Andhra Pradesh

Taliperu project to get facelift

Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sambhani Chandrasekhar addressing the ‘rythu sadassu’ at Bhadrachalam on Monday.

BHADRACHALAM: Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sambhani Chandrasekhar said on Monday that the government allocated Rs. 45 crore for the modernisation of Taliperu project in Bhadrachalam division.

Addressing the ‘rythu chaitanya sadassu’ here, he said that three more irrigation projects -- Palem vagu, Gundla vagu and Mondikunta Vagu -- which were completed as part of the Jalayagnam, would extend irrigation facility to 50,000 acres in the agency. Some 13,000 acres of land would be given water in the first phase by July 15.

The Minister said 71,000 pumpsets were being given free power in the district. It costs the government as much as Rs. 11 crore per annum. The agriculture services under certain feeders were affected by low-voltage. He said that efforts were being made by streamlining the supply to help farmers overcome the voltage problem. He stated that the foodgrain production touched 1.2 million tons in Khammam this year as against Rs. 4 lakh tons the previous year. The milk production also touched 6.5 lakh litres in the district.

Minister for Vaidya Vidhana Parishad, Vanama Venkateswar Rao said in his address that the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme would not come in the way of the farm operations. The NREGS works would be implemented mainly in the lean season. He assured the farmers in the agency area that their credit needs would be met adequately. The farmers would also get ‘pavala vaddi’ loans from August next. He said that the farmers who had already repaid their crop loans would soon be given Rs. 5,000 each. District Collector Shashibhushan Kumar, Zilla Prishad chairperson G. Vijayalakshmi, Bhadrachalam MLA Sunnam Rajaiah and others were present.

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