Polavaram, April 8 -- The Polavaram Irrigation Project is progressing steadily, with the Andhra Pradesh government accelerating works and targeting completion by year-end.

A major milestone has been achieved with the completion of the world's largest spillway, designed to handle a massive flood discharge of 50 lakh cusecs, along with the installation of 48 hydraulic radial gates. The upper and lower cofferdams (110.78 lakh CUM) and Gap-3 concrete dam (0.81 lakh CUM) have also been fully completed.

Executing these critical works, Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd has played a key role in driving the project forward with its engineering expertise and timely execution.

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