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 has been declared as “National Project’’ by central government. Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh and Odisha governments had approached Supreme Court over Polavaram project, pointing out that AP government must construct eight protective barriers in Odisha and four in Chhattisgarh to prevent flooding by the project in their areas. “Unless the two neighbouring state governments do not withdraw their cases in Supreme Court, Polavaram project cannot be completed till its original height of 45 contour.

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Govt to complete Polavaram project by Oct 2026: Naidu
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1 week ago

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 …

Patnaik asks party leaders to intensify fight against Polavaram project, BJD to launch stir in Jan
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1 week, 2 days ago

Patnaik asks party leaders to intensify fight against Polavaram project, BJD to launch stir in Jan

Hindustan Times  

Bhubaneswar, Dec 14 BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged party members to intensify their fight for justice on behalf of Odisha's tribal communities, who are likely to be severely impacted because of the Polavaram dam project in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Patnaik asks party leaders to intensify fight against Polavaram project, BJD to launch stir in Jan Patnaik’s call came …

Create separate website for Polavaram irrigation project: Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Create separate website for Polavaram irrigation project: Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu has advised officials to create a separate website for the Polavaram Irrigation Project, and upload the progress of works daily. Reviewing the progress of the project works at a meeting with senior irrigation officials on Wednesday, he said Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu will visit the Polavaram project site in the first …

State MPs to raise pending Split issues, Polavaram in Parliament
4 weeks, 1 day ago

State MPs to raise pending Split issues, Polavaram in Parliament

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: MPs from the ruling parties in Andhra Pradesh would raise the issues of unfulfilled provisions in AP Split Act, the delay in execution of the Polavaram project, the Kadapa Steel Plant issue etc in the Winter Session of Parliament. Telugu Desam parliamentary party leader Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, briefed the media after the meeting. He said the MPs from …

AP CM to visit Polavaram on November 27
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1 month ago

AP CM to visit Polavaram on November 27

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is visiting the Polavaram irrigation project at Polavaram in Eluru district on November 27, said K. Narasimha Murthy, Polavaram chief engineer. As the construction works on a new diaphragm wall begin in January 2025, the authorities are developing a platform with soil on either side, at the place where the D-wall will be constructed, …

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 …

Congress slams Naidu for accusing YSR of neglecting Polavaram project
1 month ago

Congress slams Naidu for accusing YSR of neglecting Polavaram project

Hindustan Times  

Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao on Wednesday took exception to Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s statement accusing former chief minister YS Rajasekha Reddy of neglecting the Polavaram major irrigation project being built on Godavari river. Senior Congress leader and former Rajya Sabha member KVP Ramachandra Rao on Wednesday took exception to Andhra …

Polavaram Project to be completed by 2027 at 'any cost', says Chandrababu Naidu
1 month ago

Polavaram Project to be completed by 2027 at 'any cost', says Chandrababu Naidu

India Today  

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu reaffirmed his commitment to completing the Polavaram Project by 2027, calling it the “lifeline and backbone” of the state. “Despite financial challenges, the Polavaram Project will be completed by 2027 at any cost,” Naidu declared. Providing financial details, Naidu revealed that the project’s estimated cost stands at Rs 55,000 crore, of which the …

Polavaram to Be Ready by 2027: CM Naidu
1 month ago

Polavaram to Be Ready by 2027: CM Naidu

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced a schedule in the state assembly on Tuesday to complete the Polavaram irrigation project works by 2027. This, he said, would involve a cost of Rs 70,000 crore, and “ensure water for every acre of land.” This would also help avoid drought in Andhra Pradesh, the CM said while taking part in …

Polavaram Project Oustees Hold Protest in Knee-deep Water, Demand Relief
3 months, 1 week ago

Polavaram Project Oustees Hold Protest in Knee-deep Water, Demand Relief

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Several Adivasi families on Thursday staged a novel protest, standing in knee-deep floodwaters in Ginnela Bazar area of Kunavaram in Chintur division of ASR district. We all will go to Vijayawada and meet chief minister Chandrababu Naidu and deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan to directly tell them of our problems,’’ said another woman. District collector Dinesh Kumar said the …

Ex-minister blames Andhra CM Naidu for Polavaram Irrigation Project setbacks
4 months ago

Ex-minister blames Andhra CM Naidu for Polavaram Irrigation Project setbacks

New Indian Express  

RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM: Former minister and YSRC leader Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venugopala Krishna expressed concern over the mismanagement of the Polavaram Irrigation Project under the leadership of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, and attributed the setbacks and financial loss incurred by the project to Naidu’s hasty and ill-conceived decisions. Speaking to the media in Rajamahendravaram on Monday, Chelluboyina alleged that Naidu resorted to …

