Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy has proposed to name the bridge to be constructed over the Polavaram project’s spillway after his father Y S Rajasekhara Reddy.
“The YSR Gateway”, with a four-lane road would be linked with the earth-cum-rock filled dam. It was during the late CM YSR’s rule (2004-2009) that the works began on the decades-old plan.
Polavaram, dubbed as “the lifeline of Andhra Pradesh” is a Rs 55,000 crore multipurpose national project upstream of Rajahmundry intended for a culturable command area of 2.91 lakh hectares. It has two components – a 194 TMC reservoir for irrigation and drinking water purpose and a power plant of 960 MW capacity.
