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Minister for Roads and Buildings B. C. Janardhan Reddy has said that the contented of leakages to Owk Reservoir volition beryllium taken to the announcement of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and volition beryllium resolved permanently. He appealed to the farmers and radical not to panic arsenic each indispensable information precautions are being taken.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy, on with irrigation officials, inspected the Owk Reservoir repair works and besides the revetment of Timmaraju Cheruvu, nether the Owk Reservoir, which precocious sank, connected Sunday (October 05). Speaking aft the inspection, Mr. Janardhan Reddy said h2o is leaking from the reservoir from the insignificant breaches and a squad of experts had already visited the reservoir.
Based connected the study submitted by the adept team, ₹1 crore has already been sanctioned and tenders person already been called for and agreements person besides been entered into to instrumentality up works to the tune of ₹68 lakh. “The leakage that was taking spot done a 1 metre breach earlier had present accrued to 3 metres. We are, however, taking each information measures and the radical request not panic. We person taken up the contented earnestly and the leakages volition beryllium plugged,” Mr. Janardhan Reddy said.
The Minister said helium was successful Vijayawada erstwhile helium learnt astir the leakage getting bigger and had alerted the irrigation officials immediately. “We person besides suggested the officials to alteration the h2o levels successful the reservoir keeping successful presumption the information of the people. We impulse the farmers not to panic arsenic the Gorukallu Reservoir is besides filled and the farmers volition get capable irrigation h2o for the adjacent crop,” helium said.
Mr. Janardhan Reddy assured to instrumentality up the contented to the announcement of the Chief Minister and Water Resources Department Minister and get it resolved.
