The Hindu Business Line : Polavaram project under CWC appraisal

Hyderabad May 8 The Central Water Commission (CWC) is appraising various `ticklish' issues concerning the Polavaram project, which has got into controversy in the State.

Issues regarding irrigation planning, hydel civil design, cost, backwaters and inter-State aspects are being studied by the CWC, according to an official release.

The project is to be executed in accordance with the Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal Award and Inter-State Agreement on the project between the State governments of Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.

As per the Resettlement and Rehabilitation Plan of October 2005 prepared by the Andhra Pradesh Government, an area of 587.77 hectares in Orissa was likely to be submerged. A population of 6,318 is likely to be affected, the release quoting the Minister of State for Water Resources, Mr Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav, said.

The Minister said the figures need to be confirmed by conducting a joint survey by the two State governments at the earliest.

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