2,000 TMC ft of Godavari water going to sea a colossal waste, says Chandrababu Naidu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said at least 2,000 TMCFT of Godavari river water flows into the sea every year on an
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has said at least 2,000 TMCFT of Godavari river water flows into the sea every year on an average, and that it was a colossal waste. By linking the Godavari river with the Krishna, irrigation facilities could be provided for lakhs of acres, he said, recalling that the eminent engineer K.L. Rao proposed the interlinking of the Godavari and Kaveri rivers decades ago, and that the Vajpayee government had set up a task force for linking the Ganga and Kaveri rivers.
Paying tributes to K.L. Rao on his 124th birth anniversary at the Pavitra Sangamam, the confluence of the Godavari and Krishna rivers at Ibrahimpatnam here on Wednesday (July 15, 2026), Mr. Chandrababu Naidu said the TDP government had, in 2014-19, brought Godavari water into the Krishna by constructing the Pattiseema project. The government planned to make the Rayalaseema region fertile by taking Godavari water there, and steps were being taken for it, he said.
By diverting Godavari water to the Krishna delta via Pattiseema, the government had saved water in Srisailam, he said, expressing his resolve to provide water to every acre in the State. Naidu said that in 2014-19, the TDP government had spent ₹68,000 crore on the irrigation sector and nearly ₹24,000 crore in the last two years. He said that, as on date, 89% of the Polavaram project construction had been completed and it was poised to be dedicated to the nation by March 2027.
The coalition government would complete 36 priority projects in the next three years, he added. The event was attended by K.L. Rao’s son K.L. Vijay Rao and Ministers Nimmala Rama Naidu, Y. Satya Kumar and Anagani Satya Prasad.
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