Srisailam Hydro Power Cuts Water Release for Agriculture
1 week, 3 days ago

Srisailam Hydro Power Cuts Water Release for Agriculture

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Paddy farmers in Nandyal district, under the Kurnool-Cuddapah canal, are in distress due to a fall in water levels in the Srisailam reservoir. Water from Muchumarri to the KC canal ayacut can be released only if the water level in the Srisailam reservoir reaches 812 feet. The designated Rabi cultivation area in the joint Kurnool district spans 92,000 acres under the KC Canal, which relies on this water release. They are also expressing dissent over the district in-charge minister Payyavula Keshav’s recommendation to avoid cultivating a second paddy crop and focus solely on dry crops during the rabi season.

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Water released into LBP canal
4 months, 1 week ago

Water released into LBP canal

The Hindu  

Water was released from Bhavanisagar Dam into Lower Bhavani Project canal on Thursday for the first crop season to irrigate 1,03,500 acres in Erode, Tiruppur, and Karur districts. Saminathan raised the dam shutters to release the water at 5 p.m. in the presence of Erode Collector Raja Gopal Sunkara, officials of the Water Resources Department and representatives of farmers’ associations. …

Water release at Tungabhadra dam to help more hydel generation in Telangana, A.P.
4 months, 1 week ago

Water release at Tungabhadra dam to help more hydel generation in Telangana, A.P.

The Hindu  

The washing away of 19th crest gate on the spillway of Tungabhadra Dam, an inter-State project located in Karnataka, late on Saturday night due to the snapping of the chain link used for its operation and the resultant release of water from other gates too is likely to help Telangana and Andhra Pradesh generate more hydro-electric power. “It’s an unfortunate …

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Full Water Supply for Kharif, Rabi: Ponguleti

Deccan Chronicle  

Khammam: The project ayacut farmers would get water supply for both the crop seasons this year as irrigation projects were bemiring with water, said minister for revenue and housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Wednesday while releasing water to the left main canal from Palair reservoir at Kusumanchi in Khammam district. The minister informed that the irrigation tanks in Palaiar constituency …

Water Storage and Supply Disrupted in Key Telangana Irrigation Projects
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Water Storage and Supply Disrupted in Key Telangana Irrigation Projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad/Nalgonda: Even as most irrigation projects received are good inflows, storing water in the projects or supplying it downstream has been affected for various reasons. Meanwhile, at Nagarjunasagar, water release to the left canal was increased to 8,022 cusecs from 7,610 cusecs to fill up irrigation tanks downstream in Nalgonda, Suryapet and Khammam districts. The project holds 298 tmc ft …

Andhra Pradesh: Srisailam Reservoir Sees Steady Inflows and Outflows
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: Srisailam Reservoir Sees Steady Inflows and Outflows

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Both inflows and outflows at the Srisailam reservoir remained steady on Sunday. The reservoir is receiving 4.06 lakh cusecs of inflow, with officials releasing 4.02 lakh cusecs of water from the spillway. The reservoir is receiving 2.64 lakh cusecs from Almatti, 2.96 lakh cusecs from Jurala, and 2.51 lakh cusecs from Narayanpur reservoirs. The Tungabhadra reservoir is receiving 1.71 …

Srisailam Dam woos tourists in Andhra Pradesh
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Srisailam Dam woos tourists in Andhra Pradesh

New Indian Express  

KURNOOL: The scenic beauty of floodwaters at the Srisailam Dam has drawn a huge number of visitors, especially on weekends. Currently, the dam holds 212.387 TMC ft of water against its total capacity of 215.807 TMC ft, with water levels reaching 883.00 ft out of the full reservoir level of 885.00 ft. In response to this, dam officials have released …

Srisailam Reservoir Nears Full Capacity with High Inflows
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Srisailam Reservoir Nears Full Capacity with High Inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: The Srisailam Reservoir is experiencing substantial inflows of 2.18 lakh cusecs, with the water level reaching 90.55 tmc-ft by Thursday evening. The reservoir began getting inflows on July 13 - some 15 days earlier than the first arrival of floodwaters the last season on July 29, 2023. Typically, Srisailam Reservoir receives its initial inflows in the second or third …

Water released from Indravati reservoir for kharif season
5 months, 1 week ago

Water released from Indravati reservoir for kharif season

New Indian Express  

BHAWANIPATNA: Indravati project authorities on Wednesday released water in the left, right and lift canal systems for the current kharif season. While 57,629 hectare will be irrigated with water from the right canal, 34,080 hectares will be irrigated from the left canal and 25,846 hectares from the lift canal. Farmers have been advised to use the water judiciously in view …

Andhra minister Nimmala Ramanaidu releases water to Krishna Delta
5 months, 1 week ago

