Tungabhadra Dam Officials Issue High Alert amid Heavy Flood Inflows
5 months ago

Tungabhadra Dam Officials Issue High Alert amid Heavy Flood Inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The Tungabhadra dam authorities issued a high alert for low lying areas following heavy floods from upstream Western Ghats on Sunday. The inflows had risen in the past four days as the Tungabhadra reservoir recorded 74.58tmc-ft level as against its total capacity of 105.78tmc-ft. On Sunday, TB dam received 1.12 lakh cusecs of inflows, double of the 10-year average. The Almatti dam authorities were releasing 1 lakh cusecs as outflows towards Srisailam and the connecting reservoirs following constant inflows of 87,217 cusecs. As a result, the Jurala project was discharging 84,444 cusecs as outflows towards downstream and Narayanpur reservoir released outflows of 1.08 lakh cusecs due to constant floods.

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Flood alert issued as Tamil Nadu's Poondi reservoir nears full capacity
1 week, 5 days ago

Flood alert issued as Tamil Nadu's Poondi reservoir nears full capacity

India Today  

Heavy rain in Chennai and surrounding districts has filled reservoirs to their maximum levels, prompting authorities to issue a flood alert. The Water Resources Department has released 1,000 cucuses of water from the Poondi reservoir into the Kosasthalaiyar River as a precaution. On Thursday morning, Poondi reservoir’s water level stood at 34.05 feet, just one foot shy of its full …

Mamata Banerjee calls floods ‘man-made’, says water released to put Bengal in ‘trouble’
3 months ago

Mamata Banerjee calls floods ‘man-made’, says water released to put Bengal in ‘trouble’

The Hindu  

Terming the floods in southern Bengal “man-made”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the release of water from the dams of the Damodar Valley Corporation was “pre-meditated and done to put West Bengal in trouble just to save their own State from flooding.” “This much water was never released before. I am tired of telling them time and again.” Moloy Ghatak, …

Tungabhadra Dam Nears Full Capacity Amid Heavy Rainfall
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tungabhadra Dam Nears Full Capacity Amid Heavy Rainfall

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The Tungabhadra Dam continues to experience heavy inflows due to substantial rainfall in the upstream Krishna Basin, maintaining a steady storage level of 101.77 TMC ft for the past five days. The Tungabhadra Dam has accumulated 331.34 TMC ft of water this rainy season, a significant increase compared to last year's 100 TMC ft. High Level Main Canal Superintendent …

Rivers in North Andhra receiving huge inflows with incessant rains
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rivers in North Andhra receiving huge inflows with incessant rains

The Hindu  

Many rivers of the North Andhra region have been receiving huge inflows for the last three days with incessant rains in their catchment areas located in A.P.-Odisha border. Madduvalasa reservoir received 12,066 cusecs and it was discharged immediately after alerting people living in low-lying areas. Minister for MSME Kondapalli Srinivas reviewed the flood situation and directed the Collector and SP …

Vamsadhara, Nagavali receiving huge inflows from catchment areas
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Vamsadhara, Nagavali receiving huge inflows from catchment areas

The Hindu  

Vamsadhara, Nagavali and other rivers received huge inflows on Sunday, with incessant rains in their catchment areas for the last few days. According to official data, the Gotta barrage constructed on the Vamsadhara river received 7220 cusecs of water and the irrigation officials released 6928 cusecs as inflows were expected to be more for the next couple of days. As …

9.93 lakh cusecs of water discharged from Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh
3 months, 2 weeks ago

9.93 lakh cusecs of water discharged from Polavaram project in Andhra Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Polavaram irrigation project in Eluru district of Andhra Pradesh is receiving heavy inflows from the upstream areas as the Godavari River has been in spate for the last three days. The Water Resources Department officials discharged 8,33,922 cusecs of flood from the Polavaram project by 6 p.m. on September 5. The Water Resources Department officials said that the flood …

Heavy Inflow of Water Recorded in Major Irrigation Projects
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Heavy Inflow of Water Recorded in Major Irrigation Projects

