Vijayawada, June 2 -- Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stressed the urgent need to protect the environmentally significant Kolleru Lake, while resolving the problems faced by locals with a humane perspective.
On Monday, the Chief Minister held a comprehensive review at the Secretariat at Amaravati near here on court rulings, regulations, central directives, local conditions, and ecological as well as contour-related matters concerning Kolleru.
Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that in 2018, the National Wildlife Board recommended the exclusion of 20,000 acres of Jirayat and D-Patta lands from the Kolleru sanctuary and proposed new boundaries. A recommendation was sent to the Central Empowered Committee (CE...