Musi riverfront development suffers a setback
Hyderabad Whatever little development that Musi Riverfront Project has seen has faced a setback due to floods following heavy rains last month and release of 23000 cusecs of water from Himayatsagar and 12000 cusecs of water from OsmansagarMusi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited MRDCL authorities maintained that before taking up the development work at Nagole they had taken into account the major devastation caused due to flash floods in October last yearThe continuous high intensity flow from upstream Musi had cut through the soil beneath the pavements at Nagole disturbing the tiles set up on themMusi River Front Development Project began in 2006 but had slackened1665 crore the nodal agency has neither diverted effluents that come into the Musi River nor removed encroachments from its banks till date
Hyderabad Whatever little development that Musi Riverfront Project has seen has faced a setback due to floods following heavy rains last month and release of 23000 cusecs of water from Himayatsagar and 12000 cusecs of water from Osmansagar The velocity of floods in the river caused erosion of about four kilometres of pavements cycling tracks landscapes and other infrastructure developed at Nagole at a cost of Rs 9 croreMusi Riverfront Development Corporation Limited MRDCL authorities maintained that before taking up the development work at Nagole they had taken into account the major devastation caused due to flash floods in October last year But they are surprised that last months floods due to heavy rains still caused quite some damageMRDCL chairman D Sudheer Reddy has however maintained that it is only a minimal damage The continuous high intensity flow from upstream Musi had cut through the soil beneath the pavements at Nagole disturbing the tiles set up on them He said the corporation teams have been working on restoring the damaged portion since last week He however did not disclose the amount of damageWhen asked about future challenges as Musi River will most likely face similar situations every time it rains heavily Sudheer Reddy said there plans to raise the central portion of Musi depicting the shape of a quarter moon during dry season so that the water streams could be regulated He said engineering officials have prepared some plans in this regard A final decision will be taken during the board meeting on August 28Musi River Front Development Project began in 2006 but had slackened After formation of Telangana the TRS government decided to give the river a facelift at an estimated cost of Rs 740 crore with 70 per cent of funding coming from National River Conservation Directorate NRCD Due to fund crunch the project gathered dust during the first term of TRS government In the interim the project cost escalated to Rs 1665 croreHowever despite formation of MRDCL and earmarking Rs 1665 crore the nodal agency has neither diverted effluents that come into the Musi River nor removed encroachments from its banks till date It has though identified for development certain stretches of the river 35 km from Nagole to Kothapet 3 km in Uppal Bhagat 2 km from Chaderghat to Puranapul and about 2 km near Muslim Jung Bridge
