The Centre has responded positively to the request of the state water resources department officials to release funds as per the revised estimated cost of 2017-18 for the Polavaram project. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy went to Delhi on Wednesday to meet state water resources secretary J Shyamala Rao and engineer-in-chief C Narayana Reddy separately with The Jal Shakti Secretary UP Singh and Union Finance Department (Expenditure Department) Secretary Swaminathan. The polavaram project has been requested to release funds according to the revised estimated cost of 2017-18 prices. If the funds are released according to those prices The project will be completed. The revised estimated cost of the Polavaram project has already been approved by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and technical advisory board (TAC) and the Revised Cost Committee (RCC). Land Acquisition Act-2013 has increased the cost of land acquisition, R&R (Relief and Rehabilitation) department This has increased the estimated cost. The central jal shakti and finance secretaries agreed to this and responded positively to the release of funds for the Polavaram project at the revised estimated cost.
Meanwhile, the state water resources department officials also met with CWC Chairman Eske Haldar and CWC members (WP and P) Kushwinder Ohra. 'Rayalaseema Elaila' has been requested to allow. The state has been used to use the share of water and to stabilize the ayacut under old projects. CWC chairman Haldar agreed with this According to the division law, the Krishna board has been suggested to report. The Central Forest and Environment Committee has already reported to the NGT (National Green Court) that the Rayalaseema Elevation does not require environmental clearance. On Thursday, the state's water resources department officials will meet union forest and environment secretary Rameshwar Prasad Gupta on the same issue. Rayalaseema Will request to issue orders that the environmental clearance is not required.
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