Foreign experts’ team assesses works at Gap-1 of Polavaram project

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Foreign experts astatine  a reappraisal  gathering  connected  the Polavaram task  works   connected  Tuesday.

Foreign experts astatine a reappraisal gathering connected the Polavaram task works connected Tuesday.

A squad of overseas experts inspected the Polavaram task for the 2nd consecutive time connected Tuesday. The delegation comprised Sean Hinchberger, David B. Paul, and Gianfranco De Cicco, on with elder officials from assorted wings of the Ministry of Water Resources.

During the inspection, the experts reviewed ungraded stabilisation works astatine Gap-1 of the main dam. They assessed the spot and stableness of the ungraded by excavating portions of the already compacted country and entering the pits to analyse the level of consolidation.

At different location, the squad observed the embankment ungraded placement process and the methods adopted for strengthening it. The grade of compaction achieved done rolling with dense machinery was besides intimately monitored.

Earlier successful the day, the experts held an extended reappraisal gathering with the officials from the Central and State Water Resources Departments and representatives of the operation agency, Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Limited (MEIL).

During the meeting, clarifications were provided connected the observations and queries raised by the experts during the archetypal day’s tract visit. Detailed discussions were besides held connected the plan and configurations of Gap-2.

State Water Resources Department Adviser M. Venkateswara Rao, Engineer-in-Chief K. Narasimha Murthy, Polavaram Project Superintending Engineer R. Ramachandra Rao, MEIL General Manager A. Gangadhar, Deputy General Manager Murali Pammi, and different elder officials explained the method aspects to the adept squad and Central Government officials. The experts reviewed these inputs on with information independently collected during their tract inspections and resolved outstanding queries.

The delegation besides included Central Government officials Sarabjit Singh Bakshi, Manish Rathore, Gaurav Tiwari, and Hemanth Gautham; officers from CSMRS, including Manish Gupta and Ravi Agarwal; CWPRS typical V. S. Rama Rao; Polavaram Project Authority Member-Secretary M. Raghuram; Director K. Shankar; and NIRM Director Ajay Kumar Naitan, among others.

Published - January 20, 2026 09:00 p.m. IST

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