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The Telangana government has proposed to build a water grid that would meet the drinking water needs of all the towns and villages besides the requirements of the industry in the state.
A total of 126,000-km of water pipeline, including the main trunk line, secondary network and the distribution lines, is proposed to be built as part of the project under which the water will be pumped to places at higher contours at various locations and from there to different places by gravity wherever possible, according to a preliminary plan.
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, who held marathon meetings with senior government officials on the project on Monday, told them the project should be designed to meet the requirement for 30 years from now.
The government proposes to divert huge amount of water from Krishna and Godavari basins and about 80 tmc of water was estimated to be required for meeting the needs of the entire state, excluding the capital city, according to the chief minister’s office. However, the government is yet to indicate as to how it is going to fund the project.
