Minister for Energy and Telugu Desam Party State president Kala Venkata Rao on Sunday promised to provide drinking water facility for all the villages in Etcherla constituency by laying pipelines from the Nagavali river.
He said that the proposal would be taken up as a top priority to help villages have ample drinking water apart from meeting the needs of industries of Pydibhimavaram industrial zone. Along with TDP candidate for Vizianagaram Lok Sabha seat Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju, he toured in Kosta and other villages of Ranasthalam mandal as part of the election campaign.
Thotapalli dividends
He said farmers had already benefited from the early completion of the Thotapalli project on the Nagavali river. “Farmers are able to get two crops in a year. There will be a chance for three crops in future as government is keen on optimum utilisation of water resources in the district. We are going to complete distributory network very shortly to provide water for tail-end areas,” he added. Mr.Venkata Rao said that development would continue in Srikakulam and other parts of the State only when TDP was voted to power.