The Andhra Pradesh government on Tuesday has told the Centre Rs 10,000 crores were needed to solve the drinking water problem in rural areas of the state by 2019. The AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has made a PowerPoint presentation to Union Rural Development Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh about the state's requirements.
The CM told the visiting Union Minister at a review meeting that this year alone the state require Rs 1,000 crores for various rural water supply schemes which is taken up, but the Centre has sanctioned only Rs 170 crores in the 2016-17 Budget.
Chandrababu Naidu has told Singh the onus was on the Centre to extend liberal financial assistance to AP. He even has told that people are asking why the Centre which has divided the state is not providing due financial assistance and the Centre has to bear this point in mind and sanction funds liberally.
The Chief Minister of AP has also informed the Minister about the various measures which are undertaken by the state government to prevent drought which includes the digging of 10 Lakhs farm ponds which will not only help recharge ground water but also raise crops even in adverse seasonal conditions.
