Andhra CM Vows to Complete Rehabilitation of Polavaram Irrigation Project Evacuees by 2027

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday announced that rehabilitation and resettlement of evacuees of Polavaram major irrigation project on Godavari River would be completed by 2027 and water would be released from the project only after the completion of the rehabilitation exercise.

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD:

During his visit to the Polavaram dam site at Ramayyapet village of Eluru district to review the progress of project construction, Naidu interacted with the people whose villages would be submerged in the backwaters of the project.

He said it was the responsibility of the state government to do justice to all displaced families, who have sacrificed their lands and houses for the project.

"Rehabilitation of all displaced will be completed by 2027 before the water is released from the project. The project will be inaugurated only after that," he said.