Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has asked farmers to give a fitting reply to persons indulging in mudslinging with regard to the Pattiseema project.
Addressing the farmers who came from different districts of Krishna delta to showcase the good yield they achieved this season because they could raise a crop with the Godavari water pumped by the Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme, Mr. Naidu said that some of his detractors were using the Pattiseema project to sling mud on him and asked the farmers to counter that. A festive atmosphere prevailed outside the Assembly and Council complex with the farmers in a jubilant mood coming to Velagapudi to express their gratitude to the Chief Minister for completion of the lift irrigation project in a record time. Some farmers brought ‘payasam,’ pongal, and food items prepared with the rice grown in their fields and offered it to Mr. Naidu.
These were also distributed to all the staff and security personnel outside the Assembly complex. They also offered unthreshed paddy arranged like a bouquet to Mr. Naidu, and said they would forever be indebted to him. The Chief Minister said that the State would soon become drought-free.
