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45.72 meters in the Rajya Sabha on Monday, the minister’s reply was earlier in the Lok Sabha
Godavari basin states are in confusion after the revelation that it is only 41.15 meters
The Center made contradictory statements as a Parliament witness
Mana Telangana/Hyderabad: The central government has made various statements regarding the Polavaram project being built on the Godavari river, confusing the people of the Telugu states in the Godavari river basin. Regarding the height of the Polavaram project, the people of AP and Telangana state are expressing doubts as to whether the statements made by the central government in one way in the Lok Sabha and another in the Rajya Sabha are to be believed and which are true. Union Minister of State for Hydropower Bishweshwar revealed in a written statement in the Rajya Sabha on Monday that according to the award announced by the Godavari River Water Disputes Tribunal in 1980, the full water carrying capacity (FRL) of the Polavaram project is 45.72 meters.
The minister replied in writing to Rajya Sabha member Ravindra Kumar’s question about the height of the Polavaram project. They disclosed that they have not received any proposal from the AP government to reduce the height of Polavaram. Earlier in the same sessions, Union Minister Prahlad Singh Patel replied to a question asked by MP Satyawati of YSR Congress Party in the Lok Sabha about the height of Polavaram and clarified that the height of the project is limited to 41.15 meters as part of the first phase of the Polavaram project. The central government’s different statements by the central ministers in both the Houses on the Polavaram hill are leading to confusion. Doubts are being raised as to what should be believed and what is true in these kinds of statements made by the central government in the Po Lavaram project issue, which is linked to the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha. People’s organizations in AP have already warned the Center that they are trying to reduce the height of the Polavaram project and that this will not be tolerated. They have called for state-wide protests to protect public interest in the Polavaram project. In this background, the people of the displaced villages of the Godavari river basin are now demanding that the Center should issue a statement to give more clarity on the elevation of Polavaram.
Center letter to Supreme on Polavaram final report
The central government has written a letter to the Supreme Court on Monday regarding the petitions filed regarding Polavaram flooding. A petition was filed seeking adjournment of the hearing of the petitions. The Center has asked the Supreme Court to adjourn the hearing of the petitions filed on the Polavaram project flooding issue. The Center has written this letter to the Supreme Court in the context of hearing the petitions filed by the Governments of Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha states to show solutions to this problem due to the flood caused by the Polavaram project. The meeting of the Union Minister of Hydropower with the Chief Ministers of the respective states is still at the consultation stage, and in view of these circumstances, it has been requested to give time for another three months.
The Center said that efforts are being made in accordance with the directions given by the Supreme Court and it will take some more time to submit the final report. As per the directives given by the Supreme Court on 6th September 2022, the Central Government has requested the Supreme Court for some more time for this in the context that the Central Government has to arrange a meeting with the Chief Ministers of the states in the Godavari river basin to resolve the issues and take appropriate measures.
