PPA to survey six Godavari streams in Telangana to assess Polavaram backwater impact

The Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) volition behaviour a survey of six streams joining the Godavari River successful Telangana to measure the interaction of backwaters from the Polavaram project.

At a PPA gathering held successful Hyderabad connected Friday, some Andhra Pradesh and Telangana agreed to the Authority’s connection to instrumentality up the survey. The survey of 2 streams — Munneru and Kinnerasani — has already been completed. Telangana has been demanding a associated survey of six further streams, but Andhra Pradesh had not responded positively truthful far. During the meeting, the Authority projected that it would itself transportation retired the survey.

Officials of the Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department pointed retired that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) had directed a survey of lone 2 streams, which has already been completed, and that demarcation enactment was expected to statesman soon. However, Telangana raised the contented again during the meeting, a elder authoritative said.