Amaravati : Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said new irrigation projects would be undertaken in Andhra Pradesh with the aim of providing water to every acre of land. By connecting the rivers, every acre can be made fertile with the water that was so far flowing into the sea and turning waste, he said. The Chief Minister said the Godavari-Krishna river interlinking was done through Pattiseema during the previous Telugu Desam government’s term. “The irrigation needs of lakhs of acres were met. The water currently being wasted into the sea can be utilized through river linking projects,” he said while addressing a review meeting on the state’s water resources.
Naidu said he would continue his efforts at river linking, with emphasis on the Godavari, Krishna and Penna rivers. The state government, he said, had previously prepared proposals to transfer Godavari water to Rayalaseema. “I propose to take this plan forward. As part of this initiative, irrigation officials presented a set of proposals for the Godavari-Krishna-Penna river linking. This involves moving the water from the Godavari river at Polavaram to the Krishna river and then directing it to various reservoirs, including the Bollapalli and Banakacherla.”Another plan discussed at the review meeting was on diverting water from Polavaram to the Krishna river, and then to the Bollapalli reservoir. Additional plans are to connect this flow to the Somasila project. The meeting also deliberated on whether to expand the existing Polavaram right canal to increase its capacity, so as to carry more water or to dig a parallel canal. Preliminary assessments were made regarding the cost and expected outcomes of each proposal.
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