Archive · 6 Aug 2026
Government Allows 1.865 TMCs Water From Nagarjuna Sagar for Palnadu
The government of the state decided to help people in a dry area get clean drinking water.
The area is called Palnadu, and it sits close to a big water reservoir called Nagarjuna Sagar.
Even though the reservoir is near, the villages in Palnadu have had very little safe water to drink.
Some people had to walk very far to fetch water.
Others used groundwater that contains fluoride, which can be bad for health.
The government said the water department may now take 1.865 TMCs of water from the reservoir to use for drinking.
The water will be pumped at a place called Vijayapuri South.
A new pipe system will be built so the water goes directly to village storage tanks.
This should help about 800,000 people in 363 villages.
The new system will be steadier than the old one, which depended on seasonal canals.
The state coalition government issued GO Rt No 453 permitting the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department to draw 1.865 TMCs of water from the Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir.
The water will be pumped at Vijayapuri South under the Revamped Jal Jeevan Mission to supply drinking water to the Palnadu region.
Palnadu has suffered severe drinking water shortages despite being located near the reservoir, forcing residents to travel long distances or use fluoride-contaminated groundwater.
A dedicated intake system under Jal Jeevan Mission will replace the existing dependence on seasonal canal-based withdrawals for filling drinking water storage tanks.
The allocation is expected to solve drinking water problems for 8 lakh people across 363 villages in 11 mandals of Palnadu district.
- Who
- The coalition state government and the Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Department.
- What
- The government permitted drawing 1.865 TMCs of water from the Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir for drinking water supply in Palnadu under the Revamped Jal Jeevan Mission.
- When
- Wednesday, when the government issued GO Rt No 453.
- Where
- Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir, with pumping at Vijayapuri South, serving the Palnadu region.
- Why
- To address severe drinking water shortages and reliance on fluoride-contaminated groundwater in the villages of Palnadu.
- Water allocation
- 1.865 TMCs
- Source
- Nagarjuna Sagar Reservoir
- Government Order
- GO Rt No 453
- Pumping point
- Vijayapuri South
- Scheme
- Revamped Jal Jeevan Mission
- Beneficiaries
- 8 lakh people in 363 villages
- Mandals covered
- Dachepalle, Durgi, Gurazala, Karempudi, Machavaram, Macherla, Piduguralla, Nuzendla, Rentachintala, Veldurthi, Bellamkonda
- Assembly constituencies
- Macherla, Gurazala, Pedakurapadu