A similar project, Maneru Manchineella Pathakam, was conceived and completed by K.C.R, when he was MLA for Siddipet Assembly Constituency in 1996-97, at a cost of ₹100 crores.
The project was launched by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi at Komatibanda village, Medak district in Gajwel constituency on 6 August 2016.
The central government-owned, Water and Power Consultancy Services (WAPCOS) has vetted DPRs, Monitoring, Supervision, and Quality Control of TDWSP works.
[6] The Krishna and Godavari rivers and existing reservoirs will be interlinked to collect, reserve and supply treated drinking water in the state, to every household in over 25,000 villages and 65 towns.
The project required 13,000 permissions from various departments like railways, defense, national highways, forest, irrigation, panchayat raj, roads and buildings.
The 150 water treatment plants, 62 pumping stations, 35,573 Overhead service reservoirs, 27 intake wells are set up.