Keeping the flood situation in view, the Andhra Pradesh government has raised the height of upper cofferdam of the Polavaram Project by one metre.
The height of the upper cofferdam was earlier 43 metres which has gone up to 44 metres now.
With the completion of the construction work on the 2.5-km long upper cofferdam, the dam can now withstand 28 lakh cusecs of flood water.
Mega Engineering and Infrastructures Limited is executing the construction work.
This July, as many as 628 villages of 44 panchayats in Andhra Pradesh and some neighbouring villages in Odisha and Telengana sides were marooned after floodwater flowed above the danger level in Godavari river. Since rainy season is still active and more rains are expected as well, the AP government in order to minimise the flood impact decided to raise the height of the dam.