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AP CM vows to turn Pedalabudu into smart panchayat
Araku Valley is very close to my heart. That is the reason why I adopted this panchayat close to the Valley,’’ said the Chief Minister said soon after arriving in the village on Tuesday afternoon. He was given a traditional welcome by the folk dancers after which he had an interactive session with the villagers for over an hour.
Pedalabudu (Araku Valley): Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in his maiden visit to Pedalabudu, his adopted village, has promised to transform Pedalabadu into a smart panchayat.
Araku Valley is very close to my heart. That is the reason why I adopted this panchayat close to the Valley,’’ said the Chief Minister said soon after arriving in the village on Tuesday afternoon. He was given a traditional welcome by the folk dancers after which he had an interactive session with the villagers for over an hour.
After briefly addressing them, listing out the party’s contribution to the Agency in his previous regime, the Chief Minister said his government would address all of their problems by providing all the infrastructure facilities in the panchayat, which has 22 hamlets having a population of 11,280.
He said beginning with Pedalabudu village, all the homes would be provided with gas connections within next fortnight, individual toilets to 36 houses which has no facility so far and tap connections to all the homes within four months.
Naidu said an amount of Rs 5 crore has been sanctioned for providing drinking water facilities in the panchayat. He said that Rs 9 crore has been allocated for laying of cement roads in entire panchayat and the task would be completed in three months.
When he was told about the housing problem, he announced houses for 413 families which he said would be completed within an year.
Prior to these announcements, the Chief Minister faced a volley of questions from the villagers. C Ananda Rao, a post graduate in science having a BEd certificate, told the Chief Minister that he was losing at the competitive examinations as there was no coaching facility or a library in the village. The Chief Minister instantly sanctioned a library.
When two Dhimsa and Muvvala dancers approached him to give them opportunity to perform in Visakhapatnam and other tourist resorts, Naidu consented to their plea and said folk artists from the Agency would be given ample opportunities to enhance their income and keep alive the folk art.
Summing up his session, Naidu suggested to the villagers to diversify their activities from traditional farming and take up cash crops which include coffee. He also promised to make Araku Valley a tourist hub that would give employment opportunities to scores of youth.Panchayat Raj Minister Ch Ayyanna Patrudu and HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao were also present.
