Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader and former minister G. Jagadish Reddy stated that emptying of Nagarjunasagar tail-pond by Andhra Pradesh stands as the height of Congress government’s neglect of the river waters, irrigation and drinking water issues.
Speaking at Suryapet on Friday, he said the tail-pond located 21 km downstream of Nagarjunasagar dam at Satrasala in Nalgonda district has a storage capacity of 6 tmc ft and in the last 10 years it was full even in summer season to meet the drinking water needs in Nalgonda district. But, this year it had been emptied by A.P. with ministers and legislators of Telangana being in deep slumber.
He demanded that the State government answer the people of erstwhile Nalgonda district as to why and who had emptied the tail-pond. Not only the ministers and ruling party legislators but even the Chief Minister owes an answer to the people.