Polavaram: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu visited Polavaram Irrigation Project for the first time on Monday, June 17, after taking charge to review the project and the status of the project.
He was accompanied by Water resources Minister N Ramanaidu and others and held an hour-long meeting on the progress of the project.
Polavaram Project is on the river Godavari near Ramayyapeta village in Polavaram Mandalam of Eluru district, located about 34 km upstream of Kovvuru-Rajahmundry road-cum-rail bridge. It emerges from the last ranges of the Eastern Ghats and enters the plains in the Godavari region.
According to the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA), the multi-purpose irrigation project is intended to irrigate over 4.3 lakh hectares of land and generate 960 MW of hydropower, along with the supply of drinking water to nearly 30 lakh people in 611 villages.
The mega project is also envisaged to divert 80 TMC water to the Krishna river basin.
(With PTI inputs)
Naidu was accompanied by water resources Minister N Ramanaidu and others and held an hour-long meeting on the progress of the project. Andhra Pradesh States News India: Top News India, States News, States News Headlines, Online State News India, State Politics news
