Complete drinking water project works: Gottipati

Minister for Energy Gottipati Ravi Kumar directed the officials concerned to complete the drinking water works which were left in the middle of Addanki town. The Minister held a meeting with the officials and reviewed the pending works in Addanki Nagara Panchayat. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that it is irresponsible of officials to dig up the internal cement roads to carry out repairs to drinking water pipelines. He also expressed dissatisfaction with leaving the works in the middle without finishing them. The Minister directed the officials to complete the works immediately and remove the electricity poles in the middle of the roads and drainage canals in many places. Minister Ravi Kumar suggested that steps should be taken to quickly complete the TIDCO housing complexes built at Singarakonda during the Telugu Desam Party regime and provide them to the beneficiaries. He also ordered the officials of the concerned departments to immediately evolve plans to provide electricity and drinking water to the TIDCO houses. The drainage system in the area at the highway is chaotic, he said adding the drainage canals should be constructed properly. The Minister told the officials that road accidents are taking place due to congested roads at Gopalapuram and Elchur villages and ordered them to take road widening works at the earliest. He instructed the officials to disburse compensation to the farmers for their lands which were acquired for the highway widening. Minister Ravi Kumar asked the Municipal commissioner to take care of the drinking water pipelines to supply unpolluted drinking water in the town and take steps to carry out sanitation works from time to time to remove silt from the sewers, especially to involve voluntary organizations to control the use of plastic and bring awareness among the people. Earlier, the Minister paid tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram on his death anniversary