Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Dinakar submits development review report to Chief Minister Naidu
A man named Lanka Dinakar went to meet the Chief Minister of his state, N Chandrababu Naidu.
He gave him a big report about how government programs are working.
The report was written after holding meetings in every district of the state.
It also included ideas learned from visiting other states.
Dinakar talked about people who weave cloth by hand, called handloom weavers.
He visited places where weavers live and said they need health checkups and support.
He suggested forming small groups of weavers that could get help like other self-help groups.
He also said big places like temple trusts should buy cloth from these weavers first.
Finally, he asked for a plan to build new water reservoirs and clean existing ones.
The Chief Minister agreed to look at his suggestions.
Lanka Dinakar, chairman of the Twenty Points Programme (Viksit Bharat–Swarna Andhra Pradesh) Implementation Committee, submitted a development review report to Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu at the State Secretariat in Amaravati.
The report covered findings from two rounds of district-level review meetings held across all districts, State-level reviews, and study visits to other States.
Dinakar highlighted handloom weavers' issues from field visits to Kodumuru and Madanapalle, proposing preventive healthcare and the formation of small weavers' groups with revolving fund support.
He recommended procurement priority for such weavers' groups in textile purchases by institutions like the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).
He urged the State to discuss with the Centre a national mission for constructing new reservoirs and large-scale desilting as part of a long-term water resource strategy.
- Who
- Lanka Dinakar, chairman of the Twenty Points Programme (Viksit Bharat–Swarna Andhra Pradesh) Implementation Committee, and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu
- What
- Dinakar submitted a comprehensive report on the implementation of Central and State government-sponsored schemes and highlighted issues including handloom weavers' welfare and water resources
- When
- Thursday, at a meeting at the State Secretariat
- Where
- State Secretariat, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
- Why
- To present district-level review findings and recommendations on welfare programmes, weavers' support, and a long-term water resource strategy
- Committee
- Twenty Points Programme (Viksit Bharat–Swarna Andhra Pradesh) Implementation Committee
- Committee Chairman
- Lanka Dinakar
- Chief Minister
- N Chandrababu Naidu
- Meeting Location
- State Secretariat, Amaravati
- Report Basis
- Two rounds of district-level review meetings across all districts, State-level reviews, and study visits to other States
- Weaver-Related Proposals
- Preventive healthcare, relaxed housing land norms, SHG-style weavers' groups with revolving funds, procurement priority in textile purchases by institutions like TTD
- Water Resource Proposal
- National mission with the Centre for new reservoirs and large-scale desilting of existing reservoirs