Hyderabad: Water in Almatti and Narayanpur dams in neighbouring Karnataka has almost reached full reservoir levels due to incessant rains upstream.
Irrigation minister T. Harish Rao on Sunday said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao had promised to provide irrigation to 4.5 lakh acre in Mahbubnagar this year by utilising Krishna waters and officials should take all steps to fill the four reservoirs to store 26 tmc.
“Any negligence on the part of officials to store water released from Karnataka in these four reservoirs will be viewed very seriously and stern action will be initiated against the officials concerned,” the minister warned.
He also directed contractors to take up pending reservoir works on a war-footing and warned of withholding bills amounting to 60 per cent of the total amount if they failed to meet the targets.
The Jurala project, which is the first to receive Krishna waters during the monsoon, meanwhile, is a depressing sight with no floods at present.
The project usually receives heavy inflows either in the last week of June or during July when the Almatti and Narayanpur projects become full. Only then the Krishna water is released downstream.
