Summary:
Although work on the barrages including fixing of gates is in progress, the level of water flow in the river at Medigadda allows diversion of water to the pump house in the present condition itself. Rains in the catchment areas of tributaries Kaddam and Pranahitha have brought flood to Godavari since it was high only after the confluence of Pranahitha at Kaleshwaram. In spite of personal supervision of a tunnel expert from Himachal Pradesh, work has not been making desired progress and about 60 meters excavation is yet to be done. “Pumping of water is, however, unlikely to begin from July-end as pumps one and three in Package-8 are scheduled to be completed only by September-end. According to the project engineers supervising the progress of work, although the work on three barrages at Medigadda, Annaram and Sundilla and their pump houses has taken a hit for the last couple of days due to rains and increase of flood in the river, works in Packages 6 to 8, including two pump houses, work on all the components are going on unhindered..