Andhra Pradesh government  plans to utilise a minimum of 975 TMC of Krishna, Godavari and other river waters in the state which were going waste to sea.

The state cabinet  on monday noted that  nearly  4140 TMC of the total of  5742 TMC of water in all the rivers of the state were going waste into the sea and only 1594 TMC was put to use in power generation and irrigation.

"It has now been decided that  a minimum of  2500 TMC  will be utlised  and  irrigate  2.5 crore acres of land ( Additional of  1 crore acres)," said I & PR minister Palle Raghunath Reddy briefing  the cabinet  decisions. In a breakthrough measure, Chief Minister will lay foundation for the works  at Polavaram to divert  70 TMC of Godavari water to Krishna.