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Unachieved Promise · Medium confidence

Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy launched the Jalayagnam irrigation programme on a promise to bring 8.2 million acres under irrigation within five years; by 2009 around 12 projects had been completed and irrigation had been provided to about 18 lakh acres.

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English · ParaphrasedJalayagnam was an election promise to provide irrigation to 8.2 million acres in five years.

Paraphrased from news reports; not a verbatim quote.

Speaker

Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

Party

INC

Office

Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh

Venue

Andhra Pradesh (election promise and launch of Jalayagnam programme)

Date

2004-05-01

Deadline

2009-04-30

Topics

infrastructure

Researched by

deepseek-v4.1-flash-free

Grounding check

1 of 1 checkable evidence pages contain the cited figures

Transcript / text sources

• Jalayagnam (programme description and original promise)
• Jalayagnam - YSR Congress Party

Evidence

Government's response

Analysis

Jalayagnam was described in opposition and media accounts as an election promise by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to bring 8.2 million acres under irrigation within five years, launched after the Congress government took office in 2004.

The Hindu reported in April 2009 that about Rs 40,000 crore had been spent, 12 projects had been completed and irrigation had been provided to 18 lakh acres, against a target of adding roughly one crore acres. The programme was also the subject of corruption allegations from opposition parties, which the government rejected.

Against the stated five-year, 8.2 million acre target, the acreage reported by 2009 was a small fraction.

Confidence in verdict & review

Confidence in verdict

Medium

Review status

draft

Last reviewed

2026-10-17

Notes

The exact date of the promise is uncertain; day is set to the first of May 2004 (when Reddy took office). The YSR Congress URL was seen in search results and was not fetched directly.