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Missed deadlines, cost overruns, tiff with Centre - why Polavaram isn’t yet Andhra’s ‘lifeline’
12 Sept 2022 7:53 AM IST
ThePrint is a news, analysis, opinion and knowledge venture, launched in August 2017 by editor Shekhar Gupta. It is sharply focused on politics and policy, government and governance. Its leadership team includes India’s most experienced and respected journalists with proven track records in the finest news organisations.Read the fullThePrint reported that 80 years since first proposed, the Polavaram irrigation project, on the Godavari, is in limbo. The project was touted to irrigate 2.91 lakh hectares and provide drinking water to 28.5 lakh people.
ThePrint's investigation into the problems with Polavaram explained how systemic inertia and bureaucracy has plagued similar ambitious projects in India.
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