Vijayawada:Twenty Point Program Chairman Lanka Dinakar called for measures to ensure safe drinking water supply under Jal Jeevan Mission-2024 during a review meeting on implementation of programs and of centrally sponsored projects at Ongole in Prakasam district on Saturday.

He lauded efforts to help women in self-help groups become financially self-reliant under the Lakhpati Didi Yojana and urged inclusion of 2.5 lakh women in the scheme by next year . Dinakar also called for the installation of solar panels in 500,000 houses in the district by 2026-27. He criticized the delays in allotment of TIDCO houses under the Prime Minister Awas Yojana and suggested providing basic amenities in these colonies. Dinakar also proposed the introduction of drones in every gram panchayat by the next financial year, with grants from the Center enabling women SHGs to spray nonurea on crops.