Rajahmundry, March 25 -- Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Minister Nimmala Rama Naidu on Wednesday met Secretary of Jal Shakti Ministry, VL Kantha Rao, who visited to inspect the Polavaram project works.

The minister stated that, with the support of the central government, the Polavaram project works are progressing rapidly.

Along with construction, relief and rehabilitation (R&R) works for displaced families are also being accelerated.

He requested immediate approvals for pending designs required for the project construction and sought support for reimbursement related to the increased capacity of Polavaram right and left main canals to 17,500 cusecs.

He also sought technical and financial clearances for the Polavaram-Nallamala Sagar project...