Archive · 4 Sep 2026
Andhra Pradesh Cabinet Clears Rural Water and Infrastructure Projects
The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved many development projects.
The biggest decision was to restart and reorganize thousands of rural drinking-water projects.
These projects are expected to cost about Rs 4,053.85 crore.
The Cabinet also approved several roads, a railway line and public buildings for Amaravati.
Some farmers’ requests for new land pooling were accepted.
The government announced support for poultry farms and tobacco growers.
It also approved money for a hydroelectric project and new police vehicles.
A hospital in Rajamahendravaram will double its beds from 50 to 100.
These decisions are intended to improve public services and infrastructure in the state.
The Cabinet approved revival and restructuring of 13,252 rural water works costing an estimated Rs 4,053.85 crore.
The restructuring converts 13,247 Single Village Scheme works into 7,439 schemes and covers five Multi-Village Schemes serving 334 villages.
Amaravati projects approved include the Rs 759.79-crore Amaravati Sangamam, a railway line, road extensions and fresh land pooling.
The Cabinet cleared a poultry development policy offering proposed incentives of Rs 657.18 crore from 2026 to 2029.
Other decisions covered Polavaram project payments, tobacco price support, industrial land transfers, 4,760 police vehicles and expansion of an ESI hospital.
- Who
- The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, approved the measures.
- What
- It cleared rural water-supply restructuring, Amaravati infrastructure projects, industrial and renewable-energy initiatives, and several other funding and policy proposals.
- When
- The decisions were announced after the Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
- Where
- The decisions concern Andhra Pradesh, including Amaravati, Chittoor district, Polavaram and Rajamahendravaram.
- Why
- The rural water projects are being restructured for completion within the Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0 timeframe, while other decisions address infrastructure, industry, public services and sector development.
- Rural water allocation
- Rs 4,053.85 crore for reviving and rationalising 13,252 works.
- Single Village Schemes
- 13,247 works will be rationalised into 7,439 schemes costing Rs 3,046.11 crore.
- Multi-Village Schemes
- Five schemes costing Rs 1,007.74 crore will cover 334 villages.
- Amaravati Sangamam
- Administrative sanction of Rs 759.79 crore for a state public library, auditorium and Global Institute of Good Governance.
- Poultry policy
- The Andhra Pradesh Poultry Development Policy, 2026-29, proposes incentives worth Rs 657.18 crore.
- Police vehicles
- The Cabinet approved procurement of 4,760 vehicles, financed through a Rs 324.20-crore SBI loan backed by a government guarantee.
- Tobacco support
- Rs 94 crore was approved for Rs 10-per-kilogram price-deficiency support for 94 million kilograms of low and off-style tobacco.