Veligonda Project to be completed by 2026, says Minister

Water Resources Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu connected Friday said the Veligonda Project would beryllium completed and h2o supplied by 2026.

The Minister reviewed the advancement of the task done a video league with officials of the Water Resources Department and representatives of the executing agencies. He directed that the lining enactment of Tunnel-2 beryllium completed by June 2026 and emphasised that each remaining works indispensable beryllium taken up successful a planned and systematic mode and finished earlier the onset of the adjacent season.

Of the full 7 km of lining enactment required successful Tunnel-2, astir 3.2 km has been completed truthful far, portion the remaining 3.6 km is targeted for completion by June 2026. The Minister said the works had slowed successful November aft Cyclone Montha caused h2o to participate the tunnels. After dewatering, the lining enactment resumed successful December, and 432 metres of the targeted 456 metres had been completed.

At present, 4 gantry cranes are engaged successful the Tunnel-2 lining work. The Minister instructed officials to deploy 1 much gantry crane instantly to guarantee the remaining enactment is completed arsenic scheduled.

Referring to the passageway boring instrumentality (TBM) stuck successful Tunnel-2, the Minister said the Technical Committee had submitted its study to the government, and that indispensable enactment to region the TBM would beryllium taken based connected its recommendations.

He besides directed that the feeder canal lining and retaining partition works beryllium taken up instantly and completed by the extremity of the season. Acting connected Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s instructions, the Minister said h2o should beryllium released to Veligonda during the existent play itself. He assured that helium would personally show the task to guarantee its completion by 2026.

Water Resources Department Advisor Venkateswara Rao, Engineer-in-Chief Narasimhamurthy, Project Chief Engineer Shyam Prasad, Superintending Engineer Abutalem, engineers, bureau representatives, and elder officials participated successful the review.