There is a need for two Irrigation Ministers in the State – one for the water surplus coastal districts and the other for the rainfall deficit Rayalaseema districts, according to Yerneni Nagendranath, president of the Rythanga Samakhya.
Mr. Nagendranath, who was former member of the Krishna-Godavari-Pennar River Basins Drainage Board, had spearheaded several farmers’ agitations and agrarian movements in the combined State.
Talking to The Hindu, Mr. Nagendranath said Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy had a formidable task of completing several irrigation projects that had been initiated by his father Rajasekhara Reddy under the prestigious Jalayagnam programme.