Crucial Phase of Polavaram Completed Before the Deadline

The crucial Gates construction has completed for Polavaram Project which is deemed as the lifeline for Andhra Pradesh. The construction is completed in a record six months time. The construction was supposed to be complete by the end of this month but was finished in advance.

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Polavaram Projects has 48 Gates in total. Each gate is 21 meters long, 16 meters wide and 350 tonnes weight. A total of 500 workers has struggled day and night to finish the exercise. This should be an inspiration to complete the project as soon as possible.

Polavaram Multi-Purpose Irrigation Project comes with a total capacity of 194 TMC which will irrigate about Five Lakh Acres over Two Crops Every year. The Project will also generate 960MW of Hydel Power which is the cheapest available power in the market right now. Hence the project is said to be very beneficial for the state and is treated as the ‘Life Line’.