Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao today instructed the officials to give top priority to drinking water in the utilisation of river waters, even as Minimum Draw Down Levels (MDDL) should be maintained at all the reservoirs and Irrigation projects.
The CM held a review meeting with the officials on supply of water to Mission Bhagiratha programme with Irrigation and Mission Bhagiratha officials here.
"We have taken up a gigantic programme like Mission Bhagiratha to supply drinking water to every household on a daily basis. Once we start supplying the drinking water we cannot stop it," Rao said in a media release.
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According to him, the state is allocating 10 percent of water for drinking water purposes.
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