Finance Minister Yanamala Ramakrishnaudu has said that the government is taking all steps to provide irrigation facilities to upland areas in the Rajanagaram, Jaggampeta, and Prattipadu Assembly constituencies
“Many think that there is plenty of water in East and West Godavari districts, which are considered the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. But there are many upland mandals in both the districts where farmers depend on borewells and other sources. The government will spare no effort to provide water to those farmers through lift irrigation, or any other means,” he added.
Participating in the Vanam-Manam programme along with Deputy Chief Minister N. Chinarajappa and Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao at Ramavaram village of Jaggampeta mandal on Friday, Mr. Ramakrishnaudu said that the government was determined to complete Polavaram left main canal by May 2017. This would help cater to the irrigation needs of these constituencies, besides providing water to Visakhapatnam.
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Mr. Ramakrishnudu said that water was being provided to 1.80 lakh acres, covering the tail-end areas too, through the Pushkara lift irrigation scheme on the Godavari at Purushothapatnam.
Mr. Chinarajappa said that the government was committed to planting one crore saplings, 15.60 lakh in East Godavari, under the programme in the State.
The government also decided to provide one plant to family blessed with a newborn baby. DWCRA women would be given seed to grow plants in the hilly areas. They would also be encouraged to grow casuarinas along the coast. Earlier, the Ministers participated in the plantation drive at Ramavaram and distributed fruit-bearing plants to individual households.
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NGO launched
At Narendrapuram, the Ministers participated in the inauguration of the Sri Jyothula Nehru Foundation, an NGO that aims to serve the needy in education and medical fields.
ZP chairperson Namana Rambabu, MP Thota Narashimham, District Collector H. Arun Kumar, MLAs Jyothula Nehru, Varupulla Subba Rao, Penduthi Venkatesh, SVSN Varma, and B. Bhaskararama Rao, MLC Naveen Kumar were present.
Committed to completing construction of Polavaram left main canal by May 2017
Yanamala Ramakrishnudu
Finance Minister