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An further ₹905 crore has been allocated successful the State Budget towards alleviation and rehabilitation (R&R) compensation for displaced families and for filling the Nallamalasagar reservoir, Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu said during an inspection of the Veligonda task works astatine Dornala successful Markapuram territory connected Tuesday.
Accompanied by territory officials, the Minister visited the duplicate tunnels of the task and reviewed the ongoing passageway lining works arsenic good arsenic the removal of the passageway boring instrumentality (TBM) from Tunnel-2.
Addressing the media, Mr. Ramanaidu said the operation of the retaining wall, helping walls and instrumentality walls for the caput regulators had been completed.
He said that, to alteration the travel of 1 TMC of h2o from Kollam Vagu into the tunnels, 58,000 cubic metres of muck had been removed retired of the full 1.80 lakh cubic metres accumulated successful the area. In Tunnel-1, 40,000 cubic metres of muck had been cleared truthful acold from the full 1.20 lakh cubic metres obstructing the travel of water.
The Minister said much than 5.5 km of the full 7-km lining enactment successful Tunnel-2 had been completed during the 20 months since the conjugation authorities assumed office. The remaining 1.5 km is expected to beryllium completed by the extremity of July, helium said.
Mr. Ramanaidu said the 5.3-km retaining partition for the feeder canal, the operation of which commenced successful January, had been completed wrong 5 months.
Referring to the passageway boring instrumentality that got stuck successful Tunnel-2 during the erstwhile YSRCP government, helium said retrieval operations were taken up pursuing directions from the Andhra Pradesh High Court. Of the 7 compartments of the machine, 3 person been successfully extracted truthful far, helium said, adding that the anticipation of burying the cutter caput wrong the passageway was being examined.
The Minister directed officials and bureau representatives to velocity up the 21-km lining work, which helium said was progressing slowly. He added that operation of a cement factual partition to plug the large breach successful the feeder canal caused by Cyclone Montha was nearing completion.
Works connected the Teegaleru Canal and the Eastern Main Canal would beryllium completed by the extremity of June, helium said.
Responding to disapproval from YSRCP leaders that capable funds were not being allocated to the Veligonda project, Mr. Ramanaidu said displaced families had not received compensation during the erstwhile 5 years. The conjugation government, helium said, had allocated funds successful the Budget and was committed to addressing their concerns.
