June 01, 2023 08:39 pm | Updated 08:39 pm IST - VIJAYAWADAThe Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS) has agreed in principle to provide ₹17,144 crore to the Water Resources Department (WRD) of Andhra Pradesh as an ad hoc assistance for taking up the Polavaram project works. Union Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has ordered the officials concerned to process the payment at the earliest, says Water Resources Department Engineer-in-Chief C. Narayana Reddy. The ad hoc assistance would come in handy for the State government to take the project forward with top priority to the R&R works, he observed. Mr. Narayana Reddy said the design aspects of the Polavaram project were clarified to Mr. Shekhawat and the senior officials of MoJS, and the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA), and it was emphasised that there was a solution to the technical glitches that hampered the project. Jagan Mohan Reddy to help the State in completing the project as per the revised schedule.

Source: The Hindu June 02, 2023 00:15 UTC