Congress rule and the stewardship of Dr. Rajasekhara Reddy. Mr. Reddy said that the dreams of the farmers of the state were going to be materialised soon as the efforts of the chief minister in completing the “Jala Yagnam” was bearing fruits. He said that the barren lands created by the earlier TDP government due to totally neglecting irrigation and agriculture sectors, were now turning into greenery following the Jala Yagnam works under progress.

He said that Dr. Reddy’s relentless efforts to take drinking and irrigation water to the doorsteps of the villages and farmers would show the results shortly. He said that the people had been seeing Sir Arthur Cotton in the chief minister for his commitment to complete the irrigation projects in a time bound programme.

The Congress leader asserted that the Jala Yagnam programme taken up by Dr. Reddy would transform the state into ‘Harithandhra Pradesh’, and create confidence in the farmers that the programme was intended to save their lives against suicides. Contemplating to create a new ayacut of one crore acres in the State, the Congress party after assuming office, had initiated action to bring 65 lakh acres new ayacut under irrigation within five years and complete eight projects within two years to supply water to 16 lakh acres of land in the three regions.

Mr. Partap Reddy expressed confidence that Vamsadhara, Pushkara, Tadipudii, Gutpa, Alisgar, Chokkarao LI, AMRP, Somasila, Telugu Ganga, SRBC, Gundlkamma would supply water to 6.75 lakh acres of land in addition to Jhanjhavathi, Peddagadda, Pedderu, Surampalem, Suddavagu and Veligallu schemes provide water to 75000 acres during the present season. He reminded that the chief minister had proved that no force on earth could stop the government if it had the commitment by completing the Rubber Dam of Jhanjhavathi and dedicating it to the nation much before the deadline set.

Comparing the Congress Government to the earlier TDP government, the Congress leader reminded that it had proved its commitment to complete the projects by allocating Rs.1095 crore within two years as against the TDP’s Rs.1024 crore expenditure on irrigation sector during nine years. He further said that YS Government had secured clearances to 31 projects within two years as against the 17 clearances during the two-decade period of TDP. .