Chairman of the Central Water Commission R.K. Gupta has rejected consideration of backwater effect to various States owing to Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) at Polavaram project.
He voiced his stand at a technical meeting convened by CWC in New Delhi on Friday to address the concerns of States affected by backwater of Polavaram in the backdrop of a Supreme Court order and as agreed at a meeting of Ministry of Jal Shakti, a release said.
Mr. Gupta told the meeting that the major concerns of States -- Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Telangana --were spillway designed flood, backwater effect for Standard Project Flood and PMF and protection measures to be provided for affected areas as per Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal.
