Overview
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu pushed for mission-mode execution and reviewed early field work through a teleconference where officials reported desilting and repairs.
- Annamayya district collector Nishant Kumar was named the programme’s nodal officer, with mandal-level officers assigned to track and speed up local projects.
- Orders call for repairing canals and tanks even during heavy rains to prevent flooding, then filling tanks in the monsoon to boost groundwater recharge.
- Officials were told to prepare an action plan to keep water in temple pushkarinis, which are ritual tanks that also serve as neighborhood water stores.
- Naidu highlighted a lower electricity burden from higher groundwater levels and set special attention on drainage upgrades in West Godavari to cut waterlogging.