Telangana has requested the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) to get the impact of the project’s backwaters, particularly on Bhadrachalam and surrounding areas of Telangana, studied by an independent agency following large-scale flooding recently inundating Bhadrachalam town and nearby villages.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Executive Officer of the PPA, Engineer-in-Chief (General-Irrigation) of Telangana has expressed serious concerns over the Polavaram project backwater effect on Telangana, particularly the temple town of Bhadrachalam. He also asked the authority to plan protection measures against drainage congestionof Kinnerasani and Merreduvagu rivulets, both tributaries of Godavari.
Drawing the authority’s attention to the protracted correspondence made in the matter the ENC said Telangana has been requesting the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Central Water Commission (CWC) and PPA time and again for ascertaining the extent of area getting affected in Telangana territory due to the backwater effect upstream of Polavaram project by undertaking a comprehensive study by a neutral agency for revised probable maximum flood of 50 lakh cusecs.
