New Delhi, May 25 (PTI) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged the Jal Shakti Ministry and NITI Aayog to study the feasibility of a drinking water project for Udayagiri in Andhra Pradesh.

In a meeting with NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and top officials of the ministry, he discussed various possible ways in which drinking water and irrigation needs of the drought-prone Udayagiri area of Nellore district can be met, a statement said.

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Naidu was elected an MLA from Udayagiri in 1978.

The vice president also spoke with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy and shared with him the feedback he had received from many of his acquaintances in Udayagiri about the acute drinking water situation in the area.

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He apprised him of his meeting with the senior officials and suggested that it would be good if the state government and the Centre could work together to find a sustainable solution to the problem.

The chief minister responded positively and promised to work towards a solution, the statement added.

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