CM Chandrababu Naidu Lays Stone for Rs 126-Crore Water Project
Project to flow Krishna waters to Tirupati district
Tirupati: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Tuesday laid the foundation for a Rs 126-crore water project at Naravaripalle village in the Chandragiri constituency.
The project aims at bringing Krishna River waters to Tirupati district to strengthen the region’s irrigation and drinking water supplies.
The plan is to draw water from the Handri–Neeva branch canal and flow it to the Kalyani dam through a combination of lift and gravity pipelines. Water would be lifted by about 10 metres at the 53-km point of the canal and diverted to local tanks before reaching the dam.
The scheme is expected to provide irrigation to more than 1,100 acres and ensure reliable drinking water supply to Tirupati city and the Tirumala hill shrine.
Tanks at Moolapalle, Kondreddy Kandriga, Kaniti Madugu, Nagapatla and Venkatarayani would be replenished, restoring ayacut areas and benefiting the farmers in nearby villages. The Moolapalle tank would receive 10 million cubic feet of water to irrigate 259 acres, Kondreddy Kandriga 4.40 million cubic feet for 111 acres, Kaniti Madugu 8 million cubic feet for 500 acres, Nagapatla 6 million cubic feet for 168 acres and Venkatarayani 3.90 million cubic feet for 116 acres.
Nearly 400 million cubic feet of water would be diverted to the Kalyani dam to meet the drinking water needs. The project would be completed within two years and supply water for about 120 days each year.
Earlier, the CM, along with minister Nara Lokesh, took part in a series of development programmes in Naravaripalle. He inaugurated a skill development centre built at a cost of Rs 1.4 crore and a 33/11 kV semi-indoor power substation constructed at a cost of Rs 4.27 crore. He also launched the Sanjeevani project at the Naravaripalle community health centre and inaugurated a road connecting the A-Rangampeta–Bheemavaram road to the Seshachala Lingeswara Swamy temple, built at a cost of Rs 70 lakh.
The CM also inaugurated a Patient Attendant Amenities Complex built at a cost of Rs 45 lakh at Ruia hospital, a boys’ hostel constructed at a cost of Rs 7.5 crore and a girls’ hostel built for Rs 5 crore at SV University. He laid foundation stones for centralised advanced research laboratories costing Rs 6 crore, the second floor of an academic building costing Rs 5.03 crore and a compound wall costing Rs 2.91 crore.
Naidu toured stalls set up in the village showcasing millet-based food items, natural farming products and the food basket programme. He interacted with anganwadi children and women beneficiaries, who told him that the Shining Centres were helping improve their children’s growth and development.
