Hyderabad, July 22 (NSS): Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has appealed to Union Jal Shakti Minister CR Patil to allocate Rs.10,000 crores under the National River Conservation Plan for the Musi Riverfront Development project, which is being carried out by the Telangana government.
The Chief Minister explained to the Union Minister that the State government has focused on developing the 55 km long Musi river in Hyderabad city.
The Chief Minister met Union Ministers CR Patil, Hardeep Singh Puri and Prahlad Joshi separately in New Delhi on Monday and brought many issues related to the Telangana State to their notice.
Stating that all the dirty water in Hyderabad is reaching the Musi river and the State government has decided to clean it, the Chief Minister requested the Union Minister to extend the support for the Musi Riverfront Development project which includes cleaning the dirty water, construction of flood water canals, raising the level and beautifying the Musi.
As the Union government is planning for the conservation and development of rivers in the Deccan Plateau under the National River Conservation Plan, the Centre should allocate Rs.10,000 crores, in which Rs.4,000 crore for cleaning Musi river water and Rs.6,000 crore for the projects intended to fill Godavari waters with Usman Sagar and Himayat Sagar.
“If these two ponds are filled with Godavari water, Hyderabad’s water woes will be solved and Musi river will be revived,” the Chief Minister explained.
Revanth Reddy also appealed to Union Minister CR Patil to release Rs.16,100 crores to Telangana under the Jal Jeevan Mission.
According to the calculations of 2019, under the Jaljivan Mission, 77.60 percent of the houses in the Telangana State are getting piped water and in their recent survey, it has been found that 7.85 lakh houses do not have piped connection.
Later, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri and requested him to provide a facility to pay Rs.500 gas supply subsidy to Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) in advance in Telangana.
In another meeting, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy appealed to Union Food and Civil Supplies Minister Prahlad Joshi to immediately release the arrears regarding paddy collection and rice supply.
Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka and Irrigation Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy and Congress MPs accompanied the Chief Minister.
