2 months ago
1
A civilian nine organisation — Centre for Liberty — has urged the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Central Water Commission (CWC), and the Andhra Pradesh authorities to instantly represent an autarkic planetary reappraisal sheet to audit the information of the Polavaram Project, peculiarly the integrity of the diaphragm partition (D-Wall).
Addressing a property league present connected Monday (March 02), president of the Centre for Liberty, erstwhile IPS officer, A B Venkateswara Rao and Nalamotu Chakravarthy insisted that each regular factual determination logs, prime power reports and the “daily bleeding” reports related to diaphragm partition operation beryllium placed successful the nationalist domain, on with the results of Cross-Wall Sonic Logging (CSL) tests conducted to measure structural integrity.
They further sought a achromatic insubstantial explaining plan alterations made successful Gap-I without the support of the Central Water Commission and demanded that work beryllium fixed for the structural nonaccomplishment of the usher bund reported successful 2023.
Another contented flagged by them relates to changes successful instauration trench levels successful Gap-I from the approved elevation of 23 metres to 24 metres without capable justification oregon support from the Central Water Commission. Such unilateral alterations could compromise the stableness of the dam foundation, they argued.
Warning that continued engineering violations could endanger downstream populations, they said they would attack the Supreme Court seeking a court-monitored information audit if the concerns raised successful the practice are not addressed promptly.
Describing the Polavaram Project arsenic some a lifeline for Andhra Pradesh and a imaginable hazard if information norms are compromised, the Centre for Liberty leaders urged authorities to halt immoderate effort to screen the diaphragm partition nether embankment works until it is certified harmless aft broad investigating and corrective measures, adjacent if that requires operation of a caller wall. Construction works connected the earth-cum-rock capable (ECRF) dam should beryllium slowed down until concerns implicit factual prime and structural information are afloat investigated, they added.
