TIRUPATI: A major threat in the form of flash floods to the temple city of Tirupati and other parts of Chandragiri-Nagari-Srikalahasti assembly segments has been averted as all the leakages to the 500 year old Rayalacheruvu have been plugged by the irrigation department officials with the help of experts from the IIT-Chennai and Tirupati.
Denizens of the temple city of Tirupati and especially the locals in the 16 odd submersion prone villages near the Rayalacheruvu heaved a big sigh of relief after Chandragiri legislator Dr Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy on Saturday announced that all leakages to the project were completely plugged and asked the people who vacated their villages and went away fearing submersion can now return back to their villages.
Speaking to reporters after performing special rituals at the 500-year-old water body, Dr Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy warned mischief mongers and social media miscreants not to spread false information regarding breaches to Rayalacheruvu causing fear and agony among the public at large.
"It is unfortunate that random people are uploading videos with narratives that the project has breached and more than 100 villages will submerge, causing fear among the people which is very unfortunate", lamented the Chandragiri legislator.
"Now that the leakages are plugged, the irrigation officials have been asked to closely monitor the inflows and the outflows to the project and to ensure water does not go beyond its full storage capacity levels. I thank all engineers and experts who spent sleepless nights to plug the leakages to the project", added the YSRC.
