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Pregnant woman ends her life in Polavaram dist.

Pregnant woman ends her life in Polavaram dist.

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A 28-year-old pregnant woman allegedly ended her life due to physical harassment by her husband suspecting her infidelity at Tekulaboru village of Kunavaram mandal in Chintoor agency on Sunday. The woman, Boddu Sandhya of Koya tribe, is in her third trimester and expected to deliver baby in June. “Sandhya’s husband, Akhil has been harassing her, suspecting her fidelity. On Sunday, she has ended her life at her residence,” Kunavaram Sub-Inspector B. Ramakrishna told The Hindu over phone. The police have recovered the body of Sandhya and sent it to Kunavaram government hospital. The Kunavaram SI said that Mr. Akhil has been taken into custody and the investigation is under way. Those suffering from suicidal tendencies in the Chintoor agency can contact police at 9490617850. Published – May 17, 2026 08:18 pm IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

Polavaram project progressing as per established engineering standards, asserts government

Polavaram project progressing as per established engineering standards, asserts government

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A view of the Polavaram irrigation project. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Water Resources Department has dismissed the comments made by the Center for Liberty regarding quality and alleged unauthorised design changes in the Polavaram irrigation project. The department, in a press release, said that the Diaphragm Wall (D-Wall) was constructed by an internationally reputed firm, BAUER Group. Though concrete bleeding had been noticed during the early stages of construction, remedial measures suggested by IIT-Tirupati were implemented. Subsequent core sample tests confirmed that the concrete quality met the required standards, and this was verified by the Panel of Experts in January 2026, the release said. On the issue of height adjustments, the department explained that the D-Wall top level was revised to 18.50 metres based on designs prepared by the AFRY to ensure a three-metre embedment into the core. It emphasised that the modification was a technical engineering decision and not an attempt to conceal defective work. On the guide bund and approach channel, the department acknowledged that sliding had occurred in June 2023, but …

Pregnant woman ends her life in Polavaram dist.

Polavaram Authority writes to CWC for drainage congestion study of 6 streams

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HYDERABAD As being demanded for long by the Telangana government, the Polavaram Project Authority (PPA) has written to the Central Water Commission (CWC) to take up a drainage congestion study of six streams in Telangana due to the Polavaram project. In a letter addressed to the CWC Chairman recently, the PPA said technical meetings chaired by the CWC Chairman were held on October 7, 2022; January 25, 2023; April 3, 2023 and August 28, 2024 following the Supreme Court directions dated September 6, 2022 on the inter-state issues of Polavaram project. During the meetings, Telangana raised issues regarding submergence on account of Polavaram project and it was concluded that demarcating the areas affected due to submergence along Kinnerasani and Murreduvagu rivers be taken up as per the directions of the National Green Tribunal orders of September 18, 2020. Further, it was decided to take up a joint survey in respect of 6-7 big streams joining below the full reservoir level of Polavaram project in Telangana to check the backwater effect of the project, to check …

Construction of Polavaram project’s ECRF dam commenced parallel to new diaphram wall works, says Water Resource Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu

Construction of Polavaram project’s ECRF dam commenced parallel to new diaphram wall works, says Water Resource Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu

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Construction of the diaphragm wall will be completed by the year-end, says Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Rama Naidu Water Resource Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu on Monday announced that the construction of the Earth-Cum-Rock Fill (ECRF) dam of the Polavaram irrigation project across river Godavari commenced parallel to the construction of the new diaphragm wall as recommended by the Central Water Commission (CWC). Speaking to newsmen at a press conference here on Monday, Mr. Rama Naidu has claimed that the construction of the diaphragm wall would be completed by the year-end.  “The diaphragm wall works worth ₹990 crore are in full swing while ₹1,200 crore has been allocated to complete the Left Main Canal (LMC) of the Polavaram irrigation project to provide irrigation and drinking water for the North Andhra region, including Visakhapatnam city, for industrial needs”, said Mr. Rama Naidu.  On completion of the Polavaram project, Mr. Rama Naidu has said, “Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has appealed to the engineers to complete the construction by June 2027, marking the Godavari Pushkarams. Otherwise, the …

Expert team collects soil samples from Polavaram project site

Expert team collects soil samples from Polavaram project site

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Soil samples being collected from the Polavaram project site in Eluru district on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A team of experts from the Central Soil and Materials Research Station (CSMRS) and the Ministry of Jal Shakti visited the Polavaram project in Eluru district and collected soil samples on Thursday. The Central team comprising B. Siddharth Hedaoo and Vipul Kumar Gupta, along with Water Resources Department and Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) representatives, visited the project site. The expert team tested the quality of soil at different places on the project site, and gathered samples during their two-day visit. They examined the soil at the spillway and other places. Samples would be tested in the CSMRS laboratory, they said. Water Resources Department Divisional Engineer V. Nirmala, Executive Engineer V. Srinivasulu and MEIL engineers accompanied the expert team. Published – April 18, 2025 05:27 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view …

A.P. govt. opts for reconciliation of socio-economic survey of 14,000 families hit by Polavaram project

A.P. govt. opts for reconciliation of socio-economic survey of 14,000 families hit by Polavaram project

