Niti Aayog member V.K. Saraswat said that restoration of tanks under Mission Kakatiya would benefit farming community. Addressing a gathering after visiting Laxmi Devi Cheruvu in Pidched village of Gajwel mandal with Niti Aayog advisor Ashok Kumar Jain on Friday, Mr. Saraswath said that the restoration of tanks would increase the groundwater table considerably.
“The borewells will yield good water with the tanks restoration and farmers can save their crops,” he said.
When some farmers pointed out that transporting silt removed from the tanks became a financial burden, Mr. Saraswat promised to bring it to the notice of State government.
Stating that the State government has been introducing schemes to benefit the needy, he said that public should use them properly.
Other works
He visited Burugupally in Siddipet mandal where tap connections were given to all the households and toilets were built in each house.
He also examined the biogas plant erected under the Solid Waste Management Programme at Esanpally, and drinking water supply scheme at Siddipet, which was model for Water Grid.
RWS Superintendent Engineer Vijaya Prakash explained him that the water project being run at Siddipet would cater the drinking water needs of the entire constituency, as 12 million gallons of water is being supplied from here.
Mr. Saraswat suggested establishment of solar power plants to meet the power requirement in the districts of Telangana State.
