#AndhraPradesh: Union Government Gives Two Year Extension to Construction Work Related to Polavaram Project
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Amaravati, June27: Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar yesterday said that the Central Government has given a two-year extension to the construction work related to Polavaram Multipurpose Project in Andhra Pradesh.
Prakash Javadekar stressed that the project is very important to the people of the State as it is going to irrigate nearly three hectares of land, generate hydel power with installed capacity of 960 MW and provide drinking water facilities to 540 villages covering 25 lakh population, particularly in Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari and Krishna districts.
The Polavaram Project has been accorded the national status by the Union Government of India and is said to be the last to be accorded the status. Its reservoir backwater spreads up to approximately 150 KM back from Polavaram Spillway on main river side and approximately 115 KM in Sabari River side. The project envisages construction of Earth- Cum-Rock fill dam across river Godavari. The maximum height of the dam is 48 metres.
In 2011, the then government had asked the Andhra Government to stop construction work of the project but in the year 2014, the NDA government declared the Polavaram project a National project and the Ministry kept the ‘Stop Work Order’ in abeyance to allow the construction works.
“The ‘Stop Work Order’ has been kept in abeyance six times for a year each time. Considering the immense importance of the project, this time the Ministry is keeping the order in abeyance to allow the construction works for two years without permission to impound water,” stated the MoEFCC
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