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 […]
Hyderabad: The Godavari floods at Bhadrachalam has sparked a fresh row between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh with Transport Minister Puvvada Ajay Kumar blaming it on Polavaram project and demanding reduction in the height of the project. He also sought merger of five villages in Andhra Pradesh near Bhadrachalam with Telangana that would help in taking […]
Polavaram: Union Minister for Water Resources Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Friday said that the Centre and the Andhra Pradesh government were making efforts to complete the first phase of Polavaram project within a year. The union Minister who visited the project sites of Polavaram along with Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy in the morning, also […]
Hyderabad: TRS working president and MAUD Minister KT Rama Rao on Friday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to grant national project status to either Kaleshwaram or Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme. In a tweet, he said, “Humble appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Telangana CM KCR had appealed to you several times to grant national […]
Kothagudem: Two persons died in different incidents in the district on Sunday. In an incident at Papakollu in Julurpad mandal, a 25-year-old youth, B Varaprasad drowned when he accidentally fell in Kuchikunta tank while fishing in the tank. In another incident at Polavaram village of Burgampahad mandal a youth, V Ramesh (28) was electrocuted while […]
Reddy also informed in the meeting that about Rs 1,779 crore is still pending towards reimbursement of Polavaram works along with the December 2018 bills.
Polavaram: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy visited Polavaram project on Monday for the third time to take stock of the progress made in its construction. He conducted an aerial survey of the project in a helicopter before disembarking and inspecting on foot the ongoing works, such as the spillway and others. Irrigation […]
e Re-organisation Act had clearly mentioned that the Centre would construct the Polavaram project and there fore it has to provide funds for irrigation land acquisition and rehabilitation, said Minister Anil Kumar Yadav