ISSUE 2: DRINKING WATER:

Further there is pathetic supply of drinking water throughout Telangana, especially in Nalgonda
district. It is affected by excess of fluoride in the drinking water, as they do not have river
Krishna water for drinking even though River Krishna flow in this district about 100 km. Local
people have been demanding supply of water from River Krishna for 30 years. The estimated
cost according to experts is 12 billion rupees. In 600 villages, about 300,000 people are affected
by excess of fluoride in the underground water. 10,000 people are totally crippled. People with
paralyzing bone diseases, stooped backs, crooked hands and legs, deformed teeth, blindness and
other handicaps are common sight in the district.



ISSUE 3. DISCRIMINATION IN POWER PROJECTS

Though Telangana has river water sources to cultivate 50 lakh acres, sufficient projects have not been taken up. Due to this majority of farmers in Telangana depend on bore wells for which power supply is also adequately not provided. Though the demand for power in Telangana is 56%, capacity created is only 34%. Whereas in Andhra though the demand is 44%, capacity created is 66%. Some examples of discrimination in power sector is as follows.

1.Manugur power project in Khammam district was shifted to Vijayawada in 1973.

2.Gas supply not sanctioned to 2100 MW power plant envisaged in Karimnagar, but gas was sanctioned to 7000 MW power plant of Vijayawada MP, Lagadapati and other Andhra investors.

3.Though 600 MW power plant envisaged in Sattupally, has allotments for water, land and coal
still it is not sanctioned.

4.Where as Rayala seema power plant set up in 1980 in Kadapa district in Maddunur, even though no source of water and coal, is being run by Telangana Singareni coal.

5.Ramagundam power plant was handed over to NTPC in 1977 in proposals stage itself. Actually it should have been built and run by State government. As a result of joining NTPC our
State is getting only 900 MW of the total 2500 MW.

6.Last year in Khammam district water was not released to Kothgudem thermal power station
from Kinnerasani project. Instead water was released from Kinnerasani project to fields under
Dhawaleswaram project. But never was water released to 10000 acres land under Kinnerasani
project. In this way KTPS is underutilized.