Andhra Pradesh: PPA intensifies efforts for approval of pending designs of Polavaram head works 

Polavaram Project Authority (PPA), Water Resources Department officials have paid special attention to complete the Polavaram project by the deadline and making efforts to expedite the approval of 30 pending designs for the construction of the reservoir from the CWC. The studying the design. A team of PPA officials is going to Pune on Monday to look into the study and send the design to the CWC. 

The DDRP (Dam Design Review Panel) will hold a meeting at the Polavaram project and the contractor (agency), the State Water Resources Department, will approve the designs pending with the CWPRS and send them to the CWC. The government aims to complete the project within the stipulated deadline by approving the pending designs by February. It is learned that CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, who inspected the works of the Polavaram project at the field level on December 14, directed the authorities to approve the pending designs by February and complete the project strategically by 2022 kharif. [Readmore]