Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Minister Ambati Rambabu has said that the 12-member experts committee has confirmed that a damage was done to the 1.7-km-long diaphragm wall of the Polavaram irrigation project during the recent floods.
The expert team was sent by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to inspect the project site after the State government informed it about the damage done to the diaphragm wall in floods. The two-day inspection of the project site by the team led by Advisor to the Ministry of Jal Shakti concluded on Sunday.
Mr. Rambabu, along with Special Chief Secretary Shashi Bhushan Kumar and Polavaram project engineers and the members of the expert committee from the Dam Design Review Panel, Central Water Commission, and Central Soil and Materials Research Station (New Delhi), reviewed the status of the project on Sunday.
