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Andhra Pradesh Breaking News
Polavaram gets Central clearance
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
The Centre gave environmental clearance to the long pending Polavaram
multi-purpose major irrigation (Indira Sagar) project. Work on the Rs
13,500 crores project began on Tuesday and the project is slated to be
completed in a span of 5 years. The project has been pending since 64
years. Announcing the clearance of the mega project which was held up
due to a High Court direction to the State government not to take up
the project till it acquired an environmental clearance, Chief Minister
Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy described it as "major step" in providing
irrigation facilities to the farmers of the State.
"We are extremely happy that the Centre gave environmental clearance
to the Polavaram project. I thank AICC president Sonia Gandhi, Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh and compliment the minister for major
irrigation Ponnala Laxmaiah, advisor to the government Mallu Ravi and
others officials of irrigation department," the Chief Minister told
media persons.According to the Chief Minister, the Polavaram project
was first envisaged by Britishers in 1941 but due to various reasons it
could not be taken up. The Congress government decided to take up the
project, but some environmentalists approached the High Court stating
that the project had no environmental clearance. The High Court
directed the government not to take up the project till it received
environmental clearance.
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