Vattivagu project |
Komuram Bheem project right canal works in progress |
With the Komuram Bheem project becoming operational,
Vattivagu project will be shelved forever without making repairs and laying new
canals in place of damaged one.
Actually the Komuram Bheem project was planned
to irrigate only 20,000 acres under left canal against the proposed 39,000
acres and the right canal was proposed to irrigate 6,000 acre in Asifabad
mandal.
The canal works of right canal works of Komuram Bheem are in progress as part of
Mission Bhagiratha.
The Singareni may start its coal excavation
activities in dried up Vattivagu project where it found huge coal deposits and
the place is just attached to exiting Dorli opencast mine.
The Vattivagu project will be linked to right canal
of Komuram Bheem project. The soil excavated from the Dorli opencast project is
dumping close to the Vattivagu project and the soil is flowing into reservoir every
rainy season and huge siltation deposited in the project waters sinking the
storage capacity of the project.
The local Adivasis and fishing community people
alleged that Singareni has been deliberately dumping ash heaps to make the
project irrelevant and sink its storage capacity so that they will start opencast
mining in the backwaters of project in near future.
Former Asifabad MLA Atram Sakku said that the left
and right canals of Vattivagu project were fully damaged and water will not
flow downstream only for one km through canals and funds have not been sanctioned for the
project repairs and canals.
It is said that the right canal of the Vattivagu
project may be linked with the right canal of the Komuram Bheem project.
Actually the Vattivagu project was envisaged to irrigate 24,500 acres covering 30 villages in Asifabad and Rebbena mandals.
Actually the Vattivagu project was envisaged to irrigate 24,500 acres covering 30 villages in Asifabad and Rebbena mandals.
The project was breached few times due to heavy
rains and temporary repairs were done to strengthen the bund close to the crest
gates in the past. The vattivagu project
was constructed on Vattivagu stream which was tributary to the river Godavari.
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