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AP CM tells officials to follow irrigation calendar for timely completion of projects

Vijayawada, May 18 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed the officials concerned to follow Irrigation Calendar for timely completion of projects.
The Chief Minister held a meeting with the officials on the irrigation projects at the Secretariat on Monday and reviewed various issues. He instructed the officials to include 11 additional priority irrigation projects in the calendar apart from the projects already announced.
He instructed officials to treat both the previously announced 25 projects and the newly added 11 projects as priority projects and execute them in line with the Irrigation Calendar schedule.
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