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.