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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has directed the officials to expedite the Polavaram irrigation task works successful bid to implicit them earlier the 2027 Godavari Pushkarams,and to unafraid indispensable clearances from the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the Ministry of Jal Shakti astatine the earliest.
Addressing a reappraisal gathering connected the Polavaram task astatine the Secretariat successful Amaravati connected Friday, Mr. Naidu said determination should beryllium nary compromise successful the prime of works, and ordered that the earth-cum-rockfill works of the main dam should statesman successful November 2025 and completed by December 2027. Similarly, helium insisted that the Polavaram close canal tunnel, attack channel, and caput regulator works should besides beryllium finished arsenic per the stipulated timelines.
Officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) informed the Chief Minister that retired of the full 63,656 cubic metres of diaphragm partition work, 37,302 cubic metres had been completed, and 100% of the buttress dam works were over.
The Chief Minister said the Polavaram near main canal works, up to Anakapalli, indispensable beryllium implicit by January 2026. Land acquisition and rehabilitation issues, if any, should beryllium sorted retired without immoderate delay, helium said.
He besides suggested to the officials to absorption connected processing the Polavaram task tract arsenic a large tourism destination, and broached the thought of laying an iconic roadworthy that would nexus the task to the nationalist highway. Closed Circuit cameras should beryllium installed astatine the task tract and connected to the RTGS successful bid to perpetually show the advancement of works, helium added.
Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu and Chief Secretary K. Vijayanand were among those present.
