VIJAYAWADA, MAR 12   :     Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy inaugurated the first phase of Riverfront Park constructed on the south bank of the river Krishna here on Tuesday.

The Riverfront Park was constructed at a cost of Rs 12.4 crore which consists of an entry plaza, walking track, open gym and children’s play area.

He also inaugurated the sewage treatment plant which was constructed at a cost of Rs 239 crore.
Reddy also dedicated to the people the 2.26 Kilometers long retaining wall constructed alongside Krishna River at Kanaka Durga Varadhi here today.

The wall was constructed with a cost of Rs 500 crore for protecting over 80,000 Krishna Lanka residents from flood threat.

Addressing a public meeting on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that the previous TDP government never thought of constructing the protection wall to safeguard the lives of the flood-prone residents.

During the last five years only, the Government initiated measures to construct the wall for protecting the people from floods, Reddy said, adding that a park was established and beautification works were also undertaken for the benefit of the locals. He named the park ‘Krishnamma Jala Vihar’, picking it up from a list of names submitted by the officials.

He also distributed regularized house site pattas to the poor and said the Government has regularized 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.

The Chief Minister said that the Government has initiated several development initiatives in Vijayawada city and the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar was also established with an expenditure of Rs.400 crore.

Besides completing the works of the fly-over to Vijayawada International Airport, two additional fly over bridges also came up on the road, in addition to the Kanaka Durgamma fly over, he added.

Reddy said the Outer Ring Road work is also in full swing and it would be ready for inauguration in the next few months.

Water Resources Minister Ambati Rambabu, MPs Margani Bharat, Kesineni Nani, MLAs Malladi Vishnu, Vellampalli Srinivas, MLC Talasila Raghuram and Special Chief Secretary (Municipal) Y Sri Lakshmi were present on the occasion.(UNI)