Chief Secretary Santhi Kumari held a video conference with the district collectors and took stock of the drinking water situation in their respective districts.
She reiterated that there is no problem for drinking water in the current summer as there is sufficient water available in the three main reservoirs of the state this year.
Chief Secretary said that the "Summer Action Plan" has already been formulated to address the problem of drinking water in the state and appropriate funds have also been released to the districts as such there is no need to worry about drinking water supply in the state. She noted that while the flushing of bore wells and repairs of pipes have already been completed, the collectors were advised to correct the management errors immediately and pay special attention to continuous
water supply. The collectors were told to hold a teleconference with the concerned field level officials and nodal officials on drinking water supply in villages and towns every day. She directed that special measures should be taken to ensure that all the works sanctioned as part of the summer action plan are completed on time duly paying special attention on operation and maintenance.
She cautioned that while some states are facing severe drinking water shortage attempts are being made to publish similar type of news stories in our state as well. However, despite the lack of sufficient rainfall in the state this time, there is no need to worry as the water levels in the main reservoirs, SRSP, Sripada Yellampalli and Nagarjuna Sagar are the same as last year. However, the Collectors were also directed to make alternative arrangements. She said that in some municipalities and villages there were administrative deficiencies and these deficiencies were resolved immediately. She asked the collectors to respond to news items on water issues appearing on various media and take action immediately.
CS informed that after the second week of April, emergency pumping from the reservoirs will be undertaken. Water Board officials said that there is sufficient supply of water in Hyderabad, but the demand due to commercial needs is high.
Municipal and Urban Development Department Principal Secretary Dana Kishore, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development Department Principal Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania, Municipal Department Director Divya, Water Board MD Sudarshan Reddy and other officials attended the video conference.
