Date:25/03/2008 URL: http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/03/25/stories/2008032551162300.htm

Back Tunnel of hope

— P.V. Sivakumar

Addressing water shortage: A farmer watches the gigantic Tunnel Bore Machine (TBM) work in progress at the Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel Scheme at Mannevarepalle Mandal of Achampet in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh (150 km from Hyderabad). The TBM will drill through 46 km of a mountain to bring water from River Krishna for drinking and irrigation to the drought-prone Nalgonda district.