The state government has made yet another step forward in Polavaram Project as it has completed the Land Acquisition for Polavaram first phase in agency area of East Godavari. This will ensure that water flows from the project with a cofferdam.
The government had managed to acquire 10700 acres of land for the project and 7400 people have to be rehabilitated. Most of these lands are from the mandals which were added from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh after the state division.
Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project comes with a total capacity of 194 TMC which will irrigate about Five Lakh Acres over Two Crops Every year. The Project will also generate 960MW of Hydel Power which is the cheapest available power in the market right now. Hence the project is said to be very beneficial for the state and is treated as the ‘Life Line’.
