Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Amaravati Drinking Water Projects Set for Faster Construction
Officials are building water facilities for people in Amaravati’s capital region.
D. Lakshmi Parthasarathi visited the work and asked teams to move faster without lowering quality.
One project will draw water from the Krishna river near Venkata Palem.
A treatment plant at Krishnayapalem will clean up to 190 million litres of water each day.
The ADC is also building seven water supply centres.
A distribution plant near N-4 road will have a 2,400-kilolitre capacity.
The contractor was asked to meet its targets by May 2027.
Officials were told to check the treatment plant work every day.
Amaravati Development Corporation chief D. Lakshmi Parthasarathi ordered faster progress on capital-region drinking water projects.
She reviewed construction of a 380 MLD intake well in the Krishna river near Venkata Palem.
The Phase-I water treatment plant at Krishnayapalem is designed to treat 190 MLD.
The ADC is building seven water supply centres and a 2,400-kilolitre distribution plant near N-4 road.
NCC contractor representatives were told to meet project targets by May 2027, with quality maintained.
- Who
- D. Lakshmi Parthasarathi, chairperson and managing director of the Amaravati Development Corporation, and project officials.
- What
- Officials reviewed drinking-water infrastructure projects and were directed to accelerate construction while maintaining quality.
- When
- During an inspection; the contractor's stated target is May 2027.
- Where
- Amaravati capital region, including sites near Venkata Palem, Krishnayapalem and N-4 road.
- Why
- To develop drinking-water facilities in line with the capital region's projected population.
Project acceleration
Quality and oversight
Construction priorities
Project acceleration
Lakshmi Parthasarathi directed officials to speed up the drinking-water projects.
Quality and oversight
She also instructed officials to maintain quality standards and personally monitor the treatment plant project every day.
- Intake well capacity
- 380 million litres per day (MLD)
- Intake well location
- Krishna river near Venkata Palem
- Phase-I treatment plant
- 190 MLD capacity, under construction at Krishnayapalem village
- Water supply centres
- Seven are being constructed by the ADC
- Distribution plant
- 2,400-kilolitre plant planned near N-4 road
- Project target
- NCC contractor representatives were directed to meet targets by May 2027