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 …

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 …

Global Experts to Assess Damage at Polavaram from Today
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Global Experts to Assess Damage at Polavaram from Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Polavaram irrigation project site at Polavaram in Eluru district will be buzzing with activity for four days from Sunday, June 30. On Monday, July 1, the experts will inspect the ECRF Gap-II and verify documents related to the index plan of Polavaram dam, overall layout of ground improvement, factual report of trial vibro stone columns, longitudinal sections of the …

Polavaram irrigation project stuck in a limbo, thanks to Jagan’s inefficiency, says A.P. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Polavaram irrigation project stuck in a limbo, thanks to Jagan’s inefficiency, says A.P. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

The Hindu  

The ignorance and inefficiency of the former Chief Minister, Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy, in taking policy decisions and in abruptly changing the contractor of the multi-purpose Polavaram Irrigation Project had resulted in causing severe damage to the project, considered Andhra Pradesh’s lifeline, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu asserted while releasing a White Paper on it, at the Secretariat at Velagapudi …

US, Canada experts to take stock of Polavaram project
5 months, 3 weeks ago

US, Canada experts to take stock of Polavaram project

Hindustan Times  

The Central government has roped in a team of irrigation experts from the USA and Canada to study the extensive damages caused to the Polavaram major irrigation project being built on the Godavari river in Andhra Pradesh and suggest remedial measures, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu visited the Polavaram dam …

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 …

Elaborate arrangements made at Polavaram for Andhra Pradesh CM’s visit
6 months ago

Elaborate arrangements made at Polavaram for Andhra Pradesh CM’s visit

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Elaborate arrangements have been made for Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s visit to the Polavaram project site on Monday. Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu reviewed the arrangements made at the Polavaram project site for the Chief Minister’s visit. The Chief Minister’s first field visit being the visit to the Polavaram project amply highlights the TDP-led NDA …

Naidu to Have Thorough Inspection of Polavaram Today
6 months, 1 week ago

Naidu to Have Thorough Inspection of Polavaram Today

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu is giving top priority to completion of the Polavaram project and will inspect it on Monday for an on-the-spot assessment of the ground situation. The chief minister stated that 72 per cent of the works of Polavaram were completed during his last term, and the remaining works would be completed in the present term. …

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 …

AP politics delayed Polavaram project: Gadkari
7 months, 3 weeks ago

AP politics delayed Polavaram project: Gadkari

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Union minister for roads, Nitin Gadkari, has said politics in Andhra Pradesh delayed the prestigious Polavaram project that was sanctioned by him while he was minister for water resources. “When the new government came in 2019, it initiated several inquiries and the end result was the project was delayed,’’ Gadkari said. He said as a corrective measure, the NDA …

Pawan promises Polavaram by 2027
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Pawan promises Polavaram by 2027

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Jana Sena chief and film star Pawan Kalyan has promised at an election meeting in Koyyalagudem of Eluru district on Tuesday that Polavaram project will be completed by 2027. He underlined that funds necessary for providing a relief and rehabilitation package to people affected by the project will be released within six months by introducing a special cess in …

Ambati confident of completing Polavaram by December 2025
1 year, 3 months ago

Ambati confident of completing Polavaram by December 2025

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada : Water resources minister Ambati Rambabu announced on Friday that state government intends to complete the Polavaram irrigation project by December 2025. Responding to a query in legislative council during question hour on providing compensation to evacuees of Polavaram project, the minister pointed out that 123 habitations of 20,946 project displaced families are getting affected at the 41.15-metre contour …

Centre says no shortage of funds for Polavaram Project
1 year, 3 months ago

Centre says no shortage of funds for Polavaram Project

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Union Jal Shakthi minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has made it clear that there is no shortage of funds for constructing the Polavaram Irrigation Project, as the central government has declared it as a national project. Bharat maintained that in accordance with the union minister’s reply, central government has been releasing funds as per submission of bills certified by the …

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 …

Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?
1 year, 5 months ago

Andhra Pradesh | Whose Polavaram is it anyway?

The Hindu  

On June 12, Vetla Mutyala Reddi, 36, from the Konda Reddi tribe, put forward his charter of 10 demands to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Aims to irrigate 4.36 lakh hectares, generate 960 MW of hydropower, supply drinking water to 611 villages 80 TMC of Godavari water to be diverted to the Krishna …

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 …

Funds Shortage Hampers Polavaram Project, Bifurcation Woes Continue
1 year, 6 months ago

Funds Shortage Hampers Polavaram Project, Bifurcation Woes Continue

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The state’s bifurcation stalled execution of the multipurpose Polavaram irrigation project mainly due to inadequate funds. AP maintains that TS’s power dues have gone up to ₹7,102 crore, including principal amount of ₹3,441 crore and interest from June 2, 2014 to June 10, 2017 with ₹43 crore getting added every month as interest on the principal amount. Meanwhile, the …

Government assures employment to Polavaram-affected tribal families
1 year, 7 months ago

