Vijayawada, Nov 8 :Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy will leave for Bhubaneswar and meet his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday to discuss the issues related to construction of Neradi barrage over the Vamsadhara River, Kotia cluster of villages and Janjavathi project.
The Chief Minister held a preparatory meeting with the officials at the camp office here on Monday on the agenda to be discussed with the Odisha Chief Minister.
Mr Reddy will explain the benefits to both the states due to construction of Neradi barrage.
The officials informed the Chief Minister that 103 acre of land is required from Odisha for construction of the barrage, of which 67 acre of land is riverbed area and added that the barrage will provide immediate irrigation facilities to 5,000 to 6,000 acres in Odisha region.
With regard to the Janjavathi project, the officials informed Mr Reddy that the water for cultivation is being provided only to 5,000 acre out of the total 24,640 acre through a rubber dam and after completion of the project would benefit the farmers.
They said completion of the project would leave four villages completely and six villages partially flooded. They said nearly 1174 acre of land in Odisha will be inundated due to the project of which 875 acres is government land.
The Chief Minister will request Mr Patnaik to cooperate with R&R.
The officials explained to the Chief Minister the recent developments in the Kotia cluster of villages. Vizianagaram District Collector A Suryakumari said that 16 out of 21 villages have decided to be with Andhra Pradesh and added that elections were also held in those villages.
They said 87 percent people in the Kotia cluster of villages are tribals and there should be no hindrance in providing services to them.
Chief Secretary Dr Sameer Sharma, DGP Gautam Sawang, Home Secretary Kumara Vishwajit, Water Resources Secretary J Shyamala Rao, Water Resources Department ENC Narayana Reddy and Surya Kumari were present in the meeting.(UNI)