Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao says that an action plan is ready for diverting a portion of the water in the Kondaveetivagu in Guntur district to the Krishna and the Buckingham Canal as part of its flood management.
As part of the plan, 5,000 cusecs is planned to be diverted into the Krishna western delta.
Addressing the media here on Sunday, Mr. Umamaheswara Rao said that a detailed survey report was submitted to the government. Administrative approvals were yet to be given for the project crucial for checking floods in the capital region.
Plans were drawn up to let some water go into the Krishna through gravity and lift the remaining quantity to meet the irrigation needs to a large extent.
Allegations of corruption in implementing the project works would be looked into, the Minister said.
Dig at YSRC
The Minister further said that YSR Congress MLAs were hindering the Galeru-Nagari project that was aimed at providing drinking water to many parts of Kadapa district, including Pulivendula.
But the government would not go back on executing it, he asserted, and said that the government would supply water to Kadapa district through the Avuku Canal in August.
On the Polavaram project, Mr. Umamaheswara Rao said that three lakh cubic metres of earthwork was to be done and steps were being taken for shifting villagers from the dam site.
Water would be released from Pattiseema once the level upstream reached 14 metres.
