T'gana CM orders expeditious completion of Water Grid works

Telangna Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao today asked the authorities that works for the prestigious Water Grid project for supply of water in the state be completed expeditiously and with transparency.
Rao, who held a review on Water Grid, said drinking water should be supplied first to the fluoride-hit Nalgonda district and the drought-hit Mahabubnagar district, a release from the Chief Minister's Office said.
Noting that HUDCO and NABARD would invest Rs 13,000 crore, he said the organisations may invest another Rs 7,000 crore.
Observing that the Centre would also provide funds for the project, Rao said the state government is also ready to provide money wherever necessary.

Panchayat Raj Minister K T Rama Rao said tenders have been finalised for 17 of the 26 'packages' (works) of the project and that the tender process would be completed in another one week.
Rao, spoke to the General Manager of South Central Railway regarding permissions for laying the pipelines of the grid where railway lines are in the way.
The officials of state government and the railways would hold a meeting on the issue, the release added.