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar:Heavy inflow of water was recorded in several minor and major irrigation projects in united Karimnagar and Warangal districts on Wednesday. The water storage level at present in MMD was recorded at 21.53 tmcs against its full capacity of 27.55 tmcs of water. In three major barrages of the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme project which include Lakshmi barrage at Jayashankar …

Andhra Pradesh: High Flood Alert at Prakasam Barrage
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh: High Flood Alert at Prakasam Barrage

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: The Krishna river is in spate as over 9.94 lakh cusecs of water is being discharged from Prakasam barrage downstream into the sea here at 10 pm on Monday. The water resources authorities said they were getting an inflow of 9.94 lakh cusecs of water from upstream projects forcing them to lift all 70 gates to release water downstream. …

Inflow into Mettur dam increases
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Inflow into Mettur dam increases

The Hindu  

Water level in Mettur dam stood at 115.82 feet against its full capacity of 120 feet on Sunday. Officials attached to the Water Resources Department said that following rain in catchment areas and water discharged from Karnataka dams, over 25,000 cusecs of water reached Biligundlu on Sunday and that water will reach Mettur dam by night and inflow will further …

Enhanced Storage at Tungabhadra Dam Even As Inflows Reduce
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Enhanced Storage at Tungabhadra Dam Even As Inflows Reduce

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: Even as inflows have reduced, the Tungabhadra dam recorded an enhanced storage at 86.88tmc-ft on Monday as against the gross storage capacity of 105tmc-ft. The dam got 12tmc-ft of additional storage along with outflows of 10.075 cusecs towards the HLMC, LLC and other distributor canals in AP and Karnataka.Dam engineers said the total yield the present season was 298tmc-ft …

31,000 cusecs water released from Khadakwasla dam
3 months, 4 weeks ago

31,000 cusecs water released from Khadakwasla dam

Hindustan Times  

Pune: As rainfall activities picked up again in Pune district, the ghat section and catchment areas of Khadakwasla Dam received incessant downpour since Friday night prompting the irrigation department to release 31,515 cusecs of water from the dam. People try to move a car stuck in a waterlogged area after irrigation department released 31,515 cusecs of water from Khadakwasla Dam …

TB dam water storage increases by seven TMC Ft after crest gate repairs
4 months ago

TB dam water storage increases by seven TMC Ft after crest gate repairs

New Indian Express  

HOSAPETE : In a good news to farmers in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, in the last three days, more than 7 tmc ft of water was stored at the Kalyana Karnataka’ lifeline dam Tungabhadra. After successfully installing five stoplogs to the broken crest gate no 19 by experts led by noted retired engineer in hydro mechanical engineering for dams …

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur
4 months ago

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur

The Hindu  

The water level in the Stanley Reservoir continues to be maintained at its full reservoir level of 120 feet as the entire inflow of 12,500 cusecs continued to be discharged for irrigation here on Wednesday. At 8 a.m., the water and storage levels were at full capacity, measuring 120 feet and 93.47 tmc ft respectively. Meanwhile in Erode, water level …

No time for politics on Tungabhadra dam, Guwahati floods
4 months, 1 week ago

No time for politics on Tungabhadra dam, Guwahati floods

New Indian Express  

A sluice gate of the Tungabhadra dam in Karnataka’s Koppal district was washed away last week, leading to a flood alert and opening the floodgates of blame politics. The opposition BJP and JDS went after the Congress government for its “negligence” and accused Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar of being “too busy working for the Gandhis” to worry about …

AP: Minister warns people after Tungabhadra Dam gate gets washed away
4 months, 1 week ago

AP: Minister warns people after Tungabhadra Dam gate gets washed away

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Water resources minister Nimmala Ramanaidu on Sunday asked people of four mandals – Kouthalam, Kosgi, Nandamuru and Mantralayam – to be alert after one gate of the Tungabhadra Dam got washed away. He asked people to protect themselves by cooperating with officials The minister said following discussions with Karnataka state, where the TD dam is located, an engineering expert …

