Advantages and Disadvantages of Polavaram

polavaram project' turns out to be one of
the highly discussed current affair of India.
This project was designed to overcome the
deficit of waters in the coastal region of AP.
As the president of India signed the
ordinance of the merger of 200+ villages
from seven mandals of Khammam district,
the construction of the project, hereafter,
gets picked up its momentum. The
advantages and the disadvantages of the
project are as follows.
ADVANTAGES:
* Surplus water of Himalayan rivers will be
transferred to the peninsular rivers of
India.
* The surplus waters of Godavari river
basin can be transferred to Krishna river
basin.
* Though there is a rich water availability
in the coastal districts like East Godavari,
the irrigation department releases water to
the first crop season only. The farmers fail
to get the water to their second crops. If
polavaram project gets completed, no
question of scarcity of water for the
farmers for both the crops per year. 68
TMCs of water will be available for the
farmers for the second crop.
* There will be no floods and sea water will
not sink the villages. Sterile lands become
fertile. Nowhere we see no crop lands in the
coastal regions.
* There will be permanent solution to
drinking water scarcity problems.
* Hydro Electric Plants get sufficient water
and around 1000 mega watts of electricity
can be produced. Even villages get 24 hours
power supply with polavaram project .
DISADVANTAGES:
* On an estimation of 276 villages and
44,547 families will be displaced from their
places. It will be a tough task for the
governments to provide permanent shelters
for them.
* The project submerges several
archaeological sites, wildlife sanctuaries
and coal deposits. The government has to
face the heat of agitators.
* Some of the political parties such as the
TRS, the CPI and environmentalists such as
Medha Patkar might turn as agitators
against the project.
CONCLUSION: Comparatively, there will be
innumerable advantages for polavaram
project than the disadvantages. Once the
project gets completed, no wonder,
Seemandhra would surpass even Singapore
in terms of development.