CM K.Chandrashekhar Rao instructs officials to focus on drinking water

Chief Minister of Telangana K. Chandrashekhar Rao on Monday instructed officials to give top priority to drinking water in the utilisation of river waters and that the Minimum Draw Down Levels (MDDL) should be maintained at all the reservoirs and Irrigation projects.

Chief Minister Rao held a review meeting with the officials on supply of water to Mission Bhagiratha programme, here."We have taken up a gigantic programme like Mission Bhagiratha to supply drinking



water to every household on a daily basis. Once we start supplying the drinking water we cannot stop it," Rao said.

He added, "We should not stop it either. For this water from the rivers should be available throughout the year. For this maintain MDDL at all the projects. It is not enough if water is stored at the projects and it should be released when need arises. Water should be released when it is required so that there is no scarcity."