The district administration has launched a special drive to close all the open borewells in a time-bound manner to avoid untoward incidents. The district authorities identified 95 defunct open borewells in the 13 mandals of the district and closed 75 of them. The remaining 20 would be closed very soon. The authorities identified largest number of 32 borewells in Mustabad mandal, 17 in Thangallapalli mandal, 10 in Gambhiraopeta, 11 in Yellareddypet mandal and 7 in Vemulawada urban.