Polavaram project to be completed on schedule, says PPA CEO

Polavaram Project Authority(PPA) Chief Executive Officer Yogesh Paithankar said connected Saturday that the Centre and the State governments were committed to completing the Polavaram task wrong the stipulated timeframe. He instructed officials and the executing bureau to hole and strictly adhere to a structured enactment program for timely execution of each components.

At a reappraisal gathering astatine the task site, Mr. Paithankar said that each indispensable plan approvals and statutory clearances would beryllium granted astatine the earliest. He reiterated that the Centre and the State were successful changeless coordination to expedite the project, keeping successful presumption its nationalist importance.

Earlier successful the day, the PPA CEO inspected cardinal operation components, including Gap-1, Gap-2 and Earth-Cum-Rock Fill dam works. Officials from the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited briefed him connected the ongoing activities and milestones achieved truthful far.

Mr. Paithankar besides reviewed the advancement of rehabilitation and resettlement of project-affected families and stressed the request for time-bound completion. PPA Chief Engineer M. Ramesh Kumar, Deputy Director Praveen Verma, WRD Engineer-in-Chief K. Narasimha Murthy, Superintending Engineers R. Ramachandra Rao and Tirumala Rao, Chief Engineer (Quality Control) Seshu Babu, Executive Engineers Balakrishna, Srinivas, Narasimha Rao, and Prem Chand, on with MEIL General Manager A. Gangadhar and Deputy General Manager P. Murali, attended.