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Hans India
28-05-2025
- General
- Hans India
Construction of 50,000 farm ponds completed
Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh's ambitious project to construct 1.55 lakh farm ponds has reached a significant milestone, with 50,000 ponds now completed. The districts of Alluri Sitarama Raju (7,566), Parvathipuram Manyam (6,317), and Annamayya (5,181) lead the charge, securing the top three positions in completion rating. Commissioner of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development VR Krishna Teja Mylavarapu highlighted the multifaceted benefits of farm ponds for farmers, calling them a 'crop lifeline.' He stated that these ponds enable farmers to cultivate long-term income-generating plants like papaya, banana, guava, and curry leaves. The stored water can also be utilised for spraying pesticides and even for pisciculture. Furthermore, he noted that constructing a farm pond in fields with borewells can increase groundwater levels, allowing farmers to cultivate larger areas. Additional income and cost savings for farmers With the onset of the monsoon season, the Commissioner urged farmers to leverage the opportunity to grow leafy greens and vegetables on the earthen bunds around the farm ponds, thereby generating additional income. He also announced that the cost of seeds for these vegetables would be included in the work estimates and reimbursed to farmers through MGNREGA funds. The Commissioner emphasised that the construction of farm ponds under the MGNREGA scheme is free of charge, saving farmers up to Rs 50,000. He encouraged every farmer to overcome any hesitation about losing land area and embrace these multi-purpose farm ponds to reap the numerous benefits. He further detailed the impressive water conservation capacity of these ponds, stating that each farm pond can store 1.8 lakh litres of rainwater from a single rainfall event. Collectively, the 1.55 lakh farm ponds have the potential to store approximately one TMC (thousand million cubic feet) of rainwater at once.
Time of India
21-04-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Andhra Pradesh government plans road connectivity to all interior tribal villages
1 2 3 Vijayawada: Carrying sick and pregnant women in doli (slings) from tribal villages to the nearest healthcare centres in emergencies could be a thing of past once the state govt's ongoing project to transform road connectivity to interior tribal areas is completed. The govt has taken up a massive programme under ' Adavi Talliki Baata ' to construct roads to almost all tribal hamlets, including the remotely located villages of particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTG). Deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan is firm on making all tribal hamlets accessible to the administration. The improved road connectivity will not only help them in emergencies but is expected to transform their economies. While it took nearly 75 years to cover about 68 percent tribal villages with road access, the panchayat raj dept rolled out the project in such a way that it wanted to connect the remaining 32 percent villages with better roads in a span of four years. "We found that 2,605 PVTG hamlets out of the total 3,782 have road access. The remaining 1,177 villages are still inaccessible. We have already started the works to complete roads to 601 PVTG villages and will complete all the works by this fiscal. We have also readied plans to take up works to provide road connectivity to the remaining 576 villages in the next phase," commissioner of panchayat raj dept, Krishna Teja Mylavarapu, said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Legendary Stars: Timeless Icons I Am Famous Undo He said Andhra Pradesh will become the first state in the country to complete road access to all PVTG villages after the completion of the ongoing works. "Just 22 PVTG hamlets got roads during the previous regime, which spent around Rs 92 crore between 2019 and 2024. We are spending Rs 1,005 crore in one go to complete roads of around 1,069 kms to provide road access to nearly 601 PVTG villages, which will bring revolutionary changes in the lives of the tribals. There is a 10-fold increase in budget allocation over the past five years," added Krishna Teja. Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan visited one of the remotest tribal hamlets in ASR dist last week and personally inspected the ongoing works. "We are not here to seek votes. We want to become your voice," he declared.
