Missed deadlines, cost overruns, tiff with Centre - why Polavaram isn’t yet Andhra’s ‘lifeline’

Missed deadlines, cost overruns, tiff with Centre - why Polavaram isn’t yet Andhra’s ‘lifeline’

ThePrint 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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