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Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu connected Sunday (October 12, 2025) said that astir ₹840 crore was required to repair 800 of the 1,040 Lift Irrigation Schemes (LIS) successful Andhra Pradesh.
Mr. Rama Naidu was speaking aft laying the instauration chromatic for a Lift Irrigation Scheme astatine Maamidada colony successful Jaggampeta Assembly Constituency connected Sunday. Named aft Jyothula Papa Rao, the Lift Irrigation Scheme volition beryllium built astatine an estimated outgo of ₹3.49 crore arsenic portion of the Purushottapatnam Lift Irrigation Project State-II. It volition assistance irrigate supra 3,500 acres successful the Jaggampeta Assembly Constituency.
Addressing the gathering of farmers here, Mr. Rama Naidu alleged that the erstwhile authorities ignored the attraction of the Lift Irrigation Schemes crossed the State. “The State authorities is gearing up to repair each the 840 Lift Irrigation Schemes which volition beryllium maintained by the authorities successful the adjacent decade,” helium said.
Jaggampeta MLA Jyothula Nehru thanked Mr. Rama Naidu for the authorisation of the LIS. Water Resources Department Chief Engineer K. Narasimha Murthy, Kakinada District Water Resources Department Superintendent Engineer D. Esubabu and different officials were present.
