BRS legislators push to restart Kannepalli pump house amid looming Hyderabad water shortage

BRS legislators from Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts called for the immediate re‑opening of water pumping at the Kannepalli pump house, part of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project, saying a halt could trigger a drinking‑water emergency in Hyderabad and nearby areas. On Saturday a group of five MLAs – Devireddy Sudheer Reddy, Madhavaram Krishna Rao, K.P. Vivekanand, Marri Rajasekhar Reddy and Bandari Lakshma Reddy – inspected the facility in Mahadevpur mandal, Jayashankar Bhupalpally district. The delegation warned that they would join Hyderabad and Secunderabad residents in a protest at Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s house if action was not taken. They accused the state government of allowing roughly 750 TMC of Godavari water to flow into the sea since June, while suggesting that rescuing at least 250 TMC could raise reservoir, tank and groundwater levels. Vivekanand blamed the administration for ignoring El Nino warnings and delaying the pump’s restart. Sudheer Reddy added that the government had not responded to reports of blasts on the Medigadda barrage pillars and was spreading false information about KLIP instead of repairing the infrastructure. The MLAs also pointed to daily bookings of about 7,000 water‑tankers in Hyderabad as evidence of mounting pressure on the city’s supply.

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The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project lifts water from the Godavari River to inland regions, and Hyderabad relies on this source for a large share of its municipal water.