Vijayawada, June 10 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has directed agriculture officials to take steps to advance the crop season to protect Kharif crops from cyclones.
The Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting with the agriculture officials at his camp office at Undavalli, near here, on Wednesday. The officials apprised the Chief Minister that the Agriculture Department had already initiated early release of irrigation water to the Godavari and Krishna delta regions.
"Water has already been released through canals to farmlands in West Godavari, Eluru, Konaseema, East Godavari, Kakinada, and Krishna districts. Plans are in place to supply irrigation water to Guntur, Bapatla, and Prakasam districts in the fir...