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HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu said with the help of the Centre, AP government would soon link Krishna and Godavari rivers in the state and make it a model project for all other states in the country.

“The irrigation needs of the drought-prone Rayalaseema will be well addressed with the intra-state-linking of Krishna and Godavari rivers in AP,” he remarked. While addressing Jal Manthan conference on inter-liking of rivers at Vignan Bhawan in New Delhi, on Friday Naidu made a powerpoint presentation on the initiatives being taken by the AP government to utilise river waters to the maximum possible extent.

‘’Before embarking on inter-state river linking, AP is best suited to embark on intra-state river linking to provide farmers with assured flow of water. AP proposes to utilise 150-200 TMC of water which can bridge 15 lakh acres through inter-linking,” Naidu said.

According to him, more than 50 per cent of the works of Polavaram project were completed. That means, all the canals of the project were constructed.

Therefore, the state government wants to interlink the right canal of this project with River Krishna.