AP speeding up 28 irrigation projects

The Andhra Pradesh government is set to launch 10 of 28 irrigation projects planned for completion by end of December 2017, with special emphasis on the mega Polavaram project on the Godavari, in an effort to tackle drought, according to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu.
He said the State had sought the Centre to undertake fresh delimitation exercise as the number of Assembly seats willould have to be increased.