In A Letter To The Centre: Telangana Expresses Serious Concerns About Polavaram's Backwaters.

Telangana Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar wrote a letter to the Ministry of Jal Shakti urging to address the Polavaram Project's backwater issue as temple town Bhadrachalam and its surrounding villages. He also wrote about Bhadradri Thermal Power Station near Manuguru, which will face the threat of submergence because the project's spillway was constructed to hold a maximum of 50 lakh cusecs of floodwater.

Quoting the Supreme Court order, Kumar requested the Jal Shakti Secretary Pankaj Kumar to call for a discussion with all stakeholders to address the concerns raised by them on Polavaram. He brought to his notice that technical studies undertaken by the Central Water Commission (CWC) and Andhra Pradesh did not mention about submergence area in Telangana state.

Telangana government sent the letter to the Centre after a meeting with all stakeholders scheduled on September 14 was postponed. In the letter, Rajat asked the Central government to form a technical committee with experts from CWC, the National Institute of Hydrology, and chief engineers from states affected by Polavaram to study the backwater impact.