L&T ready to build cofferdam at Medigadda barrage ahead of floods to Godavari

HYDERABAD: L&T the construction company that built the Medigadda barrage on the confluence of Godavari and Pranahitha Rivers in the Bhupalpally district said to have come forward to build a cofferdam at the damaged portion of the barrage.

The construction major will be undertaking the construction of the cofferdam close to pillars 19,20 and 21 of the seventh block at its own cost.

The cofferdam which will be built mainly with sand would help the engineers to complete the repairs to the damaged pillars while diverting flood waters to other safe and strong pillars so that the barrage can be saved from heavy inflows of flood water.

The construction of a cofferdam will also help the irrigation engineers to store and pump the water that presently is left down into the sea.