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Name Polavaram after Sir Cotton: Congress
Rich tributes were paid to Sir Arthur Cotton on his 119 death anniversary organised here at the Congress office here on Tuesday
Mandapeta: Rich tributes were paid to Sir Arthur Cotton on his 119 death anniversary organised here at the Congress office here on Tuesday.
Speaking on the occasion, AICC member and official spokesperson of APCC, Kamana Prabhakara Rao strongly advocated for naming the multipurpose Polavaram project as Arthur Cotton project as desired by farming community in East and West Godavari districts.
It would be a fitting tribute to the legendry civil engineer who brought lakhs of acres of land into cultivation in both the East and West Godavari districts by constructing the Dowlaiswaram barrage in a span of five years between 1847 and 1852 on River Godavari. This historic structure constructed with stones, he reminded.
Kamana also reminded that Sir Cotton made no less contribution as the structure remained strong even after 165 years of its construction. He also said that Sir Cotton stood as guiding force for construction of barrage on Krishna River at Vijayawada.
Farmers representatives N Macha Rao, M Ganesh, P Ratnaji and others participated.
