VIJAYAWADA: Minister for IT and panchayatraj, N. Lokesh, said the Telugu Desam government was giving preference to the development of the Palnadu region of Guntur district by implementing welfare and development schemes for all eligible people.
He refuted the allegations of the Opposition parties and claimed that only the TD was capable of serving all communities. He visited Guntur district and participated in various programmes, addressed Grama Darsini meetings and held a public meeting on Friday night at Piduguralla.
Mr Lokesh predicted that AP Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu would again win the coming general elections and would be the key person to lead politics at the Centre.
He announced that the government had sanctioned Rs 600 crore for the establishment of water grids to resolve the scarcity of drinking water in the Palnadu region. He said the government would invite tenders for the water grid projects in the coming days and would provide water tap connections to everyone below the poverty line in the Palnadu region.
He said the government had disbursed Rs 24,000 crore under the agriculture loan waiver scheme for farmers to support farming in the state.
Guntur district collector, K Sasidhar, said the government was giving top priority to provide basic amenities. Gurajala MLA Y. Srinivasa Rao said the government had sanctioned Rs 1,500 crore for developmental works in the Gurajala Assembly constituency.
Narasaraopet MP R. Sambasiva Rao, minister for social welfare N. Anand Babu, Vinukonda MLA G.V. Anjaneyulu, MLC D. Manikyavaraprasada Rao, former MLA K. Punna Reddy and others attended.
