A key development in Polavaram Project will be taken up on Monday by the Andhra Pradesh Government and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu will launch the works. The Jet Grouting works are a part of Cofferdam construction and soon after the approval from the central government for Cofferdam, the government has decided to avoid any delay in completing the project by utilizing every opportunity.
As per the schedule, the works of Jet Grouting had to be begun earlier but, due to the directions of the central government which asked the state government to hold the works till the report of National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC). It took about two months from the orders given by the central government on holding works.
Officials said that the Jet Grouting works will ensure protection of the dam and to reduce the estimations of the entire project from Rs. 100 crore to Rs. 150 crore. Besides this, the central government, which did not give approval for the works on Friday’s meeting and told to hold works till the decision of the height finalizes, has given green signal for the ground works.
The Chief Minister who will participate in Janmabhumi-Maa Ooru programme in West Godavari District will also visit the project area and will launch the works of Jet Grouting. Tenders will be opened for Spillway and Spill Channel Concrete Works soon after a meeting by the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA).