Andhra minister Nimmala Ramanaidu releases water to Krishna Delta

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA : Minister for Water Resources Development Nimmala Ramanaidu has said every effort is being made to meet the irrigation and drinking water needs of the people fully. Speaking on the occasion, he said, “Through effective management of water resources, wealth can be created on a large scale, benefiting all sections of society, and leading to prosperity of the State.” …

1,500 cusecs of Krishna water released to eastern canals in Vijayawada
5 months, 1 week ago

1,500 cusecs of Krishna water released to eastern canals in Vijayawada

The Hindu  

Ministers Nimmala Rama Naidu Kollu Ravindra and Kolusu Parthasarathy released 1,500 cusecs of Krishna water from the eastern delta regulator on the Prakasam barrage to Ryves and Eluru and Bandar canals on Wednesday. Mr. Rama Naidu said the government was committed to harnessing every drop of water to meet the drinking and irrigation requirements. Accordingly, Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu …

AP to Seek 15 tmc-ft of Krishna Water from Nagarjunasagar Dam
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AP to Seek 15 tmc-ft of Krishna Water from Nagarjunasagar Dam

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh would claim its right to get 15 tmc-ft of Krishna water from Nagarjunasagar Dam to cater to the drinking water needs of four districts - Palnadu, Guntur, Prakasam and parts of Bapatla - from April to July. AP officials say that, out of the proposed distribution of 21 tmc-ft of water in the ratio of nearly 15 …

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing more Srisailam water: Telangana to KRMB

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Telangana officials have requested that the Krishna River Management Board restrain Andhra Pradesh from drawing any water from the Srisailam reservoir for this water year. In a letter to the KRMB, Irrigation Secretary Rahul Bojja said that AP is entitled to draw only 15 tmcft from Srisailam for drinking water supply to Chennai. “As such it is to be …

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam
10 months, 1 week ago

BRS Axed State Prospects on Using Krishna Water: Uttam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Monday slammed the opposition BRS, accusing the previous BRS government of “permanently damaging” Telangana’s prospects on claims to Krishna River water by repeatedly agreeing to not only hand over projects to KRMB, but also by letting Andhra Pradesh drain the river and watch silently, in 10 years of its rule. Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar …

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS
1 year, 2 months ago

Telangana asks KRMB to stop AP from going ahead with RLIS

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Telangana has urged the Krishna River Management Board to immediately stop Andhra Pradesh from going ahead with the Rayalaseema lift irrigation scheme contending that its plans for increasing drawal of water from the river were in contravention of how the water is to be shared between the two states. Hours after the Centre on Wednesday announced that it was …

Krishna Basin irrigation projects in Telugu States may be hit hard by rainfall deficit
1 year, 4 months ago

Krishna Basin irrigation projects in Telugu States may be hit hard by rainfall deficit

The Hindu  

Crops in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stand to be hit hard, particularly under the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, due to rainfall deficit in the upper catchment areas of the Krishna Basin in Maharashtra and Karnataka. The Srisailam reservoir supplements water to the Nagarjuna Sagar, downstream projects, and a large number of lift irrigation/canal systems in the Telugu-speaking States. The two States …

Poor storage in reservoir, reduced flows upset farmers in Rayalaseema region
1 year, 4 months ago

Poor storage in reservoir, reduced flows upset farmers in Rayalaseema region

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Poor storage along with reduced inflows from upstream areas of the Krishna basin at Srisailam reservoir is causing tense moments for the farmers in the Rayalaseema region. Farmers started mounting pressure on the government, seeking justice for those in drought-hit areas, who faced serious drinking water and irrigation problems throughout the year. As the farmers were demanding the release …

Stop Power Generation at Srisailam: RSSS
1 year, 4 months ago

Stop Power Generation at Srisailam: RSSS

Deccan Chronicle  

KURNOOL: Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samiti demanded the state government stop power generation from the Srisailam reservoir keeping the water crisis in view. Raising serious concerns about the water levels in the reservoir, Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy, the president of RSSS, said at a media conference on Sunday that if the water level dropped below 854 ft, it would hinder the possibility …

Water released to Pothireddypadu from Srisailam
1 year, 4 months ago

Water released to Pothireddypadu from Srisailam

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Water from the backwaters of the Srisailam project was released towards Pothireddy Padu on Friday to meet the irrigation and drinking water needs of the Rayalaseema region. Nandyal MLA Silpa Chakrapani Reddy along with irrigation officials offered pooja at the Pothireddypadu head regulator and released Krishna water from the backwaters of Srisailam dam after the water level was recorded …

Proposal to lower water level in Srisailam reservoir: Buggana
1 year, 4 months ago

