CM participates in Swarna Andhra–Swachh Andhra programme at Alamanda Koduru

Madugula (Anakapalli dist): North Andhra will be developed as an industrial corridor and Anakapalli district will be transformed into the No. 1 district in the State, stated Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu. He said Anakapalli would no longer be known only for jaggery, but would emerge as a major hub for industries including the ArcelorMittal Steel City, data centres, pharmaceuticals and aluminium. The district would be developed as a destination for companies and a hub of the knowledge economy, he said.
Participating in the Swarna Andhra–Swachh Andhra programme held at Alamanda Koduru on Saturday the Chief Minister felicitated Green Ambassadors who played a key role in transforming Alamanda Koduru into a clean village and presented them with mementos.He said Anakapalli district had emerged as a stronghold of the NDA. He recalled that there were concerns in the past that the district would remain backward due to the lack of investments. However, the situation had now changed, with Anakapalli attracting investments on a scale surpassing Visakhapatnam, he said.He said the ArcelorMittal Steel City was under construction and several industries, including data centres, pharma and aluminium units, were coming up in the region. Describing the recently inaugurated ASR Airport as a jewel for North Andhra, the Chief Minister said it would give wings to the aspirations and dreams of the people of the region.

The Chief Minister announced that North Andhra would be developed as an industrial corridor and an industrial township would be established across 10,000 acres. A skill centre would also be set up to provide the necessary skills to local youth. With coordinated development of industries, investments, infrastructure and skill development, Anakapalli would be transformed into one of the leading districts in the State, he said.

The Chief Minister criticised the misinformation being spread about data centres. He said it was incorrect to claim that water resources would dry up even before construction of the data centres had begun.He said the establishment of one data centre had already paved the way for projects equivalent to five data centres. With five gigawatts of capacity coming to the region, there would be opportunities to create lakhs of AI professionals, he said. All the data centres together would require only 3.5 TMC of water, the Chief Minister said.He made it clear that water received from the Polavaram project would be used to fill every tank in Anakapalli district. Godavari water would be brought to Anakapalli in the first week of next month, he announced. The Chief Minister said works on the NTR Reservoir would be taken up at a cost of Rs. 29 crore and the Raivada project would be completed to provide irrigation and drinking water to the region.He announced that the Veligonda project, which was initiated three decades ago, would be inaugurated on August 31. He said Rs. 2,250 crore had been spent on development works across the State during the past two years.

The Chief Minister said development was not limited to industries, investments and companies. Clean surroundings and a healthy environment were equally important components of development, he said. He called upon people to dedicate the third Saturday of every month to cleanliness and social welfare. He urged citizens to keep their homes, roads and surroundings clean, with a sense of responsibility that all public spaces belonged to them.He appreciated the restoration of Dharma Koneru and lauded the services being rendered by sanitation workers, government employees and voluntary organisations.

Calling upon everyone to adopt the spirit of ‘Mana Ooru–Mana Badhyata’ (Our Village–Our Responsibility), the Chief Minister said a clean environment could be achieved only when every home, street, office, school and market was kept clean.He called for every village to be transformed into a zero-waste village and for all waste generated to be scientifically and efficiently managed. The Chief Minister said 143 lakh metric tonnes of waste had been disposed of across the State during the past two years. He alleged that the previous government had allowed garbage to accumulate in huge heaps, resulting in groundwater contamination during rains.He said programmes were being implemented through Swachh Rath vehicles to collect waste from villages and provide essential commodities to people in return for the waste collected.The government was taking measures to increase green cover in the State by 50 per cent, the Chief Minister said. He also said branding was being provided to products made by DWCRA groups under the Swayam initiative. Criticising the previous government for neglecting roads in the name of welfare, the Chief Minister said his government had transformed the road network across the State.

The Chief Minister called upon people to eliminate political waste as well. He said it was the responsibility of citizens to ensure that money did not influence elections. Political cleansing was also necessary to deliver good governance, he said.He urged people to analyse the good and bad aspects of governance and support governments that worked in the public interest.Criticising the previous government for allegedly relying on destruction and crime during 2019–24, the Chief Minister alleged that 30,000 people had fallen ill and died due to spurious and adulterated liquor. He accused the previous regime of ruining the State through irregularities involving adulterated liquor.He alleged that the previous government had used the Land Titling Act to place the lands of people it disliked under Section 22-A.The Chief Minister said that his government was now distributing titleholder passbooks bearing the official seal under the ‘Mee Bhoomi–Mee Hakku’ (Your Land–Your Right) programme on the 9th of every month.The Chief Minister also alleged that more than 300 petitions had been filed to obstruct the Mega DSC recruitment process. After overcoming all those legal challenges and completing the recruitment process, it was strange that allegations were being levelled against the DSC a year later, he said.

He alleged that teachers had been disrespected under the previous regime. The government was giving equal importance to education and sports and encouraging students, and therefore questioning recruitment through the sports quota was inappropriate, he said.The Chief Minister made it clear that there had been not even one per cent corruption in the DSC recruitment process and that his government would not allow any corruption.He alleged large-scale irregularities in the evaluation of Group-1 Service examination papers, saying that arbitrary evaluation had jeopardised the future of deserving candidates.He further alleged that Group-1 papers had been evaluated by plumbers, domestic workers, attendants and electricians. He said that while these facts were coming to light, it was inappropriate to make arbitrary allegations about the DSC. Chandrababu Naidu warned that those responsible for wrongdoing would not escape the law.

The Chief Minister said economic inequalities must be reduced and the income of every individual should increase. Improving the living standards of the poor was the real benchmark of development, he said.He said measures were being taken under Deepam–2.0 to credit the amount for three free LPG cylinders into the bank accounts of women once every four months.The government was strengthening government schools, he said.

The Chief Minister said India would emerge as a developed nation and a leading global power by 2047. Similarly, the goal of the Andhra Pradesh government was to transform the State into a developed State with high per-capita income by 2047, he said.
Ministers Vangalapudi Anitha, P Narayana and Kollu Ravindra, MPs CM Ramesh and Chintakayala Vijay, MLA Bandaru Satyanarayana Murthy participated in the programme.