AMARAVATI: Union Minister for Rural Development, and Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, inaugurated a revived water tank in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district as part of 'Watershed Mahotsav' on Tuesday.
He, along with Minister of State for Rural Development and Communications, Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani and district incharge minister Kandula Durgesh, inaugurated the 21-acre tank, which has been revived at a cost of Rs 1.20 crore in Vengalayapalem in Guntur Rural Mandal.
Speaking to media persons, Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the 150-year-old waterbody, which was lying unused, has been revived.
He congratulated the local administration for developing a plantation on a five-acre area with 250 coconut trees to use the income for maintenance of the waterbody. He called this an ideal sustainable model.