Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government will resume work on the Polavaram irrigation project from Monday after a gap of nearly four months. They will take up vibrocompaction from November 13 to solidify loose sand, preparing the ground for laying the foundation for Polavaram dam. State government is yet to decide whether it should go for full-length construction of a new diaphragm …
A team of the Central Water Commission visited the Polavaram irrigation project on Sunday and verified the condition of the main dam in view of the recent heavy discharges from it during the Godavari floods. CWC Embankments Director Deepak Chandra Bhatt, Director Kayum Mohammad and Assistant Director Gaurav Tiwari, along with Polavaram Project Superintending Engineer K. Narasimha Murthy, MEIL vice-president …
