365 metre-long concrete retaining wall constructed to seal three breaches that had occurred along the Budameru bund during last year’s flood, says Water ResourcesMinister....
Denouncing the Telangana leaders' allegations, Andhra Pradesh irrigation minister Nimmala Ramanaidu said that Godavari- Banakacherla project will not harm the interests of upstream states including Telangana.
The project aims at using only 200 tmc ft of the 3,000 tmc ft of floodwaters that go waste into the sea every year, he says, and asserts that as a lower riparian State, we are claiming what is rightfully ours ....
Government committed to early completion of ₹80,000-crore Polavaram-Banakacherla project, while 563 hectares of drip irrigation projects already completed in the district, says Minister for Water Resources....
Water resources minister Nimmala Ramanaidu announced that the works are commencing on a war footing basis, with a deadline of June 10 to complete the retaining wall before the onset of the monsoon season.