At a high-level meeting in Hyderabad on Thursday on water supply for Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Chief Secretary I.Y.R. Krishna Rao asked GVMC to maintain a supply of 32 to 33 MGD, the quantum being given during the past two to three days, daily. Sources said RINL wanted that the Yeleru canal be de-silted so as to improve supply, as otherwise the plant would face a critical situation.
RINL CMD P. Madhusudhan, district Collector N. Yuvaraj, Municipal Commissioner M.V. Satyanarayana, and APIIC officials participated in the meeting.
Sources said the GVMC was assessing the situation as supplying even 30 MGD would result in a shortfall of 5 MGD to 6 MGD for domestic supply.
