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🔆POLAVARAM IRRIGATION PROJECT

✅The Polavaram irrigation project across the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh has been receiving huge inflows of flood waters owing to heavy rain in Maharashtra in the past few days.

✅The Polavaram Project is an under construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh.
✅The project has been accorded National project status by the Union Government of India.
✅Its reservoir back water spreads up to the Dummugudem Anicut (i.e. approx 150 km back from Polavaram dam on main river side) and approx 115 km on Sabari River side.
✅Thus back water spreads into parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha States.
✅It gives major boost to tourism sector in Godavari Districts as the reservoir covers the famous Papikonda National Park.

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🔆POLAVARAM IRRIGATION PROJECT

✅The Polavaram irrigation project across the Godavari in Andhra Pradesh has been receiving huge inflows of flood waters owing to heavy rain in Maharashtra in the past few days.

✅The Polavaram Project is an under construction multi-purpose irrigation project on the Godavari River in the Eluru District and East Godavari District in Andhra Pradesh.
✅The project has been accorded National project status by the Union Government of India.
✅Its reservoir back water spreads up to the Dummugudem Anicut (i.e. approx 150 km back from Polavaram dam on main river side) and approx 115 km on Sabari River side.
✅Thus back water spreads into parts of Chhattisgarh and Odisha States.
✅It gives major boost to tourism sector in Godavari Districts as the reservoir covers the famous Papikonda National Park.

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