Water resource panel reaches Andhra

THE PANEL HEADED BY BJP MP RAJIV PRATAP RUDY AND OTHER SENIOR OFFICIALS WILL VISIT THE SITE

- Srinivasa Rao Apparasu

HYDERABAD: A 15-member parliamentary standing committee on water resources landed in Andhra Pradesh on Friday to review the status of Polavaram major irrigation project being built on Godavari River, even as the state government is waiting for clearance from the Central Water Commission (CWC) to commence the construction of diaphragm wall, the most difficult component of the project, people familiar with the development said.

The standing committee, headed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and former Union minister Rajiv Pratap Rudy, along with senior officials from the Union jal shakti ministry, including from the CWC and Polavaram Project Authority (PPA), would visit the Polavaram project site on Saturday to inspect the project works.