Lok Sabha Question No. 2780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Polavaram Project
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## THE MINISTER OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

- (a)Polavaram  Irrigation  Project  (PIP)  is  being implemented  by  the  Gove rnment  of  Andhra  Pradesh (GoAP). As per information made available by the GoAP, component - wise details of works completed in respect of PIP are as under:

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| Sl no.   | Components            | Progress achieved June, 2021, in %age   |                  |
|----------|-----------------------|-----------------------------------------|------------------|
| 1.       | Head Works            | Head Works                              | Head Works       |
|          | (a) Earth Work        | 87.33                                   |                  |
|          | (b) Embankment        | 33.63                                   |                  |
|          | (c) Concrete          | 79.75                                   |                  |
|          | (d) Gates             | 72.12                                   |                  |
| 2.       | Left Main Canal       | Left Main Canal                         | Left Main Canal  |
|          | (a) Earth Work        | 91.69                                   |                  |
|          | (b) Lining            | 71.60                                   |                  |
|          | (c) Structures        | 62.78                                   |                  |
| 3.       | Right Main Canal      | Right Main Canal                        | Right Main Canal |
|          | (a) Earth Work        | 100                                     |                  |
|          | (b) Lining            | 92.73                                   |                  |
|          | (c)Structures         | 94.84                                   |                  |
| 4.       | Land Acquisition (LA) | 67.26                                   |                  |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2780

ANSWERED ON 05.08 .2021

## POLAVARAM PROJECT

## 2780 SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of work executed of Polavaram Project till date, component and subcomponent - wise;
- (b) the number of families that have been rehabilitated; and
- (c) the details of compensation which is due for land acquisition, rehabilitation and resettlement time by which the Government is expected to pay these dues?

## ANSWER

(c) Government of India has been r imbursing the expenditure on Irrigation component ,including the cost of land acquisition and rehabilitation & resettlement (R&R) ,of the PIP with effect from 01.04.2014, upon receipt of bills from GoAP and their verification from the Polavaram Project A uthority (PPA) and Central Water Commission (CWC), with the approval of Ministry of Finance (MoF) from time to t

Government  of  India  has , till date,  reimbursed  Rs. 11,181.36  crore  including expenditure towards  land  acquisition  and  R&R.  Further,  s anctionfor  reimbursement  of  Rs.  418.8 3  crore  has  been issued on 09.07.2021 by this Ministry.

Presently, bills totaling Rs. 19.29 cro re for land acquisition, and Rs. 236.75crore for R&R, have been submitted by GoAP to PPA. Reimbursement of the bills depends upon their verification from PPA and CWC, and subsequent approval of Ministry of Finance.

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