Rayalaseema Saaguneeti Sadhana Samithi founding president Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy talking at a programme held to mark the eleventh aniversity of the Samithi at Nandyal on Sunday.
| Photo Credit: U SUBRAMANYAM
The Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samithi (RSSS), on the event of its eleventh anniversary on Sunday, determined to launch a protest programme on May 31, marking the anniversary of the laying of the inspiration for the Siddheswaram Barrage upstream Srisailam reservoir. The challenge is but to materialise.
Samithi’s founding president Bojja Dasharathrami Reddy stated that folks from all of the 4 Rayalaseema districts will participate within the programme. The RSSS has been highlighting the injustice meted out to the individuals of the area on guarantees of offering irrigation water by way of Siddeswaram challenge, which evisages impounding near 70 tmcft of water and irrigate massive tracts in Kurnool, Anantapur and Kadapa districts.
The Samithi has drawn an motion plan to get the authorized water rights of Rayalaseema over the Krishna and Tungabhadra waters, he stated. The Samithi has been searching for “Rule Curve” for upkeep of minimal water degree of 854 ft at Srisailam Dam.
He criticized political events within the State for not offering the much-needed momentum to the Rayalaseema initiatives.