Flood alert sounded in downstream of Tungabhadra dam
4 months, 1 week ago

Flood alert sounded in downstream of Tungabhadra dam

Deccan Chronicle  

A flood alert has been sounded in the downstream of Pampa Sagar dam on Tungabhadra river here in Koppal after the chain of the 19th crust gate broke, leading to the release of huge amount of water.Sources in the water resource department said that they would require to empty the reservoir from the existing capacity of 105 TMC to 65 …

Karnataka: Tungabhadra Dam gate washes away after chain link breaks, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh at high alert
4 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka: Tungabhadra Dam gate washes away after chain link breaks, neighbouring Andhra Pradesh at high alert

India TV News  

The gate of the Pampa Sagar dam on the Tungabhadra River washed away on the night of Saturday due to the breaking of the chainlink, prompting the authorities to issue a flood alert for the nearby areas, especially in Andhra Pradesh. To carry out the repair work, the sources in the water resource department said, it would be required to …

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 …

Mamata Banerjee urges Hemant Soren to monitor the water release from Jharkhand dams causing floods in southern Bengal
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mamata Banerjee urges Hemant Soren to monitor the water release from Jharkhand dams causing floods in southern Bengal

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held talks with her Jharkhand counterpart Hemant Soren on Sunday to discuss the excessive water flow from the Damodar Valley Corporation dams in Jharkhand, which is causing a flood-like situation in many parts of southern Bengal. When the Tenughat dam, which is managed by the Jharkhand government, releases water, pressure also increases on the …

1.6L cusecs released from Mukkombu, Tiruchy on alert
4 months, 3 weeks ago

1.6L cusecs released from Mukkombu, Tiruchy on alert

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY: With the quantum of discharge from the Mettur dam increased to 1.75 lakh cusecs on Thursday evening, the excess water at the Mukkombu barrage in Tiruchy has been released into the Kollidam and Cauvery rivers at a rate of 98,120 cusecs and 34,611 cusecs respectively. With the inflow expected to rise by another 40,000 cusecs by night, excess water …

Nine villages in Karnataka inundated due to overflowing rivers
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nine villages in Karnataka inundated due to overflowing rivers

Hindustan Times  

Following the release of water from the KRS and Kabini dams, the overflowing of Cauvery and Kabini Rivers has led to severe flooding in nine villages of southern Karnataka on Thursday, said officials familiar with the matter. Rescue officials help stranded people in the flooded Uttara Kannada district on Thursday The nine flooded villages include Dasanpur, Harale, Agrahara, Hale Hampapur, …

Nearly one lakh cusecs of water diverted in Kollidam
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Nearly one lakh cusecs of water diverted in Kollidam

The Hindu  

Nearly one lakh cubic feet per second of water was diverted into the Kollidam from Upper Anicut near Tiruchi on Thursday in the wake of heavy discharge of water into the Cauvery from Karnataka and Mettur. The heavy discharge triggered some anxious moments for the Water Resources Department as the Kollidam river bund suffered erosions at a couple of vulnerable …

Tamil Nadu: Mettur dam level crosses 118 ft, 23K cusecs water released
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu: Mettur dam level crosses 118 ft, 23K cusecs water released

New Indian Express  

SALEM/DHAMAPURI: As water level in Mettur dam crossed 118.410 feet at 8 pm on Monday, authorities increased the discharge for delta irrigation from 12,000 cusecs from Sunday evening to 23,000 cusecs. An official said, “As the water level kept rising significantly, we increased discharge volume to 20,000 cusecs on Monday morning. It was further increased to 23,000 cusecs in the …

18 more gates of Tungabhadra Reservoir raised to release excess water
4 months, 4 weeks ago

18 more gates of Tungabhadra Reservoir raised to release excess water

The Hindu  

A day after raising 10 slipway gates of the Tungabhadra Reservoir by a foot to release around 20,000 cusecs of water into the river course, the authorities of Irrigation Central Zone of Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Limited on Thursday opened 18 more gates to release around 71,000 cusecs of excess water. Inflow into the Tungabhadra Reservoir was over 90,000 cusecs, …

