HYDERABAD: The Rajasekhara Reddy government announced yet another ambitious scheme,
this time to supply bottled mineral water to all villages in the State by March-end, starting with
tribal areas, prone frequently to water-borne diseases.
Dubbed the first such scheme of its kind, Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy asserted this
was feasible as the erection of a plant to provide mineral water to a population of 1,500 (five litres
each) a day will cost only Rs. 2 lakh. Inaugurating a two-day Collectors’ conference at Jubilee
Hall here on Friday, he said he would launch the scheme on August 15.
He also disclosed to Ministers, senior officials and Collectors attending the conference that he
would pay surprise visits to villages from Dasara to personally verify whether they had basic
facilities like roads and drinking water supply and whether welfare schemes were reaching the
intended beneficiaries. He would have permanent helipads built in all the 1,128 mandal
headquarters to facilitate his visits. On their part, the Collectors must improve the delivery
systems by strictly implementing the schemes without scope for delay and corruption. “There is a
cry of the common man behind every petition”. The Collectors must attend to public grievances
every Monday, he said.
The Collectors were asked to implement nine-hour free power supply to agriculture sector from
July 15 and the 30-kg rice quota for white cardholders and the Abhayahastham pensions for 1
crore women, both from October.
Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/27/stories/2009062760940100.htm
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