KURNOOL: Mayor S. Raghurami Reddy reviewed the water supply position with Municipal Commissioner K. Venkateswarlu and engineering officials in the wake of commotion created over the quality of water supplied to the city.

Mr. Reddy told reporters on Friday that water released from Gajuladinne project would reach the city by Monday. Saying that quality problem arose because of contamination of water stored in the KC Canal, he said death of a large quantity of fish trapped in the closed canal also caused deterioration.

He said the first flow from the GDP would be used to wash the contaminated portion of the canal.

Mr. Reddy said there was no shortage of water for the summer but the quality problem was unexpected. Some 785 mcft water was available in the Gajuladinne project and another 40 mcft in the summer storage tank. Together the two sources would ensure supply for three months. In addition, the flow in the Tungabhadra River would also be tapped for supply to the city.

Takes exception

Mr. Raghurami Reddy took exception to M.A. Gafoor, MLA, creating controversy over the stagnated water in the KC Canal. He said supply of safe water was everybody's responsibility, including that of the MLA and the MP. Mr. Reddy said the problem taught a serious lesson that the river source should not be given up as was decided earlier.

He said the river source would be kept alive for emergency use. Earlier, the corporation proposed to disband the system to avoid heavy power charges.

Meanwhile, the corporation planned to expand the filtration capacity by 45 lakh gallons and overhead reservoirs by 60 lakh gallons.

The additional filtration mechanism was planned at a cost of Rs. 3.6 crores and overhead reservoirs Rs. 2 crores.

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