Government assures employment to Polavaram-affected tribal families

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: Polavaram administrative officer C.V. Pravin Adithya said efforts are being made to provide employment opportunities to 5,800 tribal families displaced due to the irrigation project and residing in relief and rehabilitation colonies. Reviewing the rehabilitation status of tribes displaced by the project with officials of Chinturu and Rampachodavaram ITDA and Velugu on Thursday, Adithya pointed out that many tribal …

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 …

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-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 …

No Direct Benefit Transfer to Polavaram-displaced families
1 year, 10 months ago

No Direct Benefit Transfer to Polavaram-displaced families

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: The Union Government has made it clear that it will not be possible to deposit money directly into the accounts of the displaced persons in relation to the Polavaram Irrigation Project construction. In response to a question posed by Kakinada Lok Sabha member Vanga Gita, the Union minister for Jala Shakthi Gajendra Shekawat said the state government was undertaking …

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 …

Minister refutes reports on Polavaram joint survey
2 years, 2 months ago

Minister refutes reports on Polavaram joint survey

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Irrigation minister Ambati Rambabu on Saturday refuted media reports that stakeholder states Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana have sought a joint survey on Polavaram project at a meeting held by the centre. The irrigation minister maintained that everything has been made clear at this meeting to the stakeholder states of Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana. He said there is no truth …

SC directs Centre to hold talks with states on Polavaram
2 years, 3 months ago

SC directs Centre to hold talks with states on Polavaram

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Supreme Court has directed the Centre to hold talks with chief secretaries of AP, Telangana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh to resolve the issues of Polavaram irrigation project. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kaul, Abhay Oka and Vikram Nath held a hearing on a batch of petitions in New Delhi on Tuesday, complaining about violation of environmental laws and submergence …

Polavaram dam will be raised to 45.72 ft: Rambabu
2 years, 4 months ago

Polavaram dam will be raised to 45.72 ft: Rambabu

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Irrigation minister Ambati Rambabu said the Chief Minister did not visit the inundated areas during the floods as the relief operations would have hampered, and added that the government worked with sincerity and stood by the flood victims. Speaking on Polavaram project, Rambabu said Polavaram was a national project and the state government was working sincerely to complete the …

Jagan assures resettlement of Polavaram-hit by September
2 years, 4 months ago

Jagan assures resettlement of Polavaram-hit by September

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday assured people affected by Polavaram project up to 41.15 metre contour level that they will be provided all financial relief and shifted to their rehabilitation colonies by September. Speaking on the occasion, the CM said, “We are going to shift by September all Polavaram project-affected people living up to 41.15 metre …

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 …

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP
2 years, 5 months ago

TS blames Polavaram project for floods, triggers row with AP

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD/VIJAYAWADA: Transport minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar on Tuesday held Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram project responsible for the flooding of the Godavari river at Bhadrachalam, sparking off a row with the neighbouring Telugu state. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad, TRS leaders demanded a reduction in the height of the Polavaram project, accusing the AP government of changing the original plan, to …

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 …

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 …

Polavaram project expected to get 14L cusecs water
2 years, 5 months ago

Polavaram project expected to get 14L cusecs water

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: As Godavari river witnesses heavy floods following heavy rainfall in its catchment areas, Polavaram irrigation project is expected to get 14 lakh cusecs of water as at present nearly nine lakh cusecs of water reached the project by 7 pm on Monday. Minister for water resources Ambati Rambabu, along with senior officials, visited the Polavaram project at Polavaram in …

Rs 800 crore extra for polavaram project due to TD misdeeds: Ambati
2 years, 8 months ago

Rs 800 crore extra for polavaram project due to TD misdeeds: Ambati

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Minister for water resources, Ambati Rambabu pointed out Rs 800 crore extra has to be spent on the Polavaram multipurpose project due to pointless works taken up by the earlier Telugu Desam government resulting in cofferdam and diaphragm wall damages. Addressing a press meet at the YSRC central office on Friday, Rambabu slammed the Opposition and a section of …

No change in Polavaram height: CM Jagan
2 years, 9 months ago

No change in Polavaram height: CM Jagan

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy said that the height of the Polavaram multipurpose national project dam would not be decreased and that it would will be completed by the 2023 Kharif season. Jagan Mohan Reddy said the project would be dedicated to the late Chief Minister Dr Y.S. CM Jagan says "Not Polavaram height, TD will be cut …

Centre promises to bear polavaram project cost
2 years, 9 months ago

Centre promises to bear polavaram project cost

Deccan Chronicle  

KAKINADA: The Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Shekhawat has said the central government would bear the entire cost of the Polavaram Project. The minister said that, to facilitate the reviews of the construction and release of funds, the Polavaram Project Authority office would be shifted to Rajamahendravaram. Meanwhile, the state officials requested the Union minister to fix Rs 55,548.87 …

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