August deadline for Mission Bhagiratha

Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has set August as the deadline to for Mission Bhagiratha project, and said it should be completed in within the stipulated time.

He said the contracts of agencies who failed to complete the work within the deadline would be terminated. “Neither delay nor irresponsibility of contractors will be tolerated,” Mr Rao said at a review of the Mission Bhagiratha with officials on Saturday.

He asked contractors to take inspiration from the Kaleshwaram project where work is going on round the clock. He said along with the work to supply water, internal pipelines in the villages should also be carried out.

Expressing displeasure over the delay in the completion of works on overhead service resources, Mr Rao said work on internal pipelines need not be stopped on this pretext. He suggested that all the material like pipelines and taps should be moved to the work sites and teams be deployed to round the clock to complete the work.

Mr Rao reminded officials that he promised in the Assembly that all 25,000 villages in the state would be provided with safe drinking water before the elections. He said more than 12,000 villages were getting water supply now.

Mr Rao said water should be maintained in all reservoirs of irrigation projects. Only after ensuring water for drinking should it should be released for irrigation.

Mr Rao said GST over and above that is mentioned in the agreement would be borne by the government.