🧵 PAWAN KALYAN AS DEPUTY CM — WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE JUNE 2024? From rural roads & drinking water to tribal connectivity, sanitation, forests, wildlife and environmental protection — here’s a look at the major works and programmes under the portfolios handled by Dy CM @PawanKalyan. A thread 👇🧵 1/ 📍 12 June 2024 — The beginning Pawan Kalyan took charge as Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh along with key portfolios including: • Panchayat Raj & Rural Development • Rural Water Supply • Forests & Environment • Science & Technology The focus: strengthening villages, rural infrastructure, water security and environmental protection. 2/ 🏡 Palle Panduga 1.0 One of the biggest rural-development drives launched after the coalition government came to power. Major works included: ✅ 4,000+ KM CC roads ✅ 22,500+ Mini Gokulams ✅ 15,000+ livestock water troughs ✅ 1 lakh+ farm ponds/water-conservation works The programme was implemented through convergence of rural-development funds and MGNREGS. 3/ 🌾 Palle Panduga 2.0 The next phase was launched with an estimated ₹6,787 crore outlay. 🎯 53,382 works 🎯 Across 13,326 Gram Panchayats The programme expanded rural roads, drainage, farm ponds, cattle infrastructure and other village-level development works. 4/ 🚧 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. 5/ 🐄 Support for farmers & livestock Thousands of Mini Gokulams/cattle shelters and livestock water troughs were created. The idea is simple: Better cattle infrastructure → better livestock care → stronger rural livelihoods. By May 2026, the department reported 37,000+ Gokulams and 15,000+ livestock water troughs across the two Palle Panduga phases. 6/ 💧 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. 7/ 🛣️ Adavi Thalli Baata — Tribal Connectivity A major programme aimed at remote tribal habitations. 💰 Approx. ₹1,005 crore 🛣️ 1,069 KM all-weather roads 🏘️ 625 remote tribal habitations targeted The objective is to eliminate the need for “doli” transportation for people in remote tribal areas, particularly for medical access. 8/ 📍 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 ₹1,158 crore mobilised through PM-JANMAN, MGNREGS and State resources. 9/ 🚰 Amarajeevi Jaladhara One of the biggest drinking-water initiatives under the Rural Water Supply portfolio. 💰 Approx. ₹7,910 crore 👥 Designed to benefit around 1.21 crore people 📍 Five districts 💧 Long-term rural drinking-water infrastructure The project was named after Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu. 10/ 💦 Godavari Mega Water Grid — ONGOING The East & West Godavari water-grid projects together involve around ₹3,050 crore. East Godavari: 💰 ₹1,650 crore 👥 ~20 lakh people 📍 10 Assembly constituencies West Godavari: 💰 ₹1,400 crore 👥 ~13.5 lakh people More than 400 KM of pipelines had already been completed by August 2026. 11/ 🚰 In August 2026, Pawan Kalyan reviewed the Jaladhara projects and directed officials to accelerate: • Intake wells • Water treatment plants • Reservoirs • Pipeline networks • Pending departmental clearances The stated objective: a permanent solution to drinking-water problems in the coastal villages of the Godavari region. 👇