๐งต PAWAN KALYAN AS DEPUTY CM โ WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE JUNE 2024?
From rural roads & drinking water to tribal connectivity, sanitation, forests, wildlife and environmental protection โ hereโs a look at the major works and programmes under the portfolios handled by Dy CM @PawanKalyan.
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๐ 12 June 2024 โ The beginning
Pawan Kalyan took charge as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh along with key portfolios including:
โข Panchayat Raj & Rural Development
โข Rural Water Supply
โข Forests & Environment
โข Science & Technology
The focus: strengthening villages, rural infrastructure, water security and environmental protection.
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๐ก Palle Panduga 1.0
One of the biggest rural-development drives launched after the coalition government came to power.
Major works included:
โ 4,000+ KM CC roads
โ 22,500+ Mini Gokulams
โ 15,000+ livestock water troughs
โ 1 lakh+ farm ponds/water-conservation works
The programme was implemented through convergence of rural-development funds and MGNREGS.
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๐พ Palle Panduga 2.0
The next phase was launched with an estimated โน6,787 crore outlay.
๐ฏ 53,382 works
๐ฏ Across 13,326 Gram Panchayats
The programme expanded rural roads, drainage, farm ponds, cattle infrastructure and other village-level development works.
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๐ง Road infrastructure
Under Palle Panduga 2.0, the original target of 2,750 KM rural roads was exceeded, with around 3,580 KM completed according to the department's reported progress.
The broader objective: better last-mile connectivity for villages and rural communities.
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๐ Support for farmers & livestock
Thousands of Mini Gokulams/cattle shelters and livestock water troughs were created.
The idea is simple:
Better cattle infrastructure โ better livestock care โ stronger rural livelihoods.
By May 2026, the department reported 37,000+ Gokulams and 15,000+ livestock water troughs across the two Palle Panduga phases.
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๐ง Farm ponds & water conservation
Around 1.07 lakh farm ponds had been completed across Palle Panduga 1.0 & 2.0 by May 2026.
The focus is on water conservation, groundwater recharge and improving agricultural resilience in rural areas.
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๐ฃ๏ธ Adavi Thalli Baata โ Tribal Connectivity
A major programme aimed at remote tribal habitations.
๐ฐ Approx. โน1,005 crore
๐ฃ๏ธ 1,069 KM all-weather roads
๐๏ธ 625 remote tribal habitations targeted
The objective is to eliminate the need for โdoliโ transportation for people in remote tribal areas, particularly for medical access.
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๐ The tribal-road programme has also been linked with GeoSadak for digital/geospatial monitoring.
In November 2025, officials were directed to speed up works covering 662 roads connecting 761 tribal habitations, with โน1,158 crore mobilised through PM-JANMAN, MGNREGS and State resources.
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๐ฐ Amarajeevi Jaladhara
One of the biggest drinking-water initiatives under the Rural Water Supply portfolio.
๐ฐ Approx. โน7,910 crore
๐ฅ Designed to benefit around 1.21 crore people
๐ Five districts
๐ง Long-term rural drinking-water infrastructure
The project was named after Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu.
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๐ฆ Godavari Mega Water Grid โ ONGOING
The East & West Godavari water-grid projects together involve around โน3,050 crore.
East Godavari:
๐ฐ โน1,650 crore
๐ฅ ~20 lakh people
๐ 10 Assembly constituencies
West Godavari:
๐ฐ โน1,400 crore
๐ฅ ~13.5 lakh people
More than 400 KM of pipelines had already been completed by August 2026.
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๐ฐ In August 2026, Pawan Kalyan reviewed the Jaladhara projects and directed officials to accelerate:
โข Intake wells
โข Water treatment plants
โข Reservoirs
โข Pipeline networks
โข Pending departmental clearances
The stated objective: a permanent solution to drinking-water problems in the coastal villages of the Godavari region.
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