AP’s Veligonda project to provide water security to 15.25 lakh people
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Prakasam: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday inaugurated the 18.82 km long twin tunnels of Poola Subbaiah Veligonda Project and dedicated them to the nation by unveiling the project pylon.
The project provides irrigation facilities to 4.47 lakh acres and drinking water to 15.25 lakh fluoride-affected people in drought-prone areas of 23 mandals of Prakasam, five mandals of Nellore and two mandals of Kadapa district. Addressing a public meeting here, the Chief Minister expressed happiness that he was inaugurating the project for which foundation stone was laid by his father and former Chief Minister Dr YS Rajasekhara Reddy in 2004. He said he was indebted to God for giving him the opportunity of travelling through the tunnels that would fulfill the two-decade old dreams and aspirations of the people of the region’.
