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The Communist Party of India (CPI) State caput Gujjula Eswaraiah has written to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu urging the authorities to instantly instrumentality up and implicit the reconstruction of the Annamayya Project successful Rajampet constituency, Annamayya district, which was washed distant during the devastating floods of November 19, 2021.
Mr. Eswaraiah reminded the Chief Minister that the illness of the project’s earthen bund had near astir 24 villages submerged, caused the decease of 33 people, destroyed implicit 500 houses, and resulted successful tremendous nonaccomplishment of livestock and cultivation resources. In his missive connected Friday, helium blamed the erstwhile YSRCP authorities and the rampant amerciable soil mafia for the tragedy, claiming that excessive soil deposition and nonaccomplishment to wide soil dunes led to the structural weakening of the project.
Mr. Eswaraiah pointed retired that irrigation engineers had projected strengthening the breached information and replacing the dysfunctional 5th spillway gate, successful summation to adding 11 caller gates. Engineering authorities had estimated a request of ₹801 crore, and the authorities had issued administrative support for ₹787.77 crore. However, helium said, the erstwhile medication allegedly delayed the task citing “judicial review,” resulting successful 22,500 acres of ayacut losing irrigation access.
He further stated that aft the enactment of the existent conjugation government, the plan process had been restarted. The Water Resources department, with assistance from Central agencies specified arsenic CWPRS and CECIDC, projected a reservoir with 2.5 TMC storage, 12-metre height, 14–19 spillway gates, and 8.23 lakh cusecs discharge capacity, reportedly receiving preliminary support from the Central Water Commission (CWC).
However, Mr. Eswaraiah raised concerns that constructing a reservoir with these parameters could pb to submergence of 24,000 acres, including areas successful Rajampet and Nandalur. He emphasized the request for 20 km extortion walls connected some sides of the stream and the operation of close and near canals to proviso h2o to downstream tanks and ayacut lands. He reminded the Chief Minister that during his sojourn to Rajampet successful September 2025, Naidu had publically assured that the Annamayya reservoir would beryllium rebuilt arsenic per adept recommendations. Yet, helium noted, nary tangible advancement has been disposable truthful far.
Mr. Eswaraiah appealed to the authorities to enactment with sincerity, statesman the reconstruction works without further delay, and guarantee that the task is completed swiftly to reconstruct irrigation and forestall aboriginal disasters. A transcript of the missive has besides been sent to Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu.
