CM Chandrababu Launches ₹30,156-Crore Water Project

CM N Chandrababu Naidu: and Deputy CM K Pawan Kalyan will launch the Jal Jeevan Mission - Amarajeevi Jaladhara programme in Proddatur, Kadapa, on Monday.

The State government has planned 50,315 works under the programme at an estimated cost of ₹30,156.12 crore. The project aims to provide 55 litres of safe drinking water per person every day through household taps in rural Andhra Pradesh.

At present, 61.60 lakh households have tap connections. The new programme will add 27.36 lakh connections across 24,601 habitations, benefiting about 3.27 crore rural people.

The project includes ₹9,068.94 crore for single-village schemes, ₹19,462.39 crore for multi-village projects and ₹1,624.79 crore for water quality monitoring.

Large projects will draw water from reservoirs such as PABR, Velugodu-Onkaram and Gandikota. Around 77,243 km of pipelines, 1,426 MLD treatment plants and 14,995 storage structures are planned.