Andhra Pradesh: Flood woes unabated in Penna as inflows rise
2 years, 4 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Flood woes unabated in Penna as inflows rise

The Hindu  

There was little relief for people living in the Penna riverine mandals as the Somasila reservoir, the lifeline of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh, continued to receive heavy inflows on Sunday. Nearly 87,000 cusecs of water was discharged from Somasila following an incessant wet spell in the catchment areas upstream, bringing over 74,000 cusecs of water to the reservoir during the period, according to a report compiled by the Water Resources Department. Water was stored in the reservoir only till 86.03% of its maximum capacity of 78 tmcft by the irrigation authorities so as to maintain a flood cushion of more than 10 tmcft. Irrigation authorities released 1,755 cusecs of water from the reservoir following an inflow of 2,700 cusecs on Sunday.

Water Reservoir  authorities  andhra  tmcft  inflows  somasila  unabated  penna  reservoir  flood  cusecs  irrigation  pradesh  water  following  rise  woes

History of this topic

KRMB suggests AP, Telangana to use water judiciously to meet needs till May-end
2 weeks, 2 days ago

KRMB suggests AP, Telangana to use water judiciously to meet needs till May-end

The Hindu  

HYDERABAD The Krishna River Management Board has suggested the two member States – Andhra Pradesh and Telangana – to utilise available water in the two common reservoirs Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar judiciously till the arrival of fresh flood as only about 60 tmcft water is available above minimum draw down level as of now. Chairman of the river board Atul Jain …

Rains: Reservoir Levels Rising in North Andhra, Alert Sounded
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rains: Reservoir Levels Rising in North Andhra, Alert Sounded

Deccan Chronicle  

Visakhapatnam: Reservoirs are attaining full capacity in North Andhra regions following heavy rains, prompting the local authorities to issue alerts to residents on Wednesday. The water level in the Tatipudi reservoir rose to 295.40 feet, nearing its full capacity of 297 feet by evening. With inflows recorded at 450 cubic feet per second, a gate was lifted to release 350 …

As Chennai braces for new rain spell, more water released from lakes
3 months ago

As Chennai braces for new rain spell, more water released from lakes

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: As new weather system may bring more rains to the city between December 16 and 18, the total quantum of discharge from reservoirs supplying water to the city has gone up by 2,000 cusecs. Water Resources Department increased the discharge from Chembarambakkam reservoir from 4,500 cusecs to 6,000 cusecs as of Saturday noon, and from Puzhal lake from 500 …

54 cm rainfall recorded in Tirunelveli, Chennai dams open flood gates
3 months ago

54 cm rainfall recorded in Tirunelveli, Chennai dams open flood gates

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu has experienced unprecedented rainfall over the past 24 hours, leading to significant water accumulation in major reservoirs and prompting flood alerts in several regions. The state witnessed heavy downpours, with Tenkasi's Ayikudi recording over 30 cm of rainfall, propelling the district from a deficit to an excess in the northeast monsoon season. In Tirunelveli district, Oothu received …

Tamil Nadu: Rains continue to lash parts of state, waterlogging in parts of Tirunelveli reported
3 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Rains continue to lash parts of state, waterlogging in parts of Tirunelveli reported

India TV News  

Widespread rains continued to lash parts of Tamil Nadu on Friday. Several areas in Thiruvannamalai, which had experienced mud slips atleast four times when Cyclone Fengal crossed the Tamil Nadu and Karaikal coast on November 30, and some parts in the southern districts, as well, were swarmed by swathes of water. Following a sudden increase in the inflows into the …

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

First flood alert issued as Poondi reservoir nears full capacity; Nagapattinam records 18 cm rainfall
3 months ago

First flood alert issued as Poondi reservoir nears full capacity; Nagapattinam records 18 cm rainfall

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Water Resources Department has issued its first flood alert after the water level in the Poondi reservoir touched 34.05 feet against its full capacity of 35 feet at 8 am on Thursday. "Rainfall in the catchment areas of the Poondi reservoir has been increasing, and the water level is expected to reach its full capacity soon. Currently, the …

