Summary:
Majority of the villages in Palnadu region, although, located right on the banks of Nagarjuna Sagar project, have been struggling to get a pot of potable water. While the treatment plant at Nagarjuna Sagar would have a capacity of 198 MLD, it would be 160 MLD plant at Prakasam barrage, he explained. It is our promise to provide clean and safe water to the people of the district,” Mahesh Reddy told ‘TOI.’While the present population (Guntur district) is 44 lakh, rural population is around 34 lakh. “It is part of Palnadu manifesto,” said Mahesh Reddy, Gurazala constituency in-charge. GUNTUR: In a bid to win over the people of Palnadu region, the stronghold of TDP, the opposition YSRCP is promising to construct a comprehensive drinking water project covering all the assembly segments in Narasaraopet Lok Sabha constituency..