AMARAVATI: A team officials from Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) will inspect Rayalaseema Lift Irrigation Project (RLIP) site on July 6 and 7.
The KRMB is taking up the visit in the wake of NGT directive. In a communication to the state government, KRMB member Hrishkesh Meena said that the team would take up field visit to inspect whether the project work was taken up in against the instructions of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He said that member-secretary of the KRMB, DM Raipure, member (legal) LM Muanthang, CWC member KM Ravindra Rao would be part of the inspection team.
He requested the irrigation department to depute a delegation from the state government to assist the KRMB team in the field inspection. He had also asked the state government to submit the project maps, designs and detailed project report (DPR) to the team. He explained that the team would submit its inspection report to the NGT after inspection.
The inspection of KRMB was earlier postponed following the state government’s objection citing that all the officials in the Srisailam zone were infected with Covid-19. The state government asked the KRMB to postpone the visit in May when it was first planned, keeping in view the high number of Covid-19 positive cases reported in the state. Subsequently, a resident of Telangana filed a contempt petition in NGT saying that AP is continuing the RLIP works without in violation of NGT directive.