Water supply from Siruvani reduced as rain subsides
3 months, 1 week ago

Water supply from Siruvani reduced as rain subsides

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: With no rainfall in the water catchment areas of Siruvani Dam in Kerala, the amount of water supplied to Coimbatore from the reservoir has reduced by 83 MLD a day. The water catchment areas of Siruvani Dam located in Palakkad of Kerala, received a good amount of rain during the onset of Northeast monsoon. However, as there has been …

Tirumala Reservoirs Replenished After Heavy Rains
3 months, 1 week ago

Tirumala Reservoirs Replenished After Heavy Rains

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: The Tirumala hill region has witnessed incessant rains over the past few days, resulting in significant inflows in its primary water reservoirs. The Papavinasanam Dam is near its FRL of 697.14 metres, with a current level of 697.00 metres and 5,192.54 lakh gallons stored out of a 5240.00 lakh gallon capacity. The Akasha Ganga Dam, slightly below its FRL …

Rain Due to Fengal Fills Up Five Dams in Tirupati
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rain Due to Fengal Fills Up Five Dams in Tirupati

Deccan Chronicle  

Tirupati: Cyclone Fengal has caused incessant rainfall over past three days on the hill town of Tirumala, leading to all its five major dams—Papavinasanam, Akasaganga, Gogarbham, Kumaradhara, and Pasupudhara—nearing their full capacity. It is currently holding 4,345 lakh gallons of water, against its full storage capacity of 5,240 lakh gallons. Gogarbham Dam has reached its full capacity of 2,833 lakh …

Tiruppur administration ascertains water adequacy in local bodies, advises full-fledged harnessing during rainfall
4 months, 1 week ago

Tiruppur administration ascertains water adequacy in local bodies, advises full-fledged harnessing during rainfall

The Hindu  

The Tiruppur administration has ascertained the adequacy of water availability in the rural parts, through eliciting feedback from the 13 panchayat unions in its jurisdiction. The Tiruppur Corporation is looking forward to deriving the utmost utility of the new fourth drinking water scheme during the summer months. The third scheme, operated and maintained by the New Tirupur Area Development Corporation …

Flood Alert: 15 Villages Along River Sathanur Face Heavy Rainfall
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Flood Alert: 15 Villages Along River Sathanur Face Heavy Rainfall

The Hindu  

Water from the Sathanur dam in Tiruvannamalai has been released for the third time this month, with a total inflow of 3,630 cusecs per second. The water has reached 114.50 feet, exceeding the dam's capacity of 119 feet. The villages along the riverbank have been issued a flood alert due to the rising water levels.

Tamil Nadu's Water Reservoirs at 64% Full, a Sign of Hope for Irrigation
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu's Water Reservoirs at 64% Full, a Sign of Hope for Irrigation

New Indian Express  

Tamil Nadu's reservoirs are at 64.11% capacity, significantly higher than last year's 35.58%. The storage level in Mettur reservoir has reached 62,140 million cubic feet, 384% higher than last year. Similarly, Bhavanisagar reservoir has 21,141 mcft of water, also showing a 210% increase from the previous year.

Heavy Rains Expected in Andhra Pradesh, Water Levels at Risk
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Heavy Rains Expected in Andhra Pradesh, Water Levels at Risk

New Indian Express  

Officials are concerned as Andhra Pradesh braces for more rains in the coming days. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rainfall in parts of the State, with storage levels of reservoirs currently high. Officials are worried that heavy inflows could be difficult to handle, especially with reservoirs already full from recent rains.

Rivers in North Andhra receiving huge inflows with incessant rains
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Vijayawada city struggles with 0.70 TMCFT of flood water
6 months, 1 week ago

Vijayawada city struggles with 0.70 TMCFT of flood water

The Hindu  

The Andhra Pradesh State Disaster Management Authority estimated that Vijayawada city has a staggering 0.70 TMCFT of stagnant flood water as on Sunday. While the flood water is receding slowly, the prediction of a fresh spell of heavy to extremely heavy rain on September 8, including in NTR district, due to yet another depression in the Bay of Bengal situated …

Vamsadhara, Nagavali receiving huge inflows from catchment areas
6 months, 1 week 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
6 months, 1 week 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 …

Water level maintained at 120 feet in Mettur
6 months, 3 weeks 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 …

