With water scarcity looming large in the Prakasam district, officials have constituted special teams to tap the water which will be released from the Nagarjuna Sagar Right Canal (NSRC) from April 8, to tackle the drinking water crisis.
The teams comprising Water Resources, Municipal, Rural Water Supply (RWS), Police, Revenue, Agriculture and Irrigation departments, will patrol the canal bunds to ensure that the water is not lifted or diverted for agriculture and is solely used as drinking water. Officials will release 5 TMC of water from NSRC to fill the tanks for about 15 days, of which 2.5 TMC will be given to the Western Prakasam district.
Officers and staff deputed for inspecting the canal bunds, who have also been drafted for election duties, including nodal and sector officers, flying squad teams, polling officers, and assistant polling officers are directed to attend to the canal patrolling duties, said Prakasam District Collector A.S. Dinesh Kumar.
