Overview
- The government distributed roughly 60,000 house‑site pattas in Visakhapatnam, Mangalagiri and Vijayawada during the Pedalaku/Pedala Pattabhishekam programme, a move the chief minister said was worth about ₹52,000 crore that restores property documents to poor families.
- Mr. Naidu ordered officials to prepare a comprehensive statewide water management plan and to prioritise continuous supply from the Polavaram Left Main Canal to the Kanithi Balancing Reservoir, with instructions to finish related rehabilitation, resettlement and land‑acquisition work by March next year.
- He directed the irrigation calendar be strictly followed and pledged to complete 36 priority irrigation projects costing about ₹35,000 crore over three years to boost agricultural and urban water supplies.
- The chief minister told officials to institutionalise continuous capacity building through iGOT Karmayogi and new tie‑ups with IITs and IIMs so staff can manage faster project rollouts and real‑time service delivery.
- Mr. Naidu highlighted welfare spending while speaking at a pension distribution in Repalle, saying the government has spent about ₹76,000 crore on pensions and warning officials not to be complacent after recent rains because localized shortages persist in Rayalaseema.