Andhra Pradesh: Polavaram project designs may get panel’s nod today

AMARAVATI: In what could be a major development, the Dam Designs Review Panel (DDRP) is all set to finalise Polavaramproject designs.

DDRP, headed by former Central Water Commission (CWC) chairman AB Pandya, is holding the crucial session on Saturday to review and stamp its nod on the designs submitted by the project contractor Mehga Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) through the state irrigation department. The panel members inspected the project works on Friday.

The review panel consists of YK Handa, former chief engineer, CWC, DP Bhargava, former director, NHPC, Polavaram project chief engineer, chief engineer (designs), CWC, chief engineer (HSO), CWC and chief engineer (designs), irrigation department of the state government.

The elite panel of water, power and irrigation engineers had already examined the designs of the project readied in 3-D mode at Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS) in Pune before arriving at the project.

The clearance of the final designs of the project is crucial to take the project to the next phase. The panel is examining the designs readied by the irrigation department based on project outflows from the spillway.

The project contractor Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Limited (MEIL) constructed the model design in about one acre space in CWPRS in Pune and presented the model to the DDRP members.[Readmore]