Andhra working towards intra-linking of rivers within state as per PM's advice: CM

AMARAVATI: (Feb 26) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday said that the government is working towards intra-linking of rivers within the state, as per Prime Minister Narendra Modi's advice.

Addressing the Assembly, the chief minister highlighted that PM Modi observed that achieving intra-linking of rivers would finally make interlinking of rivers easy at the national level.

"When I spoke to the PM, he said intra-river linking, interlinking all the rivers in your (Andhra) state, then finally, it will be easy to link at the national level. We are working with that spirit," Naidu said.