Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu said Thursday that the idea of interconnecting rivers and worshiping them by offering them ‘harati’ struck him during the Godavari Pushkarams campaign in 2015.
Addressing the meeting after making a bid for the Godavari River in Pushkar Ghat here, Mr. Naidu said that it is the people’s duty to celebrate “Jalasiri Ki Harati” in line with other festivals regardless of caste, religion, and region.
“I have managed to complete Pattiseema in one year and Purushothapatnam in a record time of nine months. My dream is to complete Polavaram and join the rivers by taking all 28 pending irrigation projects along with Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanti in two years,” he said.
Pat for women
Mr. Naidu said he would make an announcement about the stipend for unemployed youth in a week.
He said that the top priority would be given to the three programs – Vanam-Manam, the interconnection of rivers and Jalasiri Ki Harati. Addressing 181 newly appointed police officers from 13 districts during the opening of the district police office, the Chief Minister said that social problems could be solved by the female force in the department.
He said advanced technology was being used in the newly built office to curb crime.
She said that the appointment of women directors and drivers in the RTC had led to an increase in income and this also showed that they were more dedicated to working than men.
