He also asserted that the design of the project would not be changed as demanded by TRS and others as over Rs. 4,000 crore have already been spent on it.
The government was keen on giving the best relief and rehabilitation package to the affected people, he said.
Conceived in the pre-Independence era, the Polavaram project is said to have the potential to bring over four lakh hectares of land under cultivation and generate 1,000 mw of hydel power.
Kiran Reddy was speaking to reporters on the last day of his three-day 'Indiramma Bata' (on the path of Indiramma) mass-contact programme in Khammam district.
Noting that the government was spending about Rs. 2,600 crore on various welfare schemes, he said the programme was aimed at ascertaining whether the benefits effectively reached the targeted beneficiaries.
The government was keen on giving the best relief and rehabilitation package to the affected people, he said.
Conceived in the pre-Independence era, the Polavaram project is said to have the potential to bring over four lakh hectares of land under cultivation and generate 1,000 mw of hydel power.
Kiran Reddy was speaking to reporters on the last day of his three-day 'Indiramma Bata' (on the path of Indiramma) mass-contact programme in Khammam district.
Noting that the government was spending about Rs. 2,600 crore on various welfare schemes, he said the programme was aimed at ascertaining whether the benefits effectively reached the targeted beneficiaries.
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