‘Krishna water is expected to reach farmers during the kharif’
The long-pending Pula Subbaiah Veligonda project, which was undertaken as part of the ‘Jalayagnam’ scheme during the tenure of former Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is nearing completion.
But for some laborious dismantling work of about 1,000 tonne head of the tunnel boring machine (TBM), all other works including the Tunnel-I, have been completed, Superintending Engineer (constructions) N. Nagesh told
The Hindu while taking stock of the progress of works at the project site in the Nallamalla forests.
“Farmers can expect the Krishna water to reach their land during the coming kharif season,” he said, adding that they have a herculean task of dismantling the head of the TMB, which would save more than ₹24 crore to the exchequer.