Summary:
RainAdmitting that rains have spoiled their plans of getting the project partly functional by July-end this year, Chief Engineer of Kaleshwaram project N.
Venkateshwarlu told The Hindu that some aspects would always be beyond human control. more-inAfter missing the July 2018 deadline to make the Kaleshwaram irrigation project functional at least partly, first due to the delays induced by cases in courts and green tribunal in getting vital clearances and later due to rains, work agencies and irrigation authorities are working towards the goal of pumping water to Mid Manair reservoir by October-end. GoalHectic work is in progress towards the goal of pumping water from Yellampally barrage to Mid Manair reservoir by making at least one pump each functional in the pump houses of packages six and eight by October 15 or a week later if things get delayed due to weather conditions. Work on the lining of tunnels in package seven and eight has also been affected due to seepage problems following rains even after overcoming the challenges in the excavation of one of the twin tunnels in package number seven. About 2,400 tmc ft of Godavari water has already gone waste into the sea from Dowlaiswaram barrage in four months from June this year with about half of the quantity contributed from the point of Medigadda..