The project recently bagged the Central Board of Irrigation and Power (CBIP) award for speedy execution.
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The Polavaram multipurpose irrigation project on Monday entered the Guinness Book of World Records by pouring 32,000 cubic metres of concrete in 24 hours during the work of dam construction, according to Guinness officials present to record the feat. The work began at 8 am on January 6 and concluded at 8 AM on January 7.
Work on the project is being undertaken by the Navayuga Engineering Co Ltd, and aims to make the dam ready for irrigation by June. "Concreting for a project of this size normally takes around three years, but at this pace and passion, the dam will be completed by June," Navayuga MD Chinta Sridhar told reporters.
The project was taken over by Navayuga after the earlier contractor failed to deliver on timelines. The record was previously held by Abdul Wahed Bin Shabib, RALS Contracting LLC and Alfa Eng. Consultant in Dubai, where they had poured 21,580 cubic meters of concrete in a span of two days.
Andhra Pradesh's Information and Public Relations Commissioner, Venkateshwarlu, told TNM that Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu will visit the site and receive the prize from representatives of Guinness World Records. The entire feat was monitored by representatives of Guinness World Records through drone cameras.
Sharing the news, Naidu tweeted: