Jagan opens 2-km retaining wall along Krishna River in Vijayawada

Vijayawada: Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the 2.26-km long retaining wall constructed alongside Krishna River at Kanaka Durgamma Varadhi in Vijayawada here on Tuesday.

The wall on the two sides of the Varadhi was constructed with Rs 500 crores for protecting 80,000 Krishna Lanka residents from flood threat.

Addressing a public meeting on the occasion, the chief minister said that the previous government never thought of constructing the protection wall to safeguard the lives of flood-prone residents. “We all know that residents suffered a lot during flood times but their problem was not taken seriously by the previous government,” he said.

CM Jagan also launched the first phase of River Front Park worth Rs 12.4 crores. It will contain an entry plaza, a walking track, an open gym, and a children’s play area. He also launched the works of sewage treatment plants worth Rs 239 crores that would benefit five areas in the city.

Later, he distributed regularised house site pattas to the poor and said that the State government has regularised 31,866 house site pattas in Vijayawada and the beneficiaries from 16 colonies of Vijayawada East, Central and West constituencies would get full ownership rights on the allotted house sites.

Jagan named the park Krishnamma Jala Vihar picking it up from a list of names submitted by the officials.

Besides completing the Vijayawada International Airport flyover, two additional flyover bridges would also come up, in addition to the Kanaka Durgamma flyover. Further, the Outer Ring Road would be also ready for inauguration in the next few months.