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Topic: Polavaram project

Watch CutTheClutter: Andhra Pradesh’s Polavaram dam & realities of building large-scale infra in India

In Episode 1591 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at the decades of delays, cost overruns, and governance hurdles that have plagued the project.

In limbo since 2019, AP’s Polavaram dam project back in motion after Centre’s Rs 2,300 crore advance

Last year, when BJP returned to power at Centre relying heavily on Naidu-led TDP, an agreement was reached on disbursal of additional Rs 10,911 crore for project, it is learnt.

Calling Jagan a ‘curse’, Andhra Pradesh CM Naidu releases white paper on stalled Polavaram project

In white paper, TDP govt alleged Jagan ‘diverted Rs 3,385 crore meant for project’ & ‘delay in commissioning of hydel power project resulted in loss of over Rs 3000 cr to exchequer’.

Unfinished after 20 yrs, Andhra’s Polavaram dam plagued by technical issues, funds crunch, politics

Since work on the project started in 2005, the project cost has swollen manifold. State govt officials hope that the upcoming general and assembly polls will help speed things up.

Polavaram dam funding gets a leg up after PM-CM meetings but project unlikely to meet deadline

A team of senior officials from AP were in Delhi since Wednesday to meet with secretaries of Union Jal Shakti and Finance Ministry to discuss key issues regarding the project.

After months of wrangling, Modi govt now likely to pay part of Andhra’s Polavaram dam project

Jal Shakti ministry has asked finance ministry to reimburse over Rs 4,000 cr that Andhra Pradesh has spent on the drinking water component of the project.

Andhra govt won’t accept capped cost of Polavaram project, to urge Centre to revise amount

Polavaram Project Authority to request the Centre to approve Rs 47,725 crore to complete the project instead of Rs 20,398 crore that finance ministry had estimated based on 2013-14 price levels.

Monday storm for Polavaram as Modi govt caps project cost to half, angers Andhra

An angry Jagan Mohan Reddy has shot off a letter to PM Modi over finance ministry capping project cost to Rs 20,398 cr as against the Rs 47,725 cr the state wants. Both sides meet Monday.

Why Rs 55,000-crore Polavaram project is behind latest round of Jagan-Naidu face-off

Ruling YSR Congress Party and opposition TDP have been trading barbs, particularly over cost of remaining work on the Godavari river project & change of bidder.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.