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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has requested Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to widen indispensable enactment to Andhra Pradesh (A.P.) nether Purvodaya Special Assistance to States for Capital Investment (SASCI) schemes. He asked for an allocation of ₹10,054 crore nether SASCI for FY 2025-26.
Also, helium wanted the Centre to supply funds successful the Union Budget for the improvement of Rayalaseema arsenic a planetary horticulture hub (where astir 18 types of crops are grown) and enactment for the Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar project, which is aimed astatine diverting surplus Godavari floodwaters to the drought-prone regions.
Further, Mr. Naidu requested funds for education, accomplishment development, agriculture, MSMEs, housing, roads, and irrigation projects.
He appealed to Ms. Sitharaman to authorisation funds for the Unity Mall task successful Visakhapatnam, reconstruction of the Havelock Bridge (Akhanda Godavari), and Gandikota tourism project.
While thanking the Centre for its enactment to irrigation projects successful the State, Mr. Naidu requested fiscal assistance for diverting 200 TMCFT of surplus Godavari floodwater from the Polavaram to drought-hit regions.
Water resources
In a abstracted gathering with the Union Minister for Jal Shakti, C.R. Patil, Mr. Naidu asked for pending clearances for Polavaram task works truthful that it tin beryllium expedited, and requested him to prevail connected the Karnataka Government not to rise the tallness of Almatti dam.
He besides appealed for contiguous fiscal assistance to projects approved nether the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and sought a high-level gathering to beryllium convened to code pending issues.
Further, the CM sought allocation of an further ₹1,000 crore for the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) for the FY 2025-26, portion informing that the State has already spent astir ₹525 crore against its share.
Then, helium requested Mr. Patil to merchandise the Central Government’s stock of funds nether the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) – Repair, Renovation & Restoration (RRR) strategy for operation of tanks and canals.
He urged the Centre to contented wide guidelines for the implementation of Vamsadhara Water Disputes Tribunal’s decisions connected the Neradi barrage task truthful that the State’s rights would not beryllium compromised.
