Amaravati, Nov 22 (KNN) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N Chandrababu Naidu announced the construction of Autonagar and Micro and Small Medium Enterprises (MSME) Park at Challapalli in Krishna district. 

The Autonagar will be constructed by APIIC in 10 acres and MSME park in 15 acres of land, he mentioned.

Addressing a public meeting at Challapalli, Naidu underlined the need to promote agro-based industries in the delta region.

The per capita income of Avanigadda mandal is Rs.2.09 lakh against the average per capital income of Krishna district of Rs 1.89 lakh, he said.

Naidu said the farmers of Challapalli mandal are getting yield of 40 bags per acre due to the diversion of Godavari waters to Krishna district.

Earlier the farmers used to get only 30 bags per acre, he highlighted.

Naidu said Challapalli has history of 400 years because of Zamindari system.

The Chief Minister assured that the measures for the development of Challapalli region will be taken by the state government.

Referring to linking of rivers in the State, he said the government is determined to link rivers right from Vamsadhara to Penna and use the available waters properly.

Ministers Devineni Uma Maheswara Rao, Kollu Ravindra, Machilipatnam MP Konakalla Narayana, Deputy Speaker in the Assembly Mandali Buddha Prasad, District Collector B Lakshmikantham and others were present on the occasion. 

The Chief Minster felicitated SRK Prasad and his wife Dr Padmavathi for their efforts in the making of Swatch Challapalli. He earlier participated in Grama Darsini programme at Ullipalem village of Koduru mandal.