Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Drone Survey Planned to Safeguard Visakhapatnam Drinking Water Supply
Officials want to protect Visakhapatnam’s drinking water supply.
They inspected Meghadri Gedda Reservoir on Wednesday.
They checked how much water is there now.
They also compared today’s level with levels from earlier years.
The reservoir gets water from areas including Kotapadu and Sabbavaram.
Officials will study water levels from the past 10 years.
A drone will take pictures and information about the reservoir.
This may help officials plan cleaning and other improvements, such as removing built-up sediment.
GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg ordered a drone survey of Meghadri Gedda Reservoir.
The survey will support an action plan for developing and safeguarding the reservoir.
Officials reviewed current water levels and compared them with levels from previous years.
A decade-long report will identify years when reservoir levels declined significantly.
Potential development measures include desilting and dredging, while the reservoir’s inflows come from nearby catchment areas.
- Who
- GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg, GVMC water officials, irrigation officials and other staff.
- What
- Officials planned a drone survey and broader development measures for Meghadri Gedda Reservoir.
- When
- The inspection and directions took place on Wednesday; no calendar date was specified.
- Where
- Meghadri Gedda Reservoir near Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, with inflows from catchment areas in Kotapadu, Sabbavaram and nearby regions.
- Why
- To safeguard Visakhapatnam’s drinking water supply and prepare an action plan for reservoir development.
- Reservoir
- Meghadri Gedda Reservoir
- Lead official
- GVMC commissioner Ketan Garg
- Planned survey
- Drone survey to support preparation of an action plan
- Historical review
- Officials will compile water-level data from the past decade
- Potential measures
- Desilting and dredging
- Water sources
- Catchment areas in Kotapadu, Sabbavaram and nearby regions
- Survey responsibility
- Executive engineer Muralikrishna