Proposal to lower water level in Srisailam reservoir: Buggana

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: Finance minister Buggana Rajendranath has announced that the government would evaluate the water levels in the Srisailam reservoir and take necessary steps to release water for irrigation for Kurnool and Nandyala districts through various sources. Rajendranath also said a proposal was under consideration to lower the water level in the Srisailam reservoir from 863 feet to 854 feet, using …

Srisailam at 858ft, AP Genco to start producing power from LBP Canal
1 year, 4 months ago

Srisailam at 858ft, AP Genco to start producing power from LBP Canal

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: With constant inflows and storage in the Srisailam project, the APGenco authorities announced plans on Friday to generate power from the Left Bank Power Canal. Srisailam dam recorded a level of 858.56ft with a storage of 101.66tmc-ft as against the previous 215.81tmc-ft. About 22,642 cusecs of inflows were recorded from upstream areas of Krishna basin. The TB dam board …

Srisailam Receives Inflows of 1.10 Lakh Cusecs from Upper Streams
1 year, 4 months ago

Srisailam Receives Inflows of 1.10 Lakh Cusecs from Upper Streams

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: The water level in Srisailam reservoir was registering a steady increase on Sunday. It was currently receiving 1.10 lakh cusecs of water from upstream areas. The rise in water level has been due to continuous inflows from both the Jurala project on Krishna river and the Sunkesula project on the Tungabhadra. The farmers were happy over the inflow of …

Control release of water from Srisailam: Panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Control release of water from Srisailam: Panel

Deccan Chronicle  

Kurnool: The leaders of Rayalaseema Saguneeti Sadhana Samithi have called upon the people of Rayalaseema region to unite and demand that water should not be released to Nagarjuna Sagar downstream until the water level in the Srisailam reservoir reaches 854 feet. While projects such as Prakasam Barrage, Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam, Pulichintala, Pattiseema, and Polavaram have been realised to meet the …

Groundwater Use for Farming Peaks in Telangana
1 year, 5 months ago

Groundwater Use for Farming Peaks in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: More ground water is being extracted in Telangana than ever before by farmers, belying the claims of Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao that the BRS government had increased irrigation potential in the state. According to reports specific to Telangana that were prepared by the Central Ground Water Board, groundwater extraction for agriculture rose from 235 tmc ft in 2019-20 …

Dry spell in Telangana leads to poor water inflows for dams
1 year, 5 months ago

Dry spell in Telangana leads to poor water inflows for dams

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The dry spell in Telangana continued on Thursday, as the state, barring Kothagudem, Khammam, Nizamabad, Kamareddy, Mahbubabad, Nirmal and Medak — which received 5 cm to 11 cm of rainfall on the day — received scanty rainfall. In the Godavari basin, the Sriramsagar project clocked a water level of 1066.6 feet and storage of 22.924 TMC ft on Thursday. …

AP seeks curbs on TS in drawal of Krishna water
1 year, 8 months ago

AP seeks curbs on TS in drawal of Krishna water

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The AP irrigation department has urged the Krishna River Management Board to allow it draw at least 7tmc-ft of water from the Srisailam Reservoir to meet the immediate drinking water needs of the state this summer season. It has also pointed out to the board that Telangana state has already utilised 90.36tmc-ft more water than its allotted quota of …

KRMB violation: CM Jagan files complaint against Telangana
1 year, 11 months ago

KRMB violation: CM Jagan files complaint against Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy has lodged a complaint with the Centre against the Telangana government, saying it is “acting unilaterally” in the Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar joint reservoir projects on River Krishna and is violating all the operational protocols, agreements and directives of the Krishna River Management Board. He complained that even though the minimum water level in …

Heavy inflows continue in Srisailam reservoir
2 years, 2 months ago

Heavy inflows continue in Srisailam reservoir

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Srisailam reservoir has been receiving heavy inflows following incessant rains in upstream areas. Water is also being released to Handri Neeva and Galeru Nagari projects, as also towards Telangana-based projects, including Nagarjunasagar Dam, which is receiving 1.67 lakh cusecs of inflows. It is receiving 35,000 cusecs of inflows and discharging equal quantity of outflows towards Srisailam. Jurala, another medium …

Srisailam continues to have heavy inflows; seven gates lifted
2 years, 3 months ago

Srisailam continues to have heavy inflows; seven gates lifted

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The Srisailam dam continued to have heavy inflows from downstream projects of the Krishna basin and seven gates were lifted to 10ft height to release water downstream of the river. On Sunday, the dam received 2.90 lakh cusecs by way of inflows and the authorities were discharging 2.67 lakh cusecs as outflows into the river along with using the …

