Hyderabad: Telangana Rakshana Sena chief Kalvakuntla Kavitha on Saturday alleged that successive govts had failed to complete key irrigation projects and asserted that interlinking the Godavari and Krishna rivers is the only long-term solution to Nalgonda district’s water scarcity and fluoride problems.
She said that even the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme was struggling to secure adequate water from the Krishna basin and questioned how additional water could be diverted to Dindi. Such a linkage, she said, would not only address irrigation needs but also help eliminate fluoride-related drinking water problems in Nalgonda by ensuring widespread availability of river water. In a significant remark, Kavitha admitted that mistakes had been made during the previous BRS regime in the irrigation sector and said she was willing to take responsibility for being part of that govt.
Addressing a presentation at the Dindi Reservoir in Nalgonda district, Kavitha criticised the state govt’s proposal to bring water to Dindi from Yedula, claiming the plan was technically difficult and impractical. Narasimha Rao. Kavitha accused the Congress govt of creating disputes between Mahabubnagar and Nalgonda districts instead of providing practical solutions to water issues. She claimed that the state govt had failed to complete several projects that were already substantially finished and was announcing new initiatives without adequate surveys or planning. However, she maintained that the present govt had also failed to advance key projects over the past three years.
She also called for the interlinking of the Godavari and Krishna rivers, stating that the idea had been advocated earlier by former Prime Minister P.V.