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The concerns of the then newly proposed Vizag Steel plant for its huge water requirements, he strongly believed, could adequately be addressed by taking forward this project. This could also beneficially impact the food production and farming communities of north coastal Andhra districts which do not have any perennial rivers.At PVG Raju's initiative, a proposal was jointly developed by Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Orissa for the consideration of the Government of India. The idea was to set up educational facilities, and an agriculture research centre in the Araku area which over time could develop into a National Tribal University. Though the Centre's response was 145