Srisailam sees heavy inflows
2 years, 3 months ago

Srisailam sees heavy inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The Srisailam dam continues with heavy inflows from upstream areas of the Krishna basin. The dam received 2.79 lakh cusecs of inflows and maintained its water storage level at 213.4 feet with 98.88 per cent and 3.23 lakh outflows towards downstream areas, including for power generation and to the dependent sources of Rayalaseema and Telangana projects. The Nagarjunasagar dam …

Srisailam at full storage level amid heavy rains
2 years, 4 months ago

Srisailam at full storage level amid heavy rains

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The Srisailam reservoir got filled to its full capacity due to arrival of floodwaters from upstream reservoirs and the Krishna river bed on Friday. Further, timely heavy rains during the South West Monsoon added the additional quantum to fill Srisailam early in the season. A sudden rise in the inflows from downstream areas due to heavy rains was recorded …

Srisailam dam gates closed following dip in inflows
2 years, 4 months ago

Srisailam dam gates closed following dip in inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Srisailam dam authorities closed the crest gates and stopped release of water into the river following poor inflows from upstream parts on Monday. Irrigation minister Ambati Rambabu had formally lifted three radial crest gates two days ago. However, Narayanpur dam authorities stopped discharging of water towards Srisailam. Meanwhile, the Krishna water reached Jeedipalli reservoir in Beluguppa mandal in Anantapur …

Gates of Srisailam Dam to be lifted today
2 years, 5 months ago

Gates of Srisailam Dam to be lifted today

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: AP irrigation authorities have decided to life two gates of the Srisailam Dam on Saturday after water level in the reservoir reached 881.3 feet on Friday morning against full reservoir level of 885 feet. Further, the dam is continuing to receive 1.92 lakh cusecs of water from upstream Tungabhadra, Almatti and Jurala reservoirs. Srisailam project superintendent engineer P. Sreemachandra …

Srisailam reservoir filling up fast as Tungabhadra nears capacity
2 years, 5 months ago

Srisailam reservoir filling up fast as Tungabhadra nears capacity

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The Srisailam reservoir continued to receive constant inflows of water, of around 2.74 lakh cusecs, from the Tungabhadra and Almatii projects located upstream of the Krishna basin. With the Almatti reservoir logging a capacity of 91.35 TMC, 1.5 lakh cusecs are being discharged downstream into the Srisailam dam. Meanwhile, the historic Sangameswara Swamy temple, located near Kothapalle in the …

Srisailam gets constant inflows from Almatti and Tungabhadra
2 years, 5 months ago

Srisailam gets constant inflows from Almatti and Tungabhadra

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Heavy inflows continued for Srisailam Reservoir following heavy outflows from upstream areas of Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers. Srisailam dam authorities hope the water level may reach a level for release towards Pothireddypadu to meet the needs of the Rayalaseema region in a week. The Almatti dam released outflows of 1.69 cusecs towards downstream areas as the dam got more …

Additional safety measures planned for Srisailam dam
2 years, 7 months ago

Additional safety measures planned for Srisailam dam

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Srisailam reservoir, a major source of irrigation and power generation for Rayalaseema and Telangana, faces a threat to its safety due to excess inflows – more than the storage capacity. The Pandya Committee has stressed the need to have measures in place for safety of the dam because the existing spillway was unable to check heavy floods. The chairman …

AP writes to KRMB to ask TS not to draw water for power generation from Sagar project
2 years, 8 months ago

AP writes to KRMB to ask TS not to draw water for power generation from Sagar project

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government has written to the Krishna River Management Board to prevail upon the Telangana government to not withdraw water only for hydel power generation purposes from the main powerhouse of the Nagarjunasagar project. In his letter to the KRMB member-secretary, AP water resources department engineer-in-chief C. Narayana Reddy said that the release of water was resulting …

AP Mission for Clean Krishna-Godavari Canals remains in cold storage
3 years, 3 months ago

AP Mission for Clean Krishna-Godavari Canals remains in cold storage

Deccan Chronicle  

Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh Mission for Clean Krishna-Godavari Canals has not taken off, two years after its ambitious launch, due to a variety of reasons. The vision of the Mission was rejuvenating canals and drains in the Krishna and Godavari Delta Systems by stopping water contamination and improving the quality as lakhs of people in Krishna and West Godavari districts …

Surplus hydel power generated at Srisailam due to floodwater
4 years, 1 month ago

Surplus hydel power generated at Srisailam due to floodwater

Deccan Chronicle  

KURNOOL: There is surplus power generation at Srisailam Right Bank Hydro Electric Station with floodwater being available for more than three months. The power utility produced 984.944 million units during 2020-21 by churning out 172 tmc of water as of Wednesday. With excellent performance in maintenance of technical equipment and water utility at the hydro electric station in Andhra Pradesh, …

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