Nizamsagar dries before summer, puts farmers under stress
5 years, 10 months ago

Nizamsagar dries before summer, puts farmers under stress

Deccan Chronicle  

Kamareddy: The lifeline of the composite Nizamabad district, the Nizamsagar project has dried up as the water level in the reservoir reached dead storage level. As against the full reservoir level of 1,405 feet, the current level in the project is 1,376.42 ft. Of total 17.803 tmc storage, the storage level on Monday was 0.832 tmc. At the beginning of the kharif season, the Nizamsagar project had 2.290 tmc water and irrigation officials released 1.1 tmc. But the alarming storage level in Singur has affected the Nizamsagar project.

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Uttam Promises Restoration of Nizamsagar Project
1 month ago

Uttam Promises Restoration of Nizamsagar Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Kamareddy: Irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Friday said the century-old Nizamsagar project would be restored to its old glory with its original water storage area, by adopting global technology for desilting it. Uttam Kumar Reddy further noted that restrictions imposed by the water disputes tribunal had prevented utilisation of water from three barrages under the Kaleshwaram project. Despite …

Kadam Project Nears Full Capacity After Heavy Rains
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Kadam Project Nears Full Capacity After Heavy Rains

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Kadam project in Nirmal district has 6.32 thousand million cubic feet of water as against its gross capacity of 7.6 TMC due to heavy rains in the upper regions of Nirmal and Adilabad districts in the last two days. The water level in the Sriramsagar project stood at 1,086 feet — just five feet shy of reaching the …

Nizamsagar Project Faces Low Water Levels, Farmers Anxious
5 months ago

Nizamsagar Project Faces Low Water Levels, Farmers Anxious

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: The century-old Nizamsagar project is unable to get inflows from upstream areas, leaving farmers distressed. At present, the project has 1,389.64 feet level against its full reservoir level of 1,405 ft. Of 17.802 tmc of gross storage capacity, the project has merely 3.903 tmc of water now. Under Nizamsagar ayacut limits, paddy is cultivated in 1.20 lakh acres in …

Government to Release Godavari Water to Nizamsagar Project
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Government to Release Godavari Water to Nizamsagar Project

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: The state government will release Godavari water to the Nizamsagar project in July end to help farmers protect the ensuing Vana Kalam crops in Nizamabad and Kamareddy districts. In view of the construction of Kaleshwaram project, river Godavari reached Konda Pochammasagar in undivided Medak district and water will be released to Nizamsagar project through Haldivagu project. Chief Minister A.Revanth …

Water Released from Nizamsagar for Vana Kalam Crops
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Water Released from Nizamsagar for Vana Kalam Crops

Deccan Chronicle  

Nizamabad: Authorities released water from the Nizamsagar on Sunday to irrigate the paddy crop under the project’s command area. Banswada and Jukkal MLAs Pocharam Srinivas Reddy and Thota Laxmikanth Rao formally released the water into the Nizamsagar main canal. Speaking on the occasion, Srinivas Reddy said by releasing water, Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy has positively responded to the plea …

Farmers in Andhra Pradesh dread plummeting water levels in reservoirs ahead of kharif
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Farmers in Andhra Pradesh dread plummeting water levels in reservoirs ahead of kharif

The Hindu  

Even as farmers gear up for kharif operations, plummeting water levels to near-dead storage levels in the reservoirs across the State remain their major cause of concern. According to officialinformation, the water available in the Godavari, Krishna, Penna, and other river basins is a mere 226.92 TMC as against the gross capacity of Full Reservoir Level of 983.49 TMC. Prakasam …

Visitors throng Nizamsagar project
1 year, 5 months ago

Visitors throng Nizamsagar project

Deccan Chronicle  

KAMAREDDY: Visitors thronged the Nizamsagar project on Sunday to get a panoramic view of water being released from the project gates. In view of continuous inflows from upstream areas, irrigation officials lifted the gates and released the water downstream into the Manjeera River. Storage capacity also hit 17.34 tmc, against the gross storage capacity of 17.80 tmc. Our family members …

Early release of water from Nizamsagar project today
1 year, 6 months ago

Early release of water from Nizamsagar project today

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Irrigation officials are ready for the early release of water from the Nizamsagar project on Wednesday. Presently, Nizamsagar project has 14.9 thousand million cubic feet of water. Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, Jukkal MLA Hanumanth Shinde, zilla parishad chairperson Dafedar Shobha and others will participate in the water release programme. Meanwhile, Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has also directed …

After 3 decades, Nizamsagar at full capacity in July
2 years, 5 months ago

After 3 decades, Nizamsagar at full capacity in July

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: After three decades, the Nizamsagar project reached full reservoir level as early as in July on Sunday. The century-old Nizamsagar project was constructed across river Manjeera at Banjapally village in erstwhile Nizamabad district by the Nizam government. As a result, water at the Nizamsagar project reached 1402.92 feet on Sunday as against its FRL of 1405.00 ft. Nizamsagar project …

Reservoirs near full capacity amid prediction of further downpour
2 years, 6 months ago

Reservoirs near full capacity amid prediction of further downpour

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Heavy to very heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Telangana state, especially the north Telangana districts, for the fourth consecutive day on Sunday, taking the Godavari at Bhadrachalam near the first warning level of 43 feet. All the irrigation projects in the Godavari basin received heavy inflows due to heavy rains in the state and also upstream …

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