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- The Polavaram Project has been discussed recently in Parliament in the context of project funding, rehabilitation issues, and progress of national irrigation projects.
About the Polavaram Project
- The Polavaram Project is a national multipurpose irrigation project located on the Godavari River in Andhra Pradesh.
- It is designed to provide irrigation, drinking water supply, flood control, and hydroelectric power generation.
- The project aims to irrigate drought-prone areas of coastal Andhra Pradesh and parts of Rayalaseema.
- The project includes a dam, spillway, and canals, making it one of India’s major river valley projects.
- Polavaram was accorded national project status, enabling central funding support.
