Ensure clean environment in villages: Chandrababu Naidu to officials

Amaravati: Stressing the need for providing clean environment in all villages, Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed officials to take measures to ensure that Swachh Sankranti is celebrated in the villages.

Stating that Sankranti festival should be organised in a grand manner, he asked the officials to turn the State into Swachh Andhra. Naidu held a teleconference with officials on Neeru-Pragathi on Monday before he left for New Delhi.

He said that all the villages must have the festival atmosphere by January first week. Clean environment must be provided in the villages. Stating that, installation of LED bulbs in the remaining villages also should be completed by the end of December, Naidu instructed officials to speed up the work. 

The Chief Minister also said greenery should be improved in villages. He said that during the last four-and-half years, the State government was able to double the farmers income and it must increase further.

Naidu said that the State government targeted a growth rate of 22 per cent in agriculture sector and was able to achieve 17 per cent growth. He said that the growth in AP was 4 per cent more than the national average in the sector. He said that the debts also reduced to 10 per cent of the GSDP. 

He informed that there was huge demand for Gokulam and Mini Gokulams. The Chief Minister said that if the interlinking of Godavari and Penna was completed as per schedule, the State will not face water shortage. He said that the officials must utilise the NREGA funds effectively to reach the target of spending more than Rs 10,000 crore.