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Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Development Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu connected Monday said the State authorities had drawn up a time-bound enactment program to implicit 36 irrigation projects betwixt 2026 and 2028, marking what helium described arsenic a “new direction” for the irrigation sector.
Addressing a property league astatine the Secretariat aft a broad reappraisal chaired by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, the Minister said 25 pending projects inherited from the erstwhile authorities and 11 recently identified projects had been prioritised with wide deadlines, implementation schedules and instauration milestones.
He said large targets see completion of the Handri-Neeva Sujala Sravanthi (HNSS) Phase-II by October 2026, Veligonda Project Phase-I by August 2026, and the Polavaram Project by June-July 2027. Water proviso to northbound Andhra done the Polavaram Left Main Canal is targeted by July 2026, portion works connected flood protection, stream interlinking and assistance irrigation schemes are planned for completion successful phases up to December 2028.
Mr. Ramanaidu said the authorities had besides decided to present a “Water Calendar” for the archetypal time, intelligibly specifying irrigation h2o merchandise dates for large deltas and ayacut regions to assistance farmers program cultivation successful coordination with Agriculture and Horticulture departments.
The Minister said a 10-year attraction exemplary for assistance irrigation systems would beryllium introduced to guarantee uninterrupted h2o proviso and transparency successful operations, portion the ‘Jaladhara–Jalaharathi’ programme aimed astatine groundwater recharge would beryllium taken guardant arsenic a wide movement.
