Water Resources Department Submits Report to CM Chandrababu on Polavaram Project Progress

The Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department has informed Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu that 90% of the civil works on the Polavaram project have been completed. Land acquisition has reached 97%, while rehabilitation and resettlement works are 52% complete. According to the report submitted on Thursday, the first phase of the project is targeted for completion by June 2027. The department also stated that an additional ₹37,102.26 crore would be required to complete 36 priority irrigation projects by 2028. At the crucial Earth-Cum-Rock-Fill (ECRF) dam, Gap-1 works are 51% complete and Gap-2 works have reached 47%. Connectivity works are expected to be completed by March next year, while the remaining approach channel works are scheduled for completion by January.

The report further stated that rehabilitation and resettlement for people affected by the first phase at the 41.15-metre contour level would be completed by December this year. Left Main Canal works are expected to finish by June next year. Designs for the connectivity bridge linking national highways are scheduled for approval next month, with construction targeted for completion by March 2028. A team of foreign experts visited the project site from the 14th to the 18th of this month and reportedly expressed satisfaction with the main dam works and construction quality. The team also appreciated the quality of jet grouting near the hill slopes and the soil-sand mixtures being used for the ECRF dam.