Call to use Pushkaralu funds to reduce pollution in Godavari

The Telangana authorities has been urged to instrumentality contiguous steps to tackle rising contamination successful the Godavari stream arsenic the deteriorating h2o prime poses a superior menace to nationalist health.

In a practice submitted to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy connected Thursday (June 18, 2026), president of Forum for Good Governance (FGG) M. Padmanabha Reddy called for broad measures to forestall further contamination of the river. Referring to the State government’s caller authorisation of ₹1,000 crore for preparations related to the Godavari Pushkaralu scheduled successful 2027, the FFG suggested that a important information of the funds could alternatively beryllium utilised for pollution-control measures and stream rejuvenation initiatives.

The organisation said that portion the authorities should facilitate indispensable services specified arsenic instrumentality and order, sanitation and aesculapian assistance during Pushkaralu, semipermanent investments successful restoring the wellness of the stream would supply greater benefits to citizens and assistance safeguard a captious drinking h2o root for Hyderabad.

The practice besides raised concerns implicit reduced stream flows, attributing the concern to a bid of barrages constructed upstream successful Maharashtra. It noted that stretches of the stream adjacent Basar witnesser precise debased flows during summertime months, and recalled that h2o had to beryllium released from the Kadam Project during the erstwhile Godavari Pushkaralu celebrations.

The organisation stated that the Godavari, often referred to arsenic the “Dakshin Ganga” and India’s second-largest stream aft the Ganga, has witnessed expanding contamination implicit the past 3 decades. Industrial effluents from Maharashtra participate Telangana adjacent Kandakurthi successful Nirmal district, portion untreated discarded discharged successful the Ramagundam-Mancherial portion further degrades h2o quality.

The FFG alleged that ember excavation dump material, alert ash from thermal powerfulness plants and leachate from municipal landfill sites located adjacent to the stream are contributing importantly to contamination levels.

The organisation cited studies conducted by agencies including the Central Water Commission, Central Pollution Control Board, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute and IIT Hyderabad, which it said person highlighted concerns implicit the declining prime of Godavari waters.