State government has released Rs.200 crore additional funds sought for completing Pattiseema lift irrigation project on time.
State government has taken up the project to provide water not only to delta area but also to Rayalaseema districts and determined to complete the works by August 15 and conduct a trial run, said Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnudu. In a statement here on Friday, he said an input subsidy of Rs.25.46 crore was released to compensate for the extraordinary weather conditions in Srikakulam district due to Hudhud cyclone and loss of more than 50 per cent of paddy crop in 16,972 hectares in13 districts due to pests. The amount would be credited directly into the accounts of farmers who suffered losses and an SMS message would be sent to farmers once the amount was credited into the accounts of farmers.
The Finance Minister said the proposals for setting up a cyber police station to control the growing cyber crimes in the State particularly in Visakhapatnam were cleared in toto.
A police station exclusively for cyber crimes under the Visakhapatnam Police Commissionerate would help in controlling and regulating cyber crimes. Based on the functioning of the cyber crime police station, such exclusive police stations would be set up in other districts too, he said.
