Visakhapatnam MP lays foundation for ₹4 crore drinking water project in Arilova

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Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat interacts with Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu during the instauration  chromatic  laying ceremonial  for a drinking h2o  infrastructure task  astatine  Arilova successful  Visakhapatnam connected  Saturday.

Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat interacts with Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu during the instauration chromatic laying ceremonial for a drinking h2o infrastructure task astatine Arilova successful Visakhapatnam connected Saturday. | Photo Credit: The Hindu

Visakhapatnam MP M. Sribharat, on with Visakhapatnam East MLA Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, connected Saturday laid the instauration chromatic for a large drinking h2o infrastructure task aimed astatine improving h2o proviso successful Arilova Ward No. 12.

The project, estimated to outgo ₹4 crore, is intended to code the long-pending drinking h2o problems successful the Chinna Gadili and Deendayalapuram areas.

Under the project, h2o from the Mudasarlova Reservoir volition beryllium pumped to a recently projected 700 KL overhead reservoir done a pump location facility. From there, h2o volition beryllium supplied to households done a gravity-based organisation strategy designed to suit the hillock terrain successful the area.

Speaking connected the occasion, Mr. Sribharat said the task would amended drinking h2o proviso and unit for astir 21,000 residents crossed astir 5,200 households successful Deendayalapuram, Chinna Gadili, Salipeta, Netaji Colony, areas surrounding the Naval Hospital, Siddhartha B.C. Colony and different localities successful Arilova.

He said ₹4 crore was being spent connected the operation of the reservoir and pump house, portion the full task cost, including pipeline works, was expected to interaction astir ₹5 crore. Describing it arsenic a semipermanent solution to the drinking h2o problems faced by residents for respective years, helium said the task would aboriginal beryllium integrated with the projected 24/7 continuous drinking h2o proviso strategy planned nether the Urban Challenge Fund to guarantee uninterrupted h2o proviso successful the future.

Mr. Ramakrishna Babu said the long-standing drinking h2o problems successful the hill-side areas of the constituency would soon beryllium resolved. He expressed assurance that the works would beryllium completed wrong 3 months and assured that drinking h2o proviso would beryllium provided to each household.

Published - May 23, 2026 06:14 p.m. IST

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