YSR Congress Get together (YSRCP) candidate for the Nellore Lok Sabha constituency, V. Vijaya Sai Reddy, mentioned that his high priorities embody the completion of the Somasila Excessive-Degree Canal (HLC) and the Veligonda undertaking, thought of the lifeline for the upland mandals of the SPSR Nellore district.
Somasila HLC supplies irrigation to about 45,000 acres of land and ingesting water to 1.25 lakh folks within the first part and doubles the quantity when it comes to acreage and ingesting water within the second part. The undertaking, as soon as accomplished, will likely be a boon to Duttalur, Vinjamur, Udayagiri, Marripadu, Anantasagaram and Atmakur mandals, benefitting almost 2.5 lakh folks.
Equally, the Veligonda undertaking meets the irrigation wants of 4.47 lakh acres unfold throughout Nellore, Prakasam and Kadapa districts and supplies ingesting water to fifteen lakh folks residing in 30 mandals. Below this undertaking, two main tunnels had been constructed to scale back environmental affect on the Nagarjunsagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve (NSTR).
Throughout his latest marketing campaign within the drought-prone Udayagiri phase, Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy promised all-round growth of the constituency. He promised to make the area fertile by bringing water from the 2 tasks, which has up to now not been materialised. Even the adjoining Atmakur constituency largely relies on Somasila HLC for its irrigation wants.
Whereas opposition events have been denouncing the YSRCP chief as a ‘non-local’ since his candidature was introduced in Nellore, Mr. Vijaya Sai Reddy is studying to attract a street map to listing out the issues plaguing the district, together with long-term options.