AP CM explained Parliamentary committee over Polavaram Project

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Fri, Aug 18, 2017, 01:46 PM

AP CM explained Parliamentary committee over Polavaram Project

Amaravati, Aug 18: The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met the Parliamentary standing committee on water resources on Friday at Amravati.

The Chief Minister has explained about the construction progress of the Polavaram project to the committee members.

Chief Minister Naidu urged the committee to keep the national interest in mind and a 'fast' construction of the project.

He also said that a review will be conducted every Monday and every third Monday will be reserved for a personal inspection.



Earlier, Chief Minister Naidu had said the Polavaram project would change the economic scenario of the state.

He also informed that the project needs around Rs. 50,000 crores for completion and Rs. 12,000 crore has been spent so far. He exhorted the young engineers to work hard with a commitment to develop the state as number one in the world by 2050.

Naidu has personally inspected the progress of the ongoing works at the project 18 times so far. A target was set to supply water through gravity by 2018 and complete the project by 2019.

The ongoing 25 irrigation projects in the state would be completed in three months.