The ambitious water grid project envisaged by the Telangana government to provide potable drinking water to each household in the new State will adopt the light detection and ranging technology.
The government plans to undertake aerial triangulation survey with the help of light aircrafts. The photo geometric technology to be used in the project would enable quicker route mapping and 3D mapping and Geographical Information System (GIS) would come handy for the speedy implementation of the scheme.
The Chief Minister, K. Chandrasekhar Rao, is scheduled to undertake an aerial survey of Lower Manair dam on Wednesday before holding a review meeting with engineers at Siddipet on the water grid. Taking inspiration from the Siddipet model, which is successfully running, Mr. Rao plans to enthuse the engineers to replicate the same.
All Ministers and senior officers would attend the meeting to be addressed by the Chief Minister. It was not clear whether one chopper would be used for the aerial survey or two, the sources said.
The project envisages providing 100 litres of water to each household in villages and 150 litres to every house in cities/towns. It will cover 25,000 villages and 67 towns. Drawing 34 tmcft and 21.41 tmcft water respectively from the Godavari and Krishna, the project would supply water through pipelines laid across 1.25 lakh km in Telangana. The project will not be a mere water grid, but a smart water grid.
