Fresh row over merged mandals
1 year, 7 months ago

Fresh row over merged mandals

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: A controversy has erupted over rehabilitation of those displaced by the Polavaram Project. Some officials and politicians are bringing fresh names and including them in the list of Polavaram Project victims by taking bribes from them. He alleged that some of the politicians colluded with some of the affected villagers by bargaining with them, creating white ration cards and enrolling them as Polavaram Project Displaced Families. Telugu Desam leader Bhaskara Rao said the party would fight for the rights of all the Polavaram project victims. CPI division secretary Gujja Mohan said the government should provide white ration cards to the victims who are not having the cards and apply the R&R package provision to them as well.

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AP: Rehab of Polavaram-hit people soon, assure ministers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AP: Rehab of Polavaram-hit people soon, assure ministers

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Ministers assured Polavaram project-hit people to complete the rehabilitation and resettlement issues and shift them to permanent colonies. The four ministers, Vangalapudi Anitha, Nimmala Ramanaidu, K.Atchannaidu and K. Parthasarathy visited flood-affected areas like Dacharam R&R Colony, Kannayyagutta and other places in Velerupadu mandal of Eluru District. Agriculture minister K.Achannaidu said Chief Minister N.Chandrababu Naidu is keen on helping the …

Polavaram irrigation project: Hopes drowned in uncertainty
6 months ago

Polavaram irrigation project: Hopes drowned in uncertainty

The Hindu  

For the past 10 years, Nagaraju, a 35-year-old tribal man from Mulakapalli village in Andhra Pradesh’s Godavari district, had been clinging to a fragile thread of hope. Displaced by the Polavaram irrigation project, which cuts through the Godavari region in the State, his four-member family has beenanxiously awaiting the promised rehabilitation and resettlement package since 2014. The Polavaram project, initially …

CM Naidu says it may take 4 years to compete Polavaram
6 months ago

CM Naidu says it may take 4 years to compete Polavaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has said that it might take a minimum of four years to complete the construction of the whole Polavaram project, including the dam, and to restore the damaged components like diaphragm wall, cofferdam etc of the Polavaram irrigation project.The Chief Minister visited the project site at Polavaram in Eluru district on Monday and inspected the …

In troubled waters, Polavaram voters await project completion
7 months, 2 weeks ago

In troubled waters, Polavaram voters await project completion

The Hindu  

Amid the Lok Sabha elections, the Polavaram water project has taken centre stage with the political parties including the issue in their manifestoes and promising to complete the same if voted to power. Mr. Jagan Reddy promised to pay a compensation of ₹10 lakh per family, higher than the ₹6.86 lakh promised by the TDP government. Leave alone the Eluru …

Polavaram Project in Complete Mess: Chandrababu
1 year, 4 months ago

Polavaram Project in Complete Mess: Chandrababu

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Telugu Desam chief Nara Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the Polavaram project is “in a complete mess” due to the “neglect and ineptitude” of the Jagan Mohan Reddy-led state government. “This resulted in damage to the diaphragm wall due to the influx of 22 lakhs cusecs of water.” “The TD government had completed 72 per cent of the project …

Polavaram-affected families pushed into fresh troubles
1 year, 8 months ago

Polavaram-affected families pushed into fresh troubles

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Several problems are cropping up in the process of rehabilitating the Polavaram Displaced Families in the merged mandals of Alluri Sitaramaraju district, giving a tough time to the authorities as well. As many as 620 non-tribal families of Polavaram Displaced Families have been allotted space in the rehabilitated colonies of Thaduvayi village in Jangareddygudem mandal. VR Puram ZPTC, Ranga …

Polavaram displaced seek speedy R&R package
1 year, 8 months ago

Polavaram displaced seek speedy R&R package

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Villagers of mandals getting submerged under Polavaram project till 45.72 contour level have urged state government to provide immediate relief and rehabilitation. Puram, Kunavaram, Chinturu, and Yetapaka mandals in Alluri Sitarama Raju district and Polavaram, Kukkunuru, and Velerupadu mandals in Eluru district will be affected due to the Polavaram project. Further, officials identified that if Polavaram project’s height is …

Son to complete Polavaram project started by father', asserts CM Jagan
1 year, 9 months ago

Son to complete Polavaram project started by father', asserts CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy started the Polavaram project and his son will complete it without fail.” Some 48 gates of the dam have been completed as also the upper and lower cofferdams, he said. Jagan Mohan Reddy said, “The Telugu Desam government treated Polavaram as an ATM, shunning the construction of the project. Dismissing the claims of the …

AP, TS CMs \'hatch conspiracy\' on Polavaram Project, alleges TD
2 years, 5 months ago

AP, TS CMs \'hatch conspiracy\' on Polavaram Project, alleges TD

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Telugu Desam spokesperson SVSN Varma has alleged that chief ministers Jagan Reddy and Chandrashekar Rao have jointly hatched a conspiracy to divert people’s attention from the Polavaram Project and from the flood-related issues. He told the media here on Thursday that to divert attention of the people from the floods, TS chief minister Rao raised a demand to give …

Three villages of PDF in Devipatnam in distress
2 years, 5 months ago

Three villages of PDF in Devipatnam in distress

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The three villages of Talluru, Kethanapalli and K.Kothagudem in Devipatnam Mandal of Alluri Sitarama Raju, as also the Polavaram displaced families are in distress as flood relief has not been reached to them. The people of Talluru village requested the officials to construct a rehabilitation colony for them at M Ravilanka village. But, the officials sanctioned Pedabhimpalli R&R Colony …

Godavari floods prove engineers wrong about Polavaram impact
2 years, 5 months ago

Godavari floods prove engineers wrong about Polavaram impact

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The Polavaram project-affected families are in a sad plight as the rehabilitation colonies too have been inundated. The people of the merged mandals and the administrations of Polavaram and Devipatnam mandals had repeatedly urged the authorities to settle their R&R packages by bringing their villages under the 41.5 contour instead of the 45.5 contour before taking up the project …

Polavaram displaced families pin hopes on CM, central minister
2 years, 9 months ago

Polavaram displaced families pin hopes on CM, central minister

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Polavaram Irrigation Project displaced families are pinning considerable hopes on a tour of relief and rehabilitation colonies in East and West Godavari districts by Chief Minister Y.S. An aspect providing a boost to displaced families is observation of Comptroller and Auditor General of India that there is no MoU between central and state governments on construction of Polavaram, which …

Polavaram displaced families seek R&R package
3 years, 2 months ago

Polavaram displaced families seek R&R package

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The Polavaram project-affected families have pressed the government for the implementation of the Rehabilitation and Resettlement packages before the completion of the project. Many of the displaced families have not been given full compensation though they vacated the villages due to the inundation of their villages. The families said the officials had assured them of their land and house …

Polavaram Project has ruined future of 60,000 SCs
3 years, 5 months ago

Polavaram Project has ruined future of 60,000 SCs

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: All India Forward Bloc has charged that lives of nearly 60,000 schedule caste people have been ruined due to Polavaram Project, as the state government has not provided them any alternative livelihood or lands. AIFB state secretary I. Suryanarayana said when Polavaram Project Authority conducted meetings at Vijayawada in July 2019, Relief and Rehabilitation commissioner had submitted a report …

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