Andhra CM revives Pulicat Lake project

23 Nov 2023 CW Team

Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy laid the foundation stone for a fish landing centre at Rayadaruvu village in Vakadu mandal of Tirupati district. He also launched the project meant for the revival of Pulicat Lake.

To restore the shrunken sea mouth of Pulicat Lake and bring back its past glory, the government will spend Rs 94.75 crore on the project. The revival of the lake will provide a livelihood to 20,000 fishermen families.

Before addressing a public meeting at Mambattu SEZ in Tada mandal, Jagan also directly deposit Rs 161.86 crore into the bank accounts of 23,458 fishermen families of Konaseema and Kakinada, who lost their livelihood due to pipeline works of ONGC, as the fourth instalment.

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