'Sai Baba promised aid to bring Godavari water to Anantapur'

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November 17, 2004

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`Saibaba promised aid to bring Godavari water to Anantapur'

By Our Staff Reporter

KURNOOL, NOV. 17. The Minister for Lift Irrigation, M. Mareppa, has said that

Sri Satya Saibaba had promised to donate Rs. 325 crores for diversion of

Godavari water to the perennially drought-hit Anantapur district.

Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, Mr. Mareppa said a group from Anantapur

district, led by the Water Canal Project Society, surveyed the course of the

canal, which originates at Bololi in Maharastra and passes through 550 km in

Nizamabad, Medak, Ranga Reddy, Mahabubnagar and Kurnool districts before

entering Anantapur.

According to the Minister, the 325-crore project would be completed in a year if

GI metal angular soft shutter technology was adopted. All 24 major tanks and

five mini-reservoirs and small tanks could be filled with Godavari water

through old streams. Mr. Mareppa said the project was in a nascent stage and

not many technical details were available.

2004, The Hindu

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