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Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan connected Tuesday virtually laid the instauration chromatic for the modernisation of the Sankaraguptam Major Drain successful Konaseema district, addressing long-standing drainage problems affecting coconut farmers successful the region.
Participating from the Mangalagiri campy office, helium was joined virtually by Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu. The programme astatine Shankaraguptam was attended by Razole MLA Deva Varaprasad, Konaseema District Collector Mahesh Kumar and elder officials of the Water Resources Department.
The modernisation project, estimated to outgo ₹20.77 crore, is aimed astatine improving drainage and protecting thousands of coconut trees that person been nether menace owed to persistent waterlogging.
Recalling his sojourn to the Razole constituency, Mr. Pawan Kalyan said helium had personally witnessed the harm caused to coconut plantations owed to blocked drains. He said astir 1 lakh coconut trees had been damaged, highlighting the urgency of the issue. He added that the substance was instantly brought to the attraction of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and an enactment program was prepared.
Expressing restitution implicit the gait of execution, Mr. Pawan Kalyan said the works commenced wrong 35 days, up of the planned 45-day schedule, and credited the swift enactment of the Chief Minister. The task volition screen a agelong of 8.5 km to 16.5 km of the drain and see strengthening of embankments up to 14.5 km connected some sides.
He reiterated the conjugation government’s committedness to farmers’ payment and said akin drainage modernisation works crossed East Godavari territory would necessitate an concern of astir ₹4,000 crore.
The task is expected to supply contiguous alleviation to hundreds of coconut farmers and forestall aboriginal losses caused by drainage issues, reinforcing the government’s absorption connected safeguarding cultivation livelihoods successful the Konaseema region.