12 gates of Jurala Project opened to release 86,679 cusecs downstream
5 months ago

12 gates of Jurala Project opened to release 86,679 cusecs downstream

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Twelve gates of Priyadarshini Jurala Project in erstwhile Mahbubnagar district were opened on Saturday to release flood water downstream to reach Srisailam dam. The officials of Irrigation department are releasing as many as 86,679 cusecs of water from the project and it water release might further increase by Sunday as the gates of Narayanpur reservoir in the upstream areas …

As Tungabhadra reservoir fills up, people downstream warned to keep safe distance
5 months ago

As Tungabhadra reservoir fills up, people downstream warned to keep safe distance

The Hindu  

Owing to heavy rainfall in its catchment areas, especially in the Western Ghats in Karnataka, the Tungabhadra reservoir near Hosapet in Vijayanagara district has received over 61 tmcft of water in the last 20 days. The reservoir received over 36 tmcft of water in the last seven days, and 18 tmcft in the last three days owing to heavy rainfall. …

Heavy rains lead to increased inflow in rivers in Krishna basin
5 months ago

Heavy rains lead to increased inflow in rivers in Krishna basin

The Hindu  

Heavy rains in Maharashtra and parts of western Karnataka led to increased inflows into the rivers in the Krishna basin on Wednesday. A total of around 25 tmcft of water flowed into the four reservoirs — Hippargi, Alamatti, Narayapur and Tungabhadra on Wednesday, officials said. DC visits villages Water levels were rising in Belagavi district, but there was no immediate …

Andhra Pradesh: Godavari rising steadily; 80,000 cusecs of water going into sea
5 months, 1 week ago

Andhra Pradesh: Godavari rising steadily; 80,000 cusecs of water going into sea

Deccan Chronicle  

Water level in River Godavari is rising steadily despite Sir Arthur Cotton barrage at Dowleswaram discharging nearly 80,000 cusecs of water downstream into the sea.The muddy water flowing in the river from Godavari’s catchment area upstream and also locally drew people’s attention. Snakes and dead human bodies could be seen flowing along with the current of the river water.Water resources …

‘Water discharged from KRS is for Bengaluru, not Tamil Nadu’, say dam authorities
9 months, 1 week ago

‘Water discharged from KRS is for Bengaluru, not Tamil Nadu’, say dam authorities

The Hindu  

The Irrigation Department and KRS Modernisation and Medium Irrigation Project Circle at Mandya have refuted reports that Karnataka was releasing water from KRS to Tamil Nadu even as Bengaluru was reeling under a severe water crisis. The authorities said in a release that 4,780 cusecs was discharged from KRS on Saturday to replenish the Shiva Balancing Reservoir at Malavalli from …

Tungabhadra Dam to reduce allocations by Nov. 10; cut in allocations
1 year, 2 months ago

Tungabhadra Dam to reduce allocations by Nov. 10; cut in allocations

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: The TB dam authorities have decided to stop water release by November 10 following a cut in allocations due to poor storage and an ever-worse situation during the past decade. During the 2nd water committee meeting held at the superintendent engineers’ level at Tungabhadra dam in Hospet, the abstraction of water estimated as per available inflows to the dam …

Will continue to release excess water for 4-5 days, says BBMB officials
1 year, 4 months ago

Will continue to release excess water for 4-5 days, says BBMB officials

Hindustan Times  

Due to the heavy rainfall in the catchment areas of neighbouring Himachal Pradesh, the Pong Dam on the Beas river and Bhakra-Nangal Dam on the Sutlej continued to receive heavy inflow on Wednesday, posing a threat to districts downstream in Punjab. Bhakra Dam received inflow of 45,509 cusecs and 68,844 cusecs of water was released on Wednesday as the water …

