Telangana Government has appointed 10 IAS officers as special officers to monitor the drinking water situation in urban and rural areas of districts. They were directed to ensure adequate supply of drinking water to all rural and urban households every day.
As per a Government Order (G.O) issued on Wednesday, the officers were directed to visit the districts immediately to coordinate with the district collectors, State level departments and monitor the drinking water situation till the end of July, 2024. Patil Prashant Jeevan, secretary, I&CAD department was allotted Adilabad and Nirmal districts; Krishna Aditya S, director, Labour department was allotted Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Mancherial; R.V. Karnan, director, Health & Family Welfare was allotted Karimnagar, Jagtial, Peddapalli and Rajanna Sircilla; Anita Ramachandran, Commissioner, PR&RD was allotted Nalgonda, Yadadri Bhongir and Suryapet; A. Sharath, Secretary, TribaI Welfare Department, was allotted Nizamabad and Kamareddy.
The orders were issued three-days after Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy directed officials to ensure there is proper supply of energy and drinking water as demand is increasing for the two resources. To supply drinking water till the end of June, Mr. Redddy has suggested authorities to use borewells, open wells and other sources. Also, the CM directed the Collectors to prepare village-wise action plans to ensure issues with the supply of drinking water do not arise.
Opposition Bharat Rashtra Samithi has been persistently alleging that there is issue with the supply of drinking water in the State. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday, the party’s working president K.T. Rama Rao said that the State is witnessing investors, generators and water tankers. He also said that the operators of water tankers are charging three times the normal rate.
