A 12-member expert team from the Dam Design Review Panel (DDRP) of the Ministry of Jal Shakti and the Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS), New Delhi, led by Union Jal Shakti Minister’s Adviser Vedire Sriram, on Saturday inspected the construction work on the Polavaram project as part of its two-day visit to the project site.
On Saturday, the team members inspected the spillway and its approach channel, rockfill guide bund, upstream cofferdam, scoured portions of the Earth-Cum-Rock Fill Dam Gap-1 and 2, diaphragm wall, downstream cofferdam, and sand quarry.
The inspection concluded with the field visit to the excavation activity at the power house, inspection of gap-3 concrete dam.