Hyderabad: Animal husbandry minister Talasani Srinivas Yadav on Friday indicated that new bridges will be constructed over Musi River at Moosarambagh and Chaderghat as the existing ones were damaged by the recent cyclonic floods.
Along with home minister Md. Mahmood Ali, GHMC commissioner Lokesh Kumar, managing director of HMWS&SB Dana Kishore and local legislator Kaleru Venkatesh, Srinivas Yadav inspected the Moosarambagh bridge that was damaged by the recent floods. He urged officials from all related departments to ensure completion of the task within the deadline.
He said, “Construction of the newly sanctioned bridge will begin in 10 days and it will be completed in nine months. We have to instill hope among those living near the Musi river, Moosarambagh Bridge, Patel Nagar, Golnaka and surrounding areas. They have narrated their woes of untold misery and suffering due to the heavy rains and unexpected flooding of Musi river that eventually flowed into their houses and damaged property.”
In a separate initiative, the government has sanctioned Rs 52 crore for construction of Moosarambagh bridge and Rs 42 crore for the Chaderghat bridge, he said. “Construction of retaining walls will be taken up in the areas on a priority basis,” Srinivas Yadav added.
The minister said that flooding from the upper reaches of several canals into the surrounding houses will be rectified soon. In order to solve that problem, a full-fledged nala development work has been undertaken under the Stragegic Nala Development Programme (SNDP), he said.
