The Centre has disclosed that the AP govt has submitted invoices on the cost of the Polavaram project. Although, the Centre cleared that INR 760 cr wasn’t eligible for expenditure within the invoices submitted by this AP govt. The Centre stated it’d not got invoices for the other INR 479 cr. From 2014, INR 8,614 cr was declared for the Polavaram project. The Centre has given a written reply to the query of YCP MP Vijayasaireddy within the Rajya Sabha.
As per the Centre, the AP govt has finished a overall of INR 12,506 cr from Apr 2014 to Jul 2024. As per the AP, 71.46 percent of Polavaram was finished & the AP CM has written a letter seeking declare of INR 15,000 cr for the Polavaram project. Union Minister of State for Water Resources Ratan Lal Kataria stated the letter has been written by CM Jagan on Aug 25 this yr..
Although, the Centre cleared that the declare of funds would be in-line with the progress of works, inspection of invoices, PPA & CWC recommendations.