The long-cherished dream of providing drinking water supply from Lower Manair Dam (LMD) reservoir on the outskirts of Karimnagar to Vemulawada temple was fulfilled on Saturday.
Minister for Finance and Civil Supplies Etala Rajender launched the water supply at Vemulawada Gram Panchayat Office in the presence of MP B. Vinod Kumar, legislator Ch. Ramesh Babu and others.
It may be recalled that the water supply to the Vemulawada temple town was conceived long ago and took shape in 2006 at a cost of Rs. 9.5 crore. Due to delay, the project cost escalated to Rs.13 crore. The Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Devasthanam contributed Rs. 3 crore for the project and the remaining amount was given by the Rural Water Supply (RWS).
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At last, the project was completed after tardy progress for several years.
In the phase, the project would supply daily 40,000 litres of water to the Vemulawada, Thippapur and Nampally villages and in the second phase they would supply additional 40,000 litres to meet the demand in the temple town and adjoining villages.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that then Congress government failed to complete the project in 10 years and the TRS government completed it in one year. He said the government was committed to provide water to each and every household under the Water Grid programme before seeking votes in the elections.
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MP B. Vinod Kumar said that the government was chalking out strategies for the development of the temple at a cost of Rs. 250 crore.
Legislator Ch. Ramesh Babu, Gram Panchayat Sarpanch Namala Uma, Sircilla RDO Bikshu Naik and others were also present.