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A view of a Konda Reddi hamlet in the Polavaram project submergence area, in Chintoor Agency of Alluri Sitharama Raju district. | Photo Credit: File Photo The Polavaram Project Resettlement and Rehabilitation (R&R) authorities have intensified the reconciliation of the Socio-economic Survey-2023 of the 14,000 Polavaram Project Affected Families (PAFs), before seeking approval from the Grama Sabhas to begin their rehabilitation from the Polavaram project submergence area in Alluri Sitharama Raju district. All the 14,000 evacuee families, mostly Koyas and Konda Reddi tribes from the Godavari Valley, are under the jurisdiction of the Chintoor Integrated Tribal Development Authority (ITDA) and living in the four mandals that were merged from Telangana with Andhra Pradesh in the aftermath of the State bifurcation. The residents of the four merged mandals of Chintoor, Kunavaram, V.R. Puram and Yetapaka, which bear the brunt of the Godavari flood regularly, are waiting to be rehabilitated from the Polavaram submergence area.  “The revenue authorities have been instructed to go for the data reconciliation of the Socio-economic survey to finalise the R&R draft before …

Centre promises full support for completing Polavaram project in time

Centre promises full support for completing Polavaram project in time

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Union Minister C.R. Patil. | Photo Credit: PTI Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu met Union Jal Shakti Minister C.R. Patil at Udaipur in Rajasthan on Wednesday. On the occasion, the Union Minister assured that the Centre would extend all help to complete the Polavaram irrigation project as per the deadlines. During the meeting, Mr. Ramanaidu presented a report regarding the State’s water resources, ongoing works, and the required assistance. Responding positively, the Union Minister told Mr. Ramanaidu that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was paying special attention to the Polavaram project, and promised that he would visit the project soon. Mr. Ramanaidu said the State government wanted to complete construction of the diaphragm wall by December 2025 and the entire irrigation project by December 2027. The diaphragm wall construction had already begun with two cutters, and from March, work would begin with a third cutter, he said, and requested the Union Minister to extend support in the construction of the earth-cum-rockfill (ECRF) parallel to the diaphragm wall. The diaphragm wall’s construction in Gap-1 ha already been …

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu insists on completion of Polavaram project by December 2027

Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu insists on completion of Polavaram project by December 2027

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Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chairing a review meeting on Irrigation Department at the Secretariate on Thursday. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has stressed the need for completion of the Polavaram irrigation project by December 2027. “Delay in completion of the projects that have approvals and funding will not be tolerated. By the time the Polavaram project begins to show results, the Uttarandhra Sujala Sravanti project should become operational,” Mr. Naidu said at a review meeting on the Water Resources Department on Thursday. Mr. Naidu said the previous YSRCP government had neglected the irrigation sector and the NDA government was trying to take corrective measures. “The objective is to provide water to the people. Irrigation works must proceed with set goals in mind. Especially for projects such as Polavaram, daily, monthly, and overall targets must be met. If the targets are not met, both officials and contractors will be held accountable,” he said. Informing Mr. Naidu about the progress of the Polavaram project works, the officials said that 51 metres of the 1,379-metre diaphragm had been completed …

Pregnant woman ends her life in Polavaram dist.

Members of Parliamentary Standing Committee visit Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh

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The Union Jal Sakthi Parliamentary Standing Committee (2024-25), led by its Chairperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy, arrived at the Polavaram project site on Saturday to review the progress of the irrigation project. Andhra Pradesh’s Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu explained to the committee the status of the works. Stating that the project was the lifeline for the State, Mr. Ramanaidu said 72% of the work had been completed during the previous tenure of the TDP government (2014-19). The Minister further said the goal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu was interlinking of rivers. The committee would study the cofferdam, diaphragm wall, and spillway channel, and submit its findings to the Parliament. The members of the committee included Khiru Mahto and Dharmasheela Gupta from Rajya Sabha, and R. Sher Singh Ghubaya, Rodmal Nagar, Jayanta Basumatary, Narayan Das Ahirwar, Sanjna Jatav, Sagar Eshwar Khandre, Vishal (Dada) Prakashbapu Patil, and Mohite-Patil Dhairyashil Rajsingh from Lok Sabha. Polavaram MLA Ch. Balaraju; Eluru District Collector K. Vetriselvi; Superintendent of Police Venkata Pratap Shivakishore; R&R Commissioner S. Ram Sundar Reddy; …

Modi exhorts people to vote for NDA for development of Andhra Pradesh, skips contentious issues

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, TDP national president N. Chandrababu Naidu and JSP president Pawan Kalyan at the public meeting held at Boppudi village, near Chilakaluripeta, in Palnadu district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: K.V.S. GIRI In the first-ever joint public meeting of the BJP-TDP-JSP combine on March 17 (Sunday), Prime Minister Narendra Modi made critical comments against the ruling YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) dispensation in Andhra Pradesh calling it a “corrupt government.” Mr. Modi appealed to the electorate not to make the mistake of voting for the YSRCP or the Congress party, which, he said, were effectively operating as one and being led by members of the same family in collusion with one another. Addressing the ‘Praja Galam’ at Boppudi village, near Chilakaluripeta, in Palnadu district, Mr. Modi asserted that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would meet the “regional aspirations.” Mr. Modi, however, did not even touch upon contentious issues such as capital Amaravati,  privatisation of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Special Category Status (SCS) to Andhra Pradesh and Polavaram irrigation project despite TDP national president N. Chandrababu …