Incessant Rains Bring More Flood to KLIS Barrages
1 year, 5 months ago

Incessant Rains Bring More Flood to KLIS Barrages

Deccan Chronicle  

Warangal: High volume inflows were recorded with a rising trend at several minor and major irrigation projects in erstwhile Warangal and Karimnagar districts on Saturday with the upper catchment areas have been lashed by the incessant rains for the past few days due to the cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal. The officials will announce the first level warning …

Himachal floods: BBMB releases 10,000 cusecs of water from Pong Dam into Beas river
1 year, 5 months ago

Himachal floods: BBMB releases 10,000 cusecs of water from Pong Dam into Beas river

Hindustan Times  

The Bhakra Beas Management Board on Wednesday released 10,000 cusecs of water from Pong Dam into the Beas river to offset the surplus inflow into the reservoir. Locals walk along the eroded riverbank damaged by the swollen Beas river following heavy monsoon rains in Himachal Pradesh. Upstream of the dam, however, the river is still receiving around 80,000 cusecs of …

Worst Storage Situation in 10 Years for AP Irrigation Projects Due to Less Rainfall
1 year, 6 months ago

Worst Storage Situation in 10 Years for AP Irrigation Projects Due to Less Rainfall

Deccan Chronicle  

Anatapur: Major irrigation projects faced the worst situation in 10 years this season with levels of storage remaining low after the Southwest Monsoon lashed the state for the past three weeks. Tungabhadra reservoir, an interstate project, a major source for AP, Karnataka and parts of Telangana, has been witnessing dry conditions with only 4.20tmc of dead storage in the reservoir …

14 villages on alert as Sathanur dam nears full capacity in TN
2 years ago

14 villages on alert as Sathanur dam nears full capacity in TN

New Indian Express  

TIRUVANNAMALAI: Around 14 villages received a flood alert as Sathanur dam almost reached its full storage capacity of 7,321 million cubic feet. According to the Water Resources Department, the storage level reached 6,875 mcft at 10 am, and the outflow was 6,365 cusecs. The 14 villages -- Kolamanjanur, Thiruvadathanur, Puthur Chekkadi, Edathanur, Rayandapuram, Agarampallipattu, Olagalapadi, M Puthur, Kil Ravanthavadi, Thondamanur, …

Rayalaseema projects witnessing heavy flows
2 years, 2 months ago

Rayalaseema projects witnessing heavy flows

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: A peculiar situation prevails at projects of Rayalaseema following heavy flows locally, even as upstream projects are discharging less quantity of outflows from downstream into Krishna and Pennar basins. The situation has been brought up by constant overflowing of channels connecting to Chitravati, Pennar and Tungabhadra rivers and big irrigation tanks overflowing, disrupting traffic and cutting road connectivity to …

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 …

Rayalaseema witnessing heavy floods
2 years, 3 months ago

Rayalaseema witnessing heavy floods

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Rivers and reservoirs within Rayalaseema are flowing at dangerous levels, with many low-lying areas going underwater. Srisailam, the tail end project within Krishna basin in Andhra Pradesh, is already full, having reached its gross storage capacity. Even though Tungabhadra has reduced its outflows to 35,125 cusecs, local rains are adding to heavy inflows in Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers till …

Andhra Pradesh: 19,000 cusecs of water discharged from Somasila reservoir
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: 19,000 cusecs of water discharged from Somasila reservoir

The Hindu  

More than 19,000 cusecs of water was discharged from the Somasila reservoir downstream the Penna as incessant rains lashed the catchment areas on Friday. Anticipating flash floods, the Nellore district administration alerted the people living on the banks of the swollen Penna not to venture into the river. The irrigation authorities maintained a flood cushion of 6.17 tmc ft as …

Fresh flood threat as Krishna, Penna rivers swollen in AP
2 years, 3 months ago

Fresh flood threat as Krishna, Penna rivers swollen in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

AMARAVATI: Incessant rains for the past few days in the upper catchment areas of Karnataka have left the major rivers in Andhra Pradesh swollen, causing a fresh round of floods in the Krishna and Penna basins. With the two major reservoirs, –Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar, filled to the brim, over 3.67 lakh cusecs of floodwater is being discharged in river …

