4 Geography · 4.2.8 Rivers and irrigation projects
4.2.8.4 Polavaram project: features, displacement and status
The Indira Sagar Polavaram project is a multipurpose dam on the Godavari near Polavaram, declared a national project by Section 90 of the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, that will irrigate the coastal districts, carry 80 TMC of Godavari water to the Krishna and supply Visakhapatnam, at the cost of large tribal displacement.
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Key terms
- Polavaram
- Indira Sagar
- Ramapada Sagar
- national project
- Section 90
- Polavaram Project Authority
- 45.72 m
- 41.15 m
- 80 TMC
- right main canal
- left main canal
- Pattiseema
- Purushottapatnam
- diaphragm wall
- submergence
- Koya
- Konda Reddi
- seven mandals
- Odisha
- Chhattisgarh
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