VIJAYAWADA: In a good news to farmers, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will release water of river Godavari into Krishna on Wednesday to mark the formal linking of the two rivers.

The programme will be held at Ibrahimpatnam village near Vijayawada.

State Water Resources Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao told reporters that the state has created history by completing the river linking project to divert about 80 TMC of water from Godavari to Krishna. (Press report).

Let us hope  that the linking will benefit the farmers and the people.