The National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development has sanctioned a loan assistance of Rs.200.45 crore for construction of a connecting road and 22 micro irrigation projects to the Andhra Pradesh government.
The micro irrigation projects will be implemented by the horticulture department of the state govrnment in 22 districts. These projects will cover 1,20,000 farmer beneficiaries with total area of 1,12,500 ha under drip irrigation and 37,500 ha under sprinkler irrigation.
These projects were sanctioned under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF -XIV) by the Project Sanctioning Committee. |