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Polavaram dam height to be retained

Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD: Andhra pradesh Government has decided to retain the 150-ft height for the dam of the Polavaram project, and dismissed other alternatives suggested by the CPI (M) such as construction of a series of barrages to minimise submersion. Such alternatives would not be beneficial, it has felt.

The decision has been taken on the basis of the recommendations of a nine-member committee of experts headed by Preetam Singh, former Chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC), which was mandated to study the issue of submersion of land under the project. The experts' report has been accepted in toto. Major Irrigation Minister P. Lakshmaiah said this decision would not pre-empt the discussions at the forthcoming all-party meeting on Polavaram proposed to be convened by the Chief Minister.

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