Vijayawada: Minister for water resources Devineni Umamaheswara Rao said on Friday that Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has been giving top priority for Polavarm project and the works are going as per the guidelines of the Central Water Commission(CWC).
Speaking to media persons here at the Chief Minister’s camp office, Mr Umamaheswara Rao said that the Chief Minister decided to conduct virtual inspection of project works on every Monday and inspect the project site personally on the third Mon-day of every month to complete them as per schedule.
The minister said that the government has taken up the project works as per CWC guidelines and there was no deviation of works. He said the advice of engineering experts and professors of IITs will be taken into consideration for the design and construction of the project.
The minister said that the state government was successful in drawing 19.1 TMC feet Godavari water from Pattiseema lift irrigation scheme and 16.5 TMC feet water was used for Krishna delta and 2.5 TMC feet water diverted through Polavaram right main canal was used to protect the crops in upland areas of West Godavari district.
Allaying the fears on coffer dam at the project site, the minister said that it was aimed at diverting the flow of river and complete the works of earth or rock fill dam and spillway.
Engineer-in-chief K. Venkateswara Rao said the coffer dam will be constructed to a height of 41 metres.
