2 years, 9 months ago

Srisailam gets constant inflows from Almatti and Tungabhadra

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 than 90tmc-ft of water and there was heavy inflow from upstream areas. About 1.52 lakh cusecs of water was discharged from the dam to downstream areas of the river towards Srisailam.