The Rayalaseema Rashtra Samithi has advised Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to look beyond Pattiseema and not project it as the panacea for all the ills plaguing the region.
RRS president Kunchem Venkatasubba Reddy told the media here on Wednesday that Rayalaseema would get water only from Siddheswaram through Pothireddypadu and that Pattiseema would never quench the region’s thirst.
He pointed out that several projects of the region depended entirely on Srisailam water fetched through the Pothireddypadu head regulator. “The Siddheswaram project proposed near Srisailam will not cost more than Rs. 600 crore, but can facilitate storage of 50 tmcft of water,” he said. He issued a veiled warning that any delay in executing the project could lead to another statehood movement in Rayalaseema.
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