October 04, 2021 3:16 am
With the completion of the Gap 3 dam – a concrete dam interconnecting the spillway with the main Earth Cum Rockfill (ECRF) dam – water for irrigation will be released for the first time to canals next kharif season, marking a major milestone in the project.
July 08, 2021 3:43 pm
The apex court was hearing the appeal filed by Odisha government against the September 18, 2020 order of the NGT contending that it has erroneously accepted the report of a committee without affording the state an opportunity to be heard.
June 27, 2019 4:44 am
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar made the announcement at Parliament complex on Wednesday.
January 06, 2019 11:08 pm
The spill channel concrete works started at 8 am Sunday and more than 14000 cubic metres of concrete works completed by 8 pm. The representatives of Guinness Book of World record are recording the event using drone cameras.
November 30, 2017 9:59 pm
Chandrababu Naidu said he would hand over the Polavaram project (for execution) to the Centre if it persisted with its current stand.
August 15, 2017 5:00 pm
The Andhra Pradesh Congress today demanded that the TDP government should come out with a white paper on Polavaram project to clear all the facts regarding the venture. The cost of the project was estimated at Rs 16,000 crore.
December 08, 2016 2:13 pm
Lok Sabha informed that concerns were raised by governments of Odhisa and Chattisgarh with regard to design flood and back water calculations of the Polavaram project.
November 25, 2016 6:55 pm
The activists alleged that around four lakh people, 60 per cent of them tribals, will be affected by the project and only politicians, contractors and industrialists will benefit from it.
December 12, 2015 1:11 am
Later, BJD MLAs, including ministers, marched to the Raj Bhavan and submitted a memorandum addressed to the President.
September 10, 2015 3:53 am
Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheshwara Rao said: “It is a historic moment. Godavari and Krishna rivers are interlinked now.’’