Satya Sai trust's water scheme to benefit five lakh people

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Project likely to be dedicated to the local people by July 15 Water to

be drawn through pipelines from Hukumpet and Gajjaram The mega project

comprises 35 components RAY OF HOPE: An intake well on the banks of the

Godavari at Peda Pattisam near Polavaram, built by Satya Sai Central Trust, as

part of a protected drinking water scheme proposed to supply water to upland

areas. POLAVARAM : The Satya Sai Central

Trust based at Puttaparthi stood up to the maxim `service to humanity is service

to the Almighty' by gifting the Rs 50-crore drinking water scheme to the

water-starved upland areas in West Godavari district. The project is likely

to be dedicated to the local people by July 15, possibly by godman Satya Sai

Baba, says Kondala Rao, a spokesman of the trust. Raw water The scheme,

proposed to treat raw water from the Godavari in treatment plants and supply

drinking water to needy areas through pipelines for a distance of 450 kms, is a

godsend for the less than

fortunate people of upland tracts. It is aimed at benefiting some 5 lakh

people in 200 habitations falling under 15 mandals. As per the project

design, water will be drawn through pipelines from Hukumpet to Kovvada,

Kannapuram, Koyyalagudem, Buttayagudem, Kamavarapukota, Dwaraka Tirumala,

Chintalapudi, on the one side and Gajjaram, Gopalapuram Yadavole, I. Pangidi,

Nallajarla and Dubacharla on the other on two different routes. The mega

project comprises 35 components, including balancing reservoirs, overhead

balancing reservoirs, treatment plants and intake wells. High-motors will be

energised to pump water into intake wells. ©2006 2006, The Hindu Links to

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