Sylvain Massuel

Sylvain Massuel
Groundwater externalities of surface irrigation transfers under national river linking project: Polavaram – Vijayawada link
Understanding the Polavaram project on the Godavari Posted on 25 Aug, 2010 05:00 PM

Polavaram projectThis document published by IWMI and CGIAR describes the details of the Polavaram project, which has been planned by the state of Andhra Pradesh as a multi-purpose project:

  • to provide irrigation benefits to the upland areas
  • to provide a water supply to the industries in Visakhapatnam city, including the Steel Plant, for the generation of hydropower
  • for the development of navigation and recreation facilities.

The project envisages the construction of an earth-cum-rock filled dam that is 1,600 m long across the Godavari River at Polavaram, and about 42 km upstream of the Godavari Barrage at Dowlaiswaram.

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