The Telangana government announced a Telangana Water Grid project, on the lines of Gujarat Water Grid, at an estimated cost of Rs.25,000 crore to permanently solve the drinking water problem and the rampant fluorosis problems in the state.The grid, which will use 160 TMC ft (thousand million cubic feet) water, will be completed in four years, said Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao in Karimnagar Tuesday night. CM KCR said the grid would use 80 TMC ft each from Godavari and Krishna rivers. All ongoing drinking water projects will be integrated into the proposed project. The grid would be modeled on the lines of similar project undertaken in Gujarat, which is dubbed a larger than Indian Railways with it’s spread of 1,20,769 km. The state ...

Nalgonda is among the worst fluoride affected areas in India and the World. The Decades old problem made news in BBC 10 years ago . Yet, nothing got done. As one more effort, Telangana Development Forum (TDF) and Telangana Netizens Forum (TNF) have organized a 1-day fast this Saturday, 9 Nov at Indira Park, Hyderabad. Anyone expressing solidarity with the victims of fluoride and who wants to be part of the solution can join the Deeksha.