Andhra Pradesh: Srisailam Reservoir Sees Steady Inflows and Outflows
7 months, 1 week 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 …

Andhra farmers unhappy with water in reservoirs, levels stand at 444.94 TMC
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra farmers unhappy with water in reservoirs, levels stand at 444.94 TMC

New Indian Express  

VIJAYAWADA: In the last week of June, the State recorded 50.2% excess rainfall than normal, and the onset of Southwest Monsoon was on time. However, things have changed since then, and on July 30, the water levels in various reservoirs stood at 444.94 TMC, which is 45.24% of FRL of 983.49 TMC. According to the data of the State Planning …

80 tmc ft of water released to Tamil Nadu so far this year, says Siddaramaiah
7 months, 2 weeks ago

80 tmc ft of water released to Tamil Nadu so far this year, says Siddaramaiah

The Hindu  

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday expressed confidence that there won’t be any dispute with Tamil Nadu with regard to the sharing of Cauvery waters this year because of good rains and all four reservoirs in the Cauvery basin reaching their full storage capacity. Shivakumar and some of his Cabinet colleagues, said 80 tmc ft water had been released to Tamil …

18 more gates of Tungabhadra Reservoir raised to release excess water
7 months, 2 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, …

Heavy rains lead to increased inflow in rivers in Krishna basin
7 months, 3 weeks 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
8 months 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 …

Inflow into Krishna basin continues to rise
8 months, 1 week ago

Inflow into Krishna basin continues to rise

The Hindu  

Inflow into the Krishna basin continued to rise after heavy rains continued in parts of Maharashtra on Thursday, though rainfall reduced in Belagavi and surrounding areas. The release from Maharashtra at the Karnataka – Maharashtra border was at the rate of 47,910 cusecs, or around 4.1 tmcft of water. Water level stood at 8.1 tmcft as against the full capacity …

Farmers in Andhra Pradesh dread plummeting water levels in reservoirs ahead of kharif
9 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 …

Water level in TN's Pillur dam rises by 3.5 feet after heavy rain
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Water level in TN's Pillur dam rises by 3.5 feet after heavy rain

New Indian Express  

COIMBATORE: In the wake of relentless rainfall, the water level in the Pillur Dam has seen a remarkable increase of 3.5 feet in just a single day, said officials. The surge in water levels in the dams, particularly the Pillur Dam, is attributed to the continuous rainfall in the dam’s catchment areas. Presently, the water level in the Pillur Dam …

Heavy rains bring copious waters to Tirumala reservoirs
1 year, 3 months ago

Heavy rains bring copious waters to Tirumala reservoirs

The Hindu  

The incessant rains that pounded Tirumala town in the past two days have brought copious amounts of water to the reservoirs in the area. Papavinasanam dam, the biggest source of drinking water in the area, is just short by two meters to reach its Full Reservoir Level of 697.14 meters and the water level at Gogarbham dam is 2,889 feet …

Hot spell, depleted storage levels in dams, precipitate misery of farmers in Tiruppur
1 year, 6 months ago

Hot spell, depleted storage levels in dams, precipitate misery of farmers in Tiruppur

The Hindu  

The current hot spell has increased the worries of farmers in Tiruppur district, as, with less than average rainfall this year, they could be staring at the eventuality of crops withering away. However, with less than average rainfall this year, and with water in the dams that serve as sources of irrigation receding, representatives of farmer welfare organisations say their …

Poor storage in reservoir, reduced flows upset farmers in Rayalaseema region
1 year, 6 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 …

Rain improves water level in Siruvani Dam
1 year, 7 months ago

Rain improves water level in Siruvani Dam

The Hindu  

The south west monsoon gained momentum with widespread rain in the Western Ghats. Pilloor reservoir, the city’s one of the major drinking water service provider, was receiving around 6,000 cusecs of water and the water level stood at 86 ft as against the Full Reservoir Level of 100 ft. As a matter of precaution, 6,000 cusecs of water was being …

Incessant Rains Bring More Flood to KLIS Barrages
1 year, 7 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 …

Rain effect: Godavari at Spate, Reservoirs Receive Huge Inflows
1 year, 7 months ago

