“It is during a crisis that the leadership of Collectors should come to the fore,” he said, asking them to shed their egos, work as public servants and focus on delivering results rather than merely conducting reviews. He called for a shift from reactive to proactive governance and said that pending files and complaints should be treated as pending development and pending justice respectively.
Mr. Naidu said the government had introduced 28 new policies and undertaken several structural changes during the past 27 months to unlock the State’s potential. The results of these reforms were now becoming visible, he said. “Let us move from review to results and from intention to implementation,” he said.
He asked Collectors to identify the top 25 projects in every district and 10 to 15 priority projects in every Assembly constituency and ensure their timely completion.
పోలవరాన్ని 2027 మార్చికి పూర్తిచేసి జాతికి అంకితం చేస్తాం. పుష్కరాల కంటే ముందే ప్రారంభిస్తాం. అమరావతిలో సీడ్ యాక్సెస్ రోడ్డును పూర్తి చేసి గుంటూరు, విజయవాడకు రాజధానిని కనెక్ట్ చేశాం. అమరావతి రాబోయే రోజుల్లో ఇంప్రూవ్డ్ వెర్షన్ ఆఫ్ హైదరాబాద్ అవుతుంది.… — Telugu Desam Party (@JaiTDP)
He said the government had spent about ₹1.40 lakh crore on welfare and ₹1.50 lakh crore on development during the 27 months. Programmes such as Rayalaseema Rising, Coastal Andhra Future and Uttarandhra Dreams were being pursued to address regional disparities and promote growth.
Listing major infrastructure achievements, the Chief Minister said the Handri-Neeva project, Phase-I of the Veligonda project, the Polavaram Left Main Canal and the 
Stressing leadership, the Chief Minister said the State had resources and technology but leadership gaps existed in some places. He called for capacity-building among employees and said about 1.50 crore training courses had been conducted so far.
Technology should be used to accelerate decision-making and improve the quality of public services, he said, referring to systems such as the Data Lake and AI-based governance platforms. “Deep-tech governance” could help the government achieve unprecedented results, he added.
27 నెలల పాలనలో వెంటిలేటర్ పై ఉన్న ఆర్థిక వ్యవస్థను గాడిన పెట్టి రూ.1,50,000 కోట్లు సంక్షేమం, రూ.1,40,000 కోట్లు అభివృద్ధికి ఖర్చుపెట్టాం. అభివృద్ధి వికేంద్రీకరణతో అన్ని ప్రాంతాల్లో మార్పు తీసుకొస్తున్నాం. రాయలసీమ రైజింగ్, ఉత్తరాంధ్ర కలలకు రెక్కలు, వెలిగొండ జలధార- అభివృద్ధికి… — Telugu Desam Party (@JaiTDP)
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chairs the eighth District Collectors’ Conference at the Secretariat in Amaravati on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Concluding his address, Mr. Naidu called for a common approach to governance: “One State, One Vision, One Team, One Mission, that is Swarna Andhra.”
