Andhra Pradesh Won Five National Water Mission Awards

Andhra Pradesh has won five National Water Mission awards for the best performance in water resources management. AP Irrigation Department Secretary Adityanath Das would receive this award. Information System and the Integrated Water Management System in the River Basin has won the first prize while the Assessment of Climate Change on Water Resources project secured second place.

AP Horticulture Department has been awarded the Water Mission Award for Micro Irrigation. Similarly, the Department of Industries has been awarded the National Water Mission Award for Outstanding Water Management.

The awards would boost the morale of Andhra Pradesh government and it seems to be a victory as well as the government is taking necessary steps to construct Polavaram and also it has decided to link the Godavari and Krishna Rivers along with Telangana government to fetch the water for Rayalaseema.