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Minister for Education and IT Nara Lokesh laid instauration chromatic connected Monday for the operation of a retaining partition on the close slope of Krishna river, downstream of Prakasam Barrage, adjacent Seethanagaram successful Tadepalli town, successful Guntur district.
He besides unveiled the plaque for the task during a tiny ceremony. The 1.7-km retaining partition betwixt the railway span and Varadhi is acceptable to beryllium constructed astatine an estimated outgo of ₹294.20 crore.
The wall, which volition beryllium capable to withstand 15 lakh cusecs of flood inflows, is aimed astatine protecting respective low-lying localities successful Tadepalli, including Sundarayya Nagar and Mahanadu Colony, which person been susceptible to flooding during periods of dense inflow into the river.
The partition volition beryllium built utilizing pile-raft technology, considered suitable for riverbank extortion works. As portion of the design, astir 1,920 piles volition beryllium driven into the crushed astatine depths ranging from 26 to 38 metres to supply further stableness and guarantee the operation tin withstand beardown h2o currents and imaginable seismic forces, according to the Minister’s office.
IT Minister en way to laying the instauration chromatic for the operation of a retaining wall, downstream connected the close broadside of Prakasam Barrage, astatine Mahanadu successful Guntur territory connected Monday. | Photo Credit: G.N. RAO
The operation is besides expected to safeguard cardinal areas wrong Amaravati superior portion and supply extortion to adjacent infrastructure, including stretches connected to National Highway 65.
Andhra Pradesh Padmashali Welfare and Development Corporation president A. Nandam, TTD Board subordinate T. Janaki Devi, TDP Guntur parliamentary wide caput Pothineni Srinivasa Rao, District Collector A. Thameem Ansariya, and others were contiguous connected the occasion.
