Visakhapatnam: The seven hour-long maiden Cabinet meeting of the Andhra Pradesh government held in the city on Thursday decided to appoint three subcommittees to look into various issues.
The Cabinet also decided to seek the Centre’s assistance on waiving off farm loans.
One sub-committee was appointed to finalise the modalities of the long-pending LNG project at Gangavaram Port in Vizag, another one for the implementation of the NTR Sujala Sravananthi scheme, which is one of the top five priorities of the Naidu government, and the third one to review the corruption that took place during 10 years of the Congress rule and to take back properties and lands from those who got them through corrupt practices.
“I decided to hold the first Cabinet meeting here in Vizag to send a message to the public that the state government will give equal importance to all the regions and to the overall development of the state. We held the Mahanadu at Hyderabad, CLP meeting at Tirupati, swearing-in of the new government near Vijayawada and the first Cabinet meeting here in Vizag,” he said.
Mr Naidu said that under the NTR Sujala Sravanthi, 20 litres of mineral water would be supplied for '2 and that under the new water scheme, households in towns and rural tracts would get round-the-clock water supply.
“A Cabinet sub-committee is being appointed to look into the corruption during 10 years of the Congress rule. The committee will also take steps to take back government properties, lands and assets from those who got them through corrupt practices. There is no hidden agenda or vendetta in appointing such a committee. It is only to make sure that the state government functions in a transparent manner. While the Central agencies like the CBI do their work, this is an initiative by the state government to weed out corruption,” he added.
Mr Naidu added that the Cabinet had also decided to prepare five white papers to show the public how the Congress government had destroyed the state. The white papers would be on social sector, infrastructure and employment, irrigation projects, power and financial status of the state.
