ThePolavaram Project Authority(PPA) has launched a joint survey to clear the apprehensions ofTelanganagovernment with regard to the submergence of villages under the backwaters of Polavaraam project.
The Centre has turned down ‘s claims but the PPA agreed to take up the survey to put the project works on fast track.
Citing the recent floods to the Godavari, Telangana lodged a complaint with the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Cwc and the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti seeking to halt thePolavaramproject.
Telangana alleged that many of its villages in Bhadrachalam and Kothagudem mandals were inundated for several days due to floods after the construction of the Polavaram project.