Naidu asks collectors to meet farm ponds targets by March end

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu today asked district collectors to meet targets on construction of farm ponds by March end.
The Andhra Pradesh government has decided to construct 10 lakh farm ponds and at-least one lakh in each district in agricultural lands at a cost of Rs one lakh each to save the rain water which would be utilised at the time of deficit rains, an official release said.
Interacting with the collectors via video-conference, Naidu asked them to meet targets on construction of farm ponds by March end.
He also asked the collectors to concentrate more on development programmes than welfare schemes.

In the ongoing 'Janma Bhoomi - Mavooru" (My native and My village) programmes, the Chief Minister asked the collectors to explain importance of 'Janma Bhoomi - Mavooru" concept to the public in all gramsabha (village-council) meetings.
Naidu also directed them to check loopholes in the allocation of houses for poor, distribution of ration cards and other schemes, it added.
The state government on January 2 launched 'Janma Bhoomi - Mavooru', an intensified campaign to focus on welfare schemes across the state.
He asked officials to update him regularly on the progress of this campaign.