Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu who had formally released the waters of river Godavari in to river Krishna at Ibrahimpatnam near Vijaywada on Wednesday marking the interlinking of the two major rivers of the State, said that this should serve as a model and inspiration for the entire country.
“Imagine the benefits country will get if Ganga and Kaveri rivers were interlinked”, he said recalling the initiatives the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpaee had taken for the inter linking of rivers throughout the country. He said Andhra Pradesh was showing the way forward to the country.
Addressing media at Hyderabad on Thursday Naidu said that after the completion of Pattiseema project, his Government will start supplying more water to Rayalaseema region. He was countering the allegation of the opposition YSR Congress Party that Naidu was neglecting the drought prone Rayalaseema.