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The Water Resources Department is preparing to inaugurate the operation of a caller flood-retaining partition on the close borderline of the Krishna river. Once completed, it volition support astir 20,000 residents of Tadepalli, Mahanadu Colony and Sundarayya Nagar, falling nether the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency of Guntur district, from floods. The 1.7 km partition with a tallness of 9 metres volition beryllium built betwixt the railway span and Varadhi.
Minister for Human Resources Development Nara Lokesh is apt to laic the instauration chromatic for the task connected March 9. Proposal for the project, worthy ₹294 crore, was approved successful January 2025.
“As of now, we person lone readied the ground. After the inauguration, we volition statesman the enactment full-scale,” said Krishna Central Division Executive Engineer and River Conservator R. Ravikiran. The enactment volition beryllium halted during the monsoon. Depending connected the strength of monsoons, the task whitethorn instrumentality astatine slightest 2 years to complete, helium added.
The authorities had earlier constructed a retaining partition connected the near borderline of the stream to support the low-lying areas of Vijayawada from floods. This wall, 5 km agelong and 10.76 metres high, and constructed betwixt Yanamalakaduru and Padmavathi Ghat, prevented floodwaters from entering residential colonies during the September-2024 floods.
The retaining partition constructed earlier, however, could withstand a floodwater travel up to 12 lakh cusec. After the 2024 floods, erstwhile the Prakasam Barrage received inflow astatine an unprecedented 11.47 lakh cusec, it was decided that the upcoming partition should beryllium capable to withstand a h2o travel of 15 lakh cusec, Mr. Ravikiran said, adding that the retaining partition volition supply alleviation to radical surviving successful Tadepalli from recurring flooding.
