Rs. 1.5 crore spent to address water problem’

Sangareddy, May 14: Medak Lok Sabha member M. Vijayashanti said that as much as Rs. 1.5 crore was spent on addressing water problems in her constituency by sanctioning borewells, pipelines and by taking up other required measures.

Addressing media persons here on Thursday along with former MLA T. Harish Rao, former MLC R. Satyanaranaya and TRS district convenor M. Raghunandan Rao, Ms. Vijayashanti said that funds were being released to all seven assembly constituencies without any prejudice and that the party had been concentrating on the issue for the past two months.

She said that she was even receiving calls at midnight for water and people were happy with her response. Drilling of bores was 95 per cent successful, she added.

Referring to the Singoor waters, Ms. Vijayashanti said that she would bring pressure on the State government to sanction the project to supply drinking water to the people of her constituency.

“I had already asked the authorities to prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for the supply of water which will be ready after the Praja Patham programme. We will meet Chief Minister K. Rosaiah and urge him to sanction the project. This will prove whether the government is really on the side of the Telangana people or not,” she said.

–Agencies