Vijayawada: Nearly 6.6 km stretch diversion of Godavari river from its main course through Polavaram irrigation project’s spillway to supply water mainly for cultivation of crops in kharif season in Godavari delta region, has been ceremoniously commissioned by performing Bhoomi Puja by the water resources authorities at Polavaram in West Godavari on Friday.
Minister for water resources Dr P. Anil Kumar has taken part in the programme virtually from the city. Participating in the programme at the project site, water resources engineer-in-chief Narayana Reddy stated that with the direction from the Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy and cooperation from the Centre, they could take up diversion of Godavari river through spillway having 42 crest gates to lift them and facilitate flow of nearly 10 cusecs of water at present. He said that they had made arrangements even not to take the natural flow with flood of 24 lakh cusecs as nearly 3,000 project affected families had already…