5 tmcft of water, 2.75 tmcft of water will now cost a whopping Rs. 1,000 crores,'' he pointed out. The projected demand for water in the city by 2011 was put at 410 mgd. Even after completion of two phases of the Krishna water project by 2007 which would add 90 mgd to the present quantum of 167 mgd, there would be a shortfall of 153 mgd. "With this it is clear that the city will be plagued by serious water shortage. It is time the Government came out with a categorical statement as to how it will deal with the crisis looming large,'' he said. He maintained that there was a possibility of reducing the Krishna water project costs. "I'm consulting experts and will come out with details in a week's time.'' The former Minister said he would soon launch a website to keep people updated on the progress of the project. Mr. Reddy said he would meet the Governor, Surjit Singh Barnala, to impress on the need to complete the project in time.
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