AMARAVATI, October 16 — The Andhra Pradesh Water Resources Department has formally submitted the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the ₹24,000-crore Godavari–Krishna–Penna River Interlinking Project (Phase-1) to the Central Water Commission (CWC) and the National Water Development Agency (NWDA).
Key engineering and hydrological details: 1. Flood Water Diversion: Designed to divert 73 TMC (Thousand Million Cubic feet) of unutilized monsoon floodwaters from the Godavari basin through the Polavaram/Pattiseema corridor into the Krishna basin and onward to the proposed Bollapalli balancing reservoir. 2. Command Area Benefits: Stabilizes irrigation across 10 lakh acres and resolves acute drinking water shortages across drought-prone upland mandals in Prakasam, Nellore, YSR Kadapa, Annamayya, and Chittoor districts. 3. National Priority Status: Andhra Pradesh has formally requested the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti to accord National Project or Priority Interlinking status under the National Perspective Plan (NPP).
The constitutional division of river waters (Entry 17 of State List vs Entry 56 of Union List), Inter-State River Water Disputes Act 1956, Bachawat Tribunal (KWDT) awards, and the environmental ecology of river linking form essential preparation topics for APPSC Group-1 and Group-2 candidates.