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Andhra Pradesh CM Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah, urging him to address longstanding concerns, including the crucial Polavaram Irrigation project.

Earlier during the day, Reddy attended the chief ministers' conference on leftwing extremism organised by the Union Home Ministry.

Stating that compensation too was not paid to the farmers, he said that no efforts were made to resolve the disputes with the neighbouring states.

State government has asked the Polavaram Project Authority to ensure free flow of flood water at the Polavaram project

State government urged the Central Water Commission to direct the concerned to commence the survey with or without the involvement of AP

Joint survey on impact of project’s backwaters in TS has to be conducted before monsoon

CWC held a meeting in New Delhi to discuss the effects on the backwaters of Godavari River due to the construction of Polavaram Project

YS Jaganmohan Reddy noted that the yellow media had come out with false reports saying that Polavaram works were done by Chandrababu naidu

YS Jaganmohan Reddy noted that even nine years after Andhra Pradesh's bifurcation, several issues were still pending in his memorandum to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The CWC has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to cooperate with the joint survey.

Engineers-in-Chief of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh are slated to attend the meeting.

The survey would ascertain the extent of submergence areas in Telangana if the water in Polavaram was maintained at full and minimum reservoir levels from July to September.

The proposals were sent to Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, to release Rs.5,036.32 crore for Polavaram.

Special Chief Secretary(Irrigation) Rajath Kumar has asked the Expert committee on Polavaram back water asked to submit report by Nov 6

Central Water Commission (CWC) has agreed to conduct a fresh joint study on the anomaly between the CWC-projected effect and the actual flood observed.

Special Chief Secretary Rajat Kumar sought the intervention of Ministry of Jal Shakti Secretary Pankaj Kumar to address the State's concerns in right earnest.

Telangana Government filed a case in Supreme Court on flood analysis and submergence of Bhadrachalam due to Polavaram backwaters.

Burgampad bandh called by an all-party JAC on Monday passed off peacefully and was a success. The bandh was called demanding the Centre to declare nine villages in Burgampad mandal on the banks of river in the district as Polavaram project submergence area.

Hyderabad: Telangana has once again requested Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) and Central Water Commission (CWC) to conduct a comprehensive backwater study through an independent competent agency at the earliest and take suitable protection measures in areas to be affected in Telangana territory due to backwaters and prevent large scale submergence. In a letter to […]

Hyderabad: The State government pegged the preliminary damage caused due to the recent floods at Rs 1,400 crore. A report to this effect was submitted to the union Government and an immediate assistance of Rs 1,000 crore was sought from the Centre. In its report, the State government said the Roads and Buildings Department suffered […]