Polavaram: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has sounded assured of commissioning the Polavaram irrigation venture’s phase-1 by March 2027.
Naidu on Wednesday inspected the progress of works and held a overview assembly with the senior officers from the water assets division and contractors on the venture website in Polavaram district.
Later, he advised the media that the fixing of the venture’s Earth-Cum-Rock Fill (ECRF) dam top for phase-1 at 41.15 metres would assist impound 119 tmc-ft of water that might be despatched by means of gravitational pull to the focused areas.
The CM additionally needed all works associated to the resettlement and rehabilitation of the project-affected households and land acquisition and offering land and building of homes, both by the self or by the federal government, to be accomplished by January 2027.
He directed the senior officers to finish the works expeditiously.
Explaining intimately the progress of execution of assorted parts of the venture, Naidu famous that the diaphragm wall constructed at a value of Rs 440 crore had suffered harm. He accused the earlier YSRC authorities of being slack.
“We’re setting up a brand new diaphragm wall costing almost Rs 1,000 crore primarily based on the recommendation from a staff of worldwide consultants, as finishing up repairs to the broken D-wall was dangerous and unsafe,” he mentioned.
Naidu mentioned, “Harm prompted to the D-wall on account of negligence of the earlier authorities prompted a delay in completion of the venture by six to seven years, and this additionally prompted a value escalation.”
He mentioned that new D-wall works had been accomplished to the extent of 81 per cent and sounded assured of its completion by February 15, 2026.
Naidu mentioned that after completion of section 1 of the Polavaram venture, “we might begin section 2 at 45.72 metres top of the ECRF dam,” as this had been scheduled to be accomplished by June 30, 2027.
Naidu defined that the works on connectivity with the suitable essential canal had been virtually full, whereas the Left Predominant Canal (LMC) works had been happening. The dual tunnels’ works in the direction of proper connectivity could be accomplished by June 30, 2026, he mentioned.
On LMC, Naidu mentioned that they’d take water as much as Anakapalli and Visakhapatnam by gravity and would guarantee provide of water to the minor and medium irrigation tasks and verify dams, enroute, for the good thing about the individuals. He sounded assured of its completion by March 31, 2026.
With regard to land acquisition and resettlement and rehabilitation, the variety of Undertaking Displaced Households (PDFs) beneath phase-1 is recognized to be 38,060. Out of a complete variety of 75 R and R colonies deliberate, 26 had been full whereas the works for the 49 had been beneath progress, Nadu mentioned.
He mentioned almost 16,291 PDFs had been shifted whereas 21,769 PDFs had been but to be shifted.
The chief minister asserted, “Polavaram venture is near my coronary heart. I had spent sleepless nights when it was not being executed correctly by the earlier authorities. I’ve my lifetime’s ambition of finishing the venture, taking over interlinking of rivers and tackling drought, apart from retaining AP in auto-pilot mode for improvement.”
Naidu famous that he had taken up the Pattiseema venture at a value of Rs 1,200 crore. It helped present water to the Krishnan delta area and ship water to the Rayalaseema area, which might “develop into a world hub for horticulture crops.”
He mentioned although he was mocked at for taking over soak pits, percolation tanks and trenches to replenish the rainwater and facilitate recharge of groundwater tables, it was yielding outcomes, with water stage going up by six metres in Rayalaseema, 16.59 metres in Eluru and 24 metres in Rajahmahendravaram of East Godavari district.
The CM needed the groundwater tables to be at plus-3 metres throughout post-monsoon and minus-8 meters throughout pre-monsoon season in order that 5 metres of floor water could be accessible to be used.
