PPA Says it Vets AFRY’s Designs of Polavaram Project
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PPA Says it Vets AFRY’s Designs of Polavaram Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Polavaram Project Authority has clarified that the agency executing the project has engaged design consultant – AFRY India Private Limited – for preparing designs and drawings of the project. It said the R&R works and shifting of project displaced families will be taken up as per contour levels up to 41.15 metres and 45.72 metres respectively. In the subsequent review meeting held on 10-04-2023, the water resources secretary raised a proposal for getting balance funds till phase-1 of the project, which means impounding of water in the dam up to 41.15 metres. With regard to the query on reasons for damage to upstream left-side guide bund for spillway and authorities responsible for the damage and the amount of revenue loss to the government, the PPA replied that as per approved drawings of approach channel, the soil in the approach channel had to be removed to have the required flow conditions.

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Govt to complete Polavaram project by Oct 2026: Naidu
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Govt to complete Polavaram project by Oct 2026: Naidu

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad Telugu Desam Party president and Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday expressed confidence that the Polavaram major irrigation project being constructed on Godavari River would get the recognition of an iconic project in the country. Accompanied by his cabinet colleagues, irrigation department officials and engineers belonging to contracting firms, Naidu visited the Polavaram project site in …

RTI reveals Polavaram height set by Andhra Pradesh govt in 2021 amid blame game
4 weeks ago

RTI reveals Polavaram height set by Andhra Pradesh govt in 2021 amid blame game

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: At a time when both the TDP and YSRCP are blaming each other responsible for the reduction in height of the Polavaram Irrigation Project, the Polavaram Project Authority has made it clear that the Phase-1 concept emerged from the State government’s proposal, and the Centre approved it at a review meeting held on April 10, 2023 that the focus …

PPA Says it Vets AFRY’s Designs of Polavaram Project
4 weeks ago

PPA Says it Vets AFRY’s Designs of Polavaram Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Polavaram Project Authority has clarified that the agency executing the project has engaged design consultant – AFRY India Private Limited – for preparing designs and drawings of the project. It said the R&R works and shifting of project displaced families will be taken up as per contour levels up to 41.15 metres and 45.72 metres respectively. In the subsequent …

AP committed to execute Polavaram Dam at height of 45.72 meters: Minister
1 month ago

AP committed to execute Polavaram Dam at height of 45.72 meters: Minister

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Minister of water resources Nimmala Ramanaidu said the state government was committed to construct the Polavaram dam at a height of 45.72 metres and ruled out any chance to reduce it. In reply to queries raised by members Duvvarapu Rama Rao, B. Tirumala Naidu and Thota Trimurthulu during Question Hour in the Legislative Council here on Friday, the minister …

AP: Naidu Seeks Rs.12,500 Crore for New Polavaram Diaphragm Wall
4 months, 3 weeks ago

AP: Naidu Seeks Rs.12,500 Crore for New Polavaram Diaphragm Wall

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu attended the Niti Aayog Council meeting in Delhi on Saturday. “AP government is formulating its own Vikasit AP-2047 Vision Document in this regard,” Naidu emphasised at the meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. He requested the union minister to approve complete proposals related to the Polavaram project, including construction of the …

Onus of completing Polavaram project is on Union government, says K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Onus of completing Polavaram project is on Union government, says K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao

The Hindu  

Grave mistakes committed by the TDP and YSRCP governments, which ruled Andhra Pradesh after its bifurcation, have landed the Polavaram project in a complete mess, says veteran Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member K.V.P. State Reorganisation Act mandates that the construction of Polavaram project is the responsibility of Central government, and that it shall be executed on expedient public …

Polavaram project works completed up to 79.61%
1 year, 6 months ago

Polavaram project works completed up to 79.61%

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Polavaram irrigation project works have been completed to an extent of 79.61 per cent so far. The processes of land acquisition and resettlement and rehabilitation up to 45.72 metres have been completed by 22.20 per cent; and this was done by 69.71 per cent up to 41.15 metres. “As for major components, all 48 radial gates are erected …

Centre says 94,485 Polavaram families to be shifted
1 year, 8 months ago

Centre says 94,485 Polavaram families to be shifted

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Union Jal Shakti ministry has in its annual report disclosed that a total of 94,485 Polavaram project disturbed families living in areas of dam levels up to 41.15 metres and above will be shifted as part of the resettlement and rehabilitation programme. The revised cost committee in its report submitted to the department on March 17, 2022, recommended the …

Polavaram works delayed due to floods, Parliament told
2 years ago

Polavaram works delayed due to floods, Parliament told

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The Union government has stated that while the Polavaram project is scheduled to be completed by March 2024 and its distributary network by June 2024, "some delay may occur." The minister said that rehabilitation of 1,06,006 project displaced families had been taken up in two phases under Polavaram Resettlement & Rehabilitation programme by the implementing agency, the Andhra Pradesh …

AP to seek funds from Centre on ad-hoc basis for Polavaram: CM Jagan
2 years, 5 months ago

AP to seek funds from Centre on ad-hoc basis for Polavaram: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Reddy has said the state is prepared to resume works on the Polavaram project after the floodwaters recede. “We would seek additional funds of Rs 6,000 crore on an ad-hoc basis instead of component-wise reimbursement from the Centre, to speed up the project works soon after the flood levels recede,” he said. They said the lower …

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