Experts of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) have come up with a via media solution to the Polavaram cofferdam problem raised by the Union Ministry of Water Resources.
The experts, in a report to the Central government, have suggested that water could be diverted into the canals by building the main earth-cum-rock filled (ECRF) dam halfway into the Godavari and then constructing a temporary dam to bridge the gap. The ECRF dam could be completed in the subsequent season.
This seeks to end the controversy triggered by the Ministry on November 1, when it wrote a letter asking the State government to put on hold the work pertaining to the building of the cofferdam that was needed for the construction of the ECRF dam.
The Central g…
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