Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday said that the Andhra Pradesh government would not utilise the full storage capacity of the Polavaram irrigation project on the Godavari river until the Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) of the affected families was completed up to +45.72 contour.
The Central Water Commission (CWC) mandates that the State government should not store water to the full capacity in the first year of commissioning of the project in view of dam security.
“Water can only be stored to the full capacity in a phased manner for three years in a row for the dam security as mandated by the CWC. In this case, either the State government will complete the R&R exercise or will not go for utilisation of the project’s full storage capacity,” said Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy.
