Overview
- Officials were told to submit proposals totaling ₹40,000 crore, split between ₹20,000 crore for irrigation and ₹20,000 crore for infrastructure, with ₹5,000 crore set aside for rural roads linking villages to national and state highways.
- The plan targets 82 horticulture clusters across Prakasam and Rayalaseema to expand cultivation to 20 lakh acres, with an emphasis on promoting natural and organic farming in agency districts.
- A ₹58,700-crore Polavaram–Nallamala Sagar linkage was reviewed, with officials projecting irrigation for 7 lakh new acres, stabilization for 6 lakh acres, drinking water for 60 lakh people, and an additional 20 TMC for industry.
- Naidu ordered immediate steps and feasibility examinations to divert 200 TMC of Godavari floodwaters to Bollapalli and Nallamala Sagar and 50 TMC of Krishna waters from Nagarjuna Sagar to Bollapalli.
- The chief minister prioritized completing 23 major and medium projects and 1,021 tanks in Prakasam and Rayalaseema, advanced a ₹169-crore Vamsadhara–Nagavali–Champavati link to add 5,000 irrigated acres, and sought ₹5,000 crore in proposals to finish North Andhra works.