Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat called on CM along with Union secretary Parameswaran Iyer and was given a detailed powerpoint presentation on Mission Bhagiratha works being taken up in Telangana.

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Hyderabad: The Central government would examine the possibility of providing safe drinking water to all households on the lines of Mission Bhagiratha scheme of Telangana State. This observation came from none other than the Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who called on the Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao here on Monday. Shekhawat maintained that providing potable water was the minimum responsibility of the government.

The Union Minister called on the Chief Minister along with Union secretary Parameswaran Iyer and was given a detailed powerpoint presentation on Mission Bhagiratha works being taken up in Telangana. Shekhawat inquired details about the works taken up as part of Mission Bhagiratha Scheme.

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Chief Miniter Chandrashekhar Rao told the Union Minister about how his government thought about the scheme in which 24,000 habitations are provided safe drinking water. He told Shekhawath that there used to be severe drinking water scarcity at several places and at some places there was problem of fluoride. Rao told Shekhawat that Mission Bhagiratha scheme was almost complete and that it had brought about a qualitative change in the lives of people in the State. “Due to Mission Bhagiratha there is a permanent solution to drinking water problem. As on date 23,968 habitations have been covered and only 91 are left in some remote tribal areas”, the CM told the minister.

He recalled how at many places water was not available and at other places, it was impure leading to severe health issues. “Hence, we took up the scheme to purify water from Godavari and Krishna Rivers and supply on a daily basis to the people.” This end-to-end solution brought about a qualitative change in rural women’s lives. The Union Minister was told that the projected demand hike in the next three decades was kept in view when the scheme was finalised. He said a similar scheme all over the country would be of great use and reminded that such schemes should not be seen from the expenditure point of view.

He also told the Union Minister that the Central government must extend financial help to Mission Bhagiraha Scheme as it also has objective of providing safe drinking water to all.

Explaining further, the CM told the union minister that Kakatiya kings of 11th century introduced watershed schemes to the whole country. The Kakatiya kings constructed thousands of tanks, but they were all destroyed under the united AP rule and explained how these tanks were being rejunevated in another scheme – Mission Kakatiya. He said, of the rejuvenation of 47, 000 tanks. 20, 000 were completed covering 90% of the Ayacut.

Shekhawat appreciated the Mission Bhagiratha and Mission Kakatiya schemes and promised to visit Telangana again to examine the field works of these two schemes. He wanted the state government to study the improvised sewerage treatment plant system which would help make use of treated water for domestic and agricultural purposes. Present in the meeting were Minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao, MP Nama Nageshwar Rao, Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary SK Joshi, CM Principal Secretary S Narsing Rao, Secretary Smita Sabharwal, Engineer In Chief Krupakar Rao.

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