Andhra Pradesh: Flood alert sounded in Nellore dist. as Somasila reservoir fills to the brim
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Flood alert sounded in Nellore dist. as Somasila reservoir fills to the brim

The Hindu  

A flood alert was sounded in SPSR Nellore district as the Somasila reservoir, the lifeline of the district, was brimming with water in the wake of incessant rains lashing different parts of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday. 15000 cusecs released Anticipating heavy inflows following continuous downpour in the catchment areas, 15,000 cusecs of water was released from the reservoir …

Huge inflows to reservoirs, tanks overflowing after two decades
2 years, 3 months ago

Huge inflows to reservoirs, tanks overflowing after two decades

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: The heavy rains here and upstream parts of Krishna and Pennar basins resulted in huge inflows to the reservoirs. The Srisailam reservoir continued with heavy inflows from downstream areas of Krishna basin from Karnataka areas with inflows of 2.08 lakh cusecs and outflows of 1.58 lakh cusecs. The heavy outflow from Srisailam reached Nagarjuna Sagar with 3.14 lakh cusecs …

Odisha prepares to deal with 'medium flood' in Mahanadi basin
2 years, 4 months ago

Odisha prepares to deal with 'medium flood' in Mahanadi basin

Firstpost  

The Mahanadi river and its tributaries are constantly swelling up with heavy rainfall increasing the water level at the Hirakud dam to 620.12 feet, just 10 feet less than the reservoir’s full capacity, 630 feet Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government is gearing up its preparation to deal with a ‘medium flood’ in the Mahanadi river basin even as several areas across …

Srisailam continues to receive heavy inflows
2 years, 4 months ago

Srisailam continues to receive heavy inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Srisailam Reservoir is continuing to receive heavy floods from upstream Krishna basin even as dam is at the level of 884.42 feet against the full reservoir level of 885 feet on Saturday. As a result, authorities are releasing 4.54 lakh cusecs of water from the dam even though the inflows are about 4.31 lakh cusecs. The rise in inflows …

Second warning issued as Godavari flood surge continues in AP
2 years, 4 months ago

Second warning issued as Godavari flood surge continues in AP

Deccan Chronicle  

AMARAVATI: The second warning signal has been raised at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram as the flood flow in river Godavari rose to 13.19 lakh cusecs on Thursday morning. State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar said Collectors of the respective districts have been put on alert in view of the increase in the flood. …

Second Warning Issued as Godavari Flood Surge Continues in AP; NDRF and SDRF Teams on Alert
2 years, 4 months ago

Second Warning Issued as Godavari Flood Surge Continues in AP; NDRF and SDRF Teams on Alert

News 18  

The second warning signal has been raised at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage at Dowaleswaram near Rajamahendravaram as the flood flow in river Godavari rose to 13.19 lakh cusecs on Thursday morning. State Disaster Management Authority Managing Director B R Ambedkar said collectors of the respective districts have been put on alert in view of the increase in the flood. The …

Officials say there is no threat of floods
2 years, 4 months ago

Officials say there is no threat of floods

The Hindu  

Some districts of North Karnataka have been receiving heavy rainfall for three days now. Irrigation officials increased the outflow from the Alamatti Dam to over one lakh cusecs by Monday evening, due to increased inflow. “Almatti outflow was increased to create a cushion for the inflow that included water discharge from Maharashtra of 57,000 cusecs and heavy rainfall in the …

AP rules out fresh survey on Polavaram for ‘backwater effect’ at 50 L cusecs
2 years, 4 months ago

AP rules out fresh survey on Polavaram for ‘backwater effect’ at 50 L cusecs

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: As the Telangana government raises its concern over the ‘backwater effect’ due to the implementation of the Polavaram project on Bhadrachalam and at others places, Andhra Pradesh says there is no scope for a fresh survey. “Three surveys have been already held based on directions from the Central Water Commission and there is no need for a fresh survey …

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