This story is from April 25, 2016

Mission Kakatiya doomed, says NGRI report

Mission Kakatiya, the government’s flagship programme to restore 46,531 tanks across the state, does not have a scientific approach and the state might end up losing crores of rupees, the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has said.
Mission Kakatiya doomed, says NGRI report
HYDERABAD: Mission Kakatiya, the government’s flagship programme to restore 46,531 tanks across the state, does not have a scientific approach and the state might end up losing crores of rupees, the National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) has said.
The government is planning to spend nearly Rs 20,000 crore for desilting, dredging and digging up century-old tanks.
It had announced that this would solve much of the state’s water problems.
However, NGRI scientists say that without a comprehensive scientific approach, the scheme would become a flop show as thousands of tanks had dried up due to non-availability of ground water. Even the chances of getting water by digging deep are slim.
“Telangana is a comparatively small state with respect to geographical area and population, but it is not very favourable for water resources. The state government has to be extremely serious. The government’s efforts are laudable, but there is a need for scientific approach,” NGRI chief scientist Shakeel Ahmed told TOI.
Most of the areas in and around the lakes in Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy, Medak, Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Karimnagar and Warangal consist of hard rock formations, including granites, metamorphics, shales and limestones, where finding water is difficult. “In hard rock areas, the occurrence of ground water and its movement are controlled by the thickness of the weathered layer and the presence of fractures and solutions cavities,” a report prepared by NGRI for the government says.
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