Overview
- Officials signed the MoU in New Delhi as Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan joined virtually from Amaravati.
- Naidu pledged household tap connections for every rural home by 2028 under Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, a national programme to deliver safe drinking water through individual taps.
- The state has assigned operation and maintenance to local panchayats, with Pawan Kalyan tasked with close oversight of the rollout.
- Union Jal Shakti Minister C. R. Patil praised the plan, said 16 crore homes nationwide already have taps with 3 crore yet to be covered, noted it eased water-fetching for nearly 9 crore women, and urged involving DWCRA women’s groups for quality tests.
- Naidu sought central support to complete the Polavaram project before the Godavari Pushkarams, tying the major build to the state’s service deadlines.