Major and Medium Irrigation Minister P Sudarshan Reddy informed the State Legislative Assembly on Friday that the measures were being taken to finalise the tender process for the Left Canal works of the Polavaram Project (Indira Sagar Project).
Replying to a question raised by MLA T Balaraju and others during Question Hour, the Minister denied the works on Left Canal of Polavaram Project were stopped. However, he said the tenders were invited twice and cancelled once. Orginally, tenders were invited in September 2004 under Category-I for Indira Sagar Left Main Canal dividing into seven packages and cancelled due to orders of the High Court. Subsequently, the Indira Sagar Left Main Canal divided into eight packages as against seven packages by issuing different tender notices in January 2005 and the agencies were fixed for seven packages.
The minister said that tenders for the eighth package has been cancelled due to high tender premium and was again invited in March 2005 and the agency was finalised in December 2005. (INN)