Face of Narayankhed will change for better, says Harish
The Hindu
Chief Minister’s public meeting in Narayankhed on Feb. 21
Finance and Health Minister T. Harish Rao said that the face of Naryanakhed will be changed for ever for better with construction of Sangameswara and Basaveswara lift irrigation projects in Sangareddy district.
Participating in a preparatory meeting held at Narayankhed after supervising arrangements for the scheduled visit of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on February 21, Mr. Rao said that the once backward area of Narayankhed constituency is fast developing in the last seven years under the rule of TRS.
“The problems that had hunted the people of this area for the last seven decades are addressed in the last seven years. Water from Kaleshwaram will be brought to Singur and from there the back waters will be lifted and supplied to this area from these lift schemes. About 1.37 lakh acres will get irrigated with Basaveswara lift irrigation scheme in Narayankhed area,” said Mr. Rao while addressing party leaders. He said that a public meeting will be held with about one lakh people at Narayankhed.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.