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CM commends engineers for completion of Pattiseema
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Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday praised the role of engineers in nation building. Speaking at the Engineers Day celebrations, Naidu said that the State government could complete the prestigious Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme in a record time of five months and five days, linking Godavari river with Krishna river thanks to the efforts and hardwork of engineers.
- Says Pattiseema could be completed in record time thanks to efforts of engineers
- Wants them to take part in building capital of new Andhra Pradesh
Vijayawada: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here on Tuesday praised the role of engineers in nation building. Speaking at the Engineers Day celebrations, Naidu said that the State government could complete the prestigious Pattiseema Lift Irrigation Scheme in a record time of five months and five days, linking Godavari river with Krishna river thanks to the efforts and hardwork of engineers.
The Chief Minister said he was able to fulfill the long-pending dream of the people of linking rivers only because of the active participation of engineers. The linking of Godavari and Krishna rivers is being made a reality with Godavari water joining Krishna water at Ibrahimpatnam on Wednesday, he said and tried to give the credit to the engineers who had made the dream come true.
Stating that construction of Polavaram project would take four to five years, the Chief Minister said that the government had taken up Pattiseema to bring water to Krishna before Polavaram is completed. He said he would go for more such projects to provide sufficient water for irrigation and industrial needs.
He said he was also committed to prevent wastage of water and recalled his earlier plans for water conservation.The Chief Minister, while paying rich tributes to late Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, whose birth anniversary is celebrated as Engineers Day, appealed to engineers to become partners in the development of Andhra Pradesh.
Noting that the State was left with no capital and infrastructure after the bifurcation, he called upon the engineers to support the government in building the capital and providing infrastructure. Naidu also asked them to extend their support to the government in building more irrigation projects in the State.
He said he had plans to make the State drought-free and it was possible only with inter-linking of rivers and water conservation.The Chief Minister said that he had taken up building of Amaravati as the world-class capital and wanted the engineers to help him in building the new capital that would reflect the pride of Telugu people.Earlier, the Chief Minister garlanded the portrait of Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya.
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