Rain effect: Godavari at Spate, Reservoirs Receive Huge Inflows

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Heavy rains continued to lash Telangana on Thursday, inundating low-lying areas and throwing normal life out of gear, as the Godavari River was reported to be at spate in Bhadrachalam, with officials issuing the first flood warning. In the Godavari basin, Laxmi Barrage of the Kaleshwaram project received heavy inflows of over 5.53 lakh cusecs, forcing officials to lift …

Dry spell in Telangana leads to poor water inflows for dams
1 year, 8 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. …

Four districts in south Tamil Nadu face acute drinking water crisis as dams go dry
1 year, 11 months ago

Four districts in south Tamil Nadu face acute drinking water crisis as dams go dry

The Hindu  

Drinking water supply during this summer in four southern districts may be unprecedentedly erratic and give a major headache to the official machinery as storage level in Papanasam and Manimuthar dams that collectively take care of the drinking water supply in these districts has fallen sharply. Consequently, four southern districts may face acute drinking water shortagethis summer. With the storage …

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister assures support to farmers affected by Cyclone Mandous
2 years, 3 months ago

Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister assures support to farmers affected by Cyclone Mandous

The Hindu  

The YSR Congress Party government will extend hand-holding support to the farmers who have borne the brunt of Cyclone Mandous to recoup their losses, Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister Kakani Govardhan Reddy has said. Mr. Govardhan Reddy and Agriculture Joint Director Sudhakar Raju inspected some farms affected by the cyclone at Veerampalli village near Manubolu. ‘‘Seeds on 80% subsidy will be …

Heavy inflows continue in Srisailam reservoir
2 years, 5 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 …

Hagari, Vedavati see heaviest rain in 100 years
2 years, 6 months ago

Hagari, Vedavati see heaviest rain in 100 years

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Heaviest floods in the Hagari/Vedavati river for the first time in 100 years caused huge losses to farmers in the riverbed areas of Rayadurgam. TD politburo member Kaluva Srinivasulu, who visited the affected areas and interacted with the farmers, said at least 70,000 acres of agricultural fields including orchards were submerged. He alleged that a lack of timely alert …

Heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast for AP in next 24 hours
2 years, 6 months ago

Heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast for AP in next 24 hours

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Pradesh government has geared up its administration with India Meteorological Department forecasting heavy to very heavy rainfall over several parts of AP in the next 24 hours. Accordingly, out of total gross capacity at FRL of 983.48 tmc feet, current storage is 859.86 tmc feet against 802.22 tmc feet of water received as on September 9, 2021. Nagarjunasagar …

Rayalaseema witnessing heavy floods
2 years, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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, 6 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 …

More of inflows to major irrigation projects
2 years, 7 months ago

More of inflows to major irrigation projects

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: Major irrigation projects got inflows of more than 100tmc-ft water during the present rainy season than last year’s. The dam's gross storage capacity was 129.72tmc-ft and released outflows of more than a lakh cusecs the last week. On Sunday, Srisailam reservoir touched 201tmc-ft of water of 215.61tmc-ft of FRL with 1.36 lakh cusecs of inflows followed by 1.12 lakh …

Penna, the river of sorrow for Nellorians
2 years, 7 months ago

Penna, the river of sorrow for Nellorians

The Hindu  

Unsuspecting Abdul Karim, a resident of Bhagat Singh Colony in the city, was having dinner along with his wife and children when floods in Penna, the veritable ''yellow river'' of SPSR Nellore district started entering his house of all of a sudden on the fateful night of November 20. In no time the flood waters submerged most part of his …

Floods submerge fields and roads along Tunga
2 years, 7 months ago

Floods submerge fields and roads along Tunga

Deccan Chronicle  

ANANTAPUR: More than 25,000 motor pump-sets and thousands of acres adjacent to the Tungabhadra river have been submerged following heavy floods from the Tungabhadra dam and the Krishna tributary in Kurnool district. Standing crops were affected by the floods that also cut access to many localities including the urban areas in Vijayanagar and Raichur districts of Karnataka. The authorities lifted …

Srisailam reservoir filling up fast as Tungabhadra nears capacity
2 years, 7 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 …

Discover Related