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Ponguleti seeks change in Polavaram design
Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy also reminded that he, as a people’s representative of Khammam district, had brought to the notice of the Central and State governments through the floor of the Council on the inevitable need to change the design of the Polavaram project.
Hyderabad: Stating that there were apprehensions in the minds of general public and tribals over the construction of Polavaram project with the present design, senior Congress leader and Telangana MLC Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy urged Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao to take up the matter with the Union Water Resources Ministry on the need to construct a barrage near Dummugudem / Bhadrachalam backwaters by changing the design of the project in order to protect the people of the area from submergence.
In a letter to the Chief Minister on Monday, the Congress leader stated the irrigation experts opined that in the event of commencement of construction of Polavaram project as per the present design, the pilgrim town of Bhadrachalam and Dummugudem mandal would be submerged displacing the people of these areas.
Ponguleti Sudhakar Reddy also reminded that he, as a people’s representative of Khammam district, had brought to the notice of the Central and State governments through the floor of the Council on the inevitable need to change the design of the Polavaram project.
