Minister for Finance and Health T. Harish Rao announced in the Legislative Council on Tuesday that some pumps would start lifting water at Annaram pump-house (Kasipeta) in the third week of the month and some pumps at Medigadda pump-house (Kannepally) would be put back in motion to lift water by October-end.
The two pump houses having 17 and 12 pumps, respectively, were flooded and submerged in the second week of July following “unprecedented” flood in the river Godavari. Replying a short discussion on the flood, relief to flood-affected people and submergence of Kaleshwaram pump houses, the Minister said the news of partial revival of the pump houses soon would be a bitter pill to swallow to the Opposition parties who were engaged in murky politics over the issue.
He reiterated that the submergence of the two pump houses was not the result of human error but was a natural calamity as the river at the location witnessed highest flood in 500 years. However, the State Government was not spending any money on the revival of pump houses as the contract agency was carrying out the work on its own as part of the agreement with defect liability. He also assured that the government would ensure sufficient water to the ayacut linked to Kaleshwaram system.
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