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 …
VIJAYAWADA: Hours before the Assembly elections were to commence in Telangana state, the AP government released 2,000 cusecs of water for drinking purposes from the Nagarjunasagar dam after a face-off with Telangana officials on Thursday night. Water from the Nagarjunasagar dam, located on the border of the two Telugu states, serves the irrigation, drinking water and power needs of AP …
Vijayawada: Heavy water inflow into the Krishna river following rainfall in its catchment areas forced the Telangana authorities to open six radial crest gates of the Nagarjunasagar dam to release water downstream. G. Paramesh, the deputy executive engineer of the Telangana water resources authority, said, “We are going to lift six gates by 10 feet to discharge surplus water downstream …
Vijayawada: The Andhra Pradesh government would raise the issue of the Telangana government drawing water from Nagarjunasagar dam for hydel power generation – a violation of norms -- at the Krishna River Management Board meet on May 6. We are going to raise the issue once again at the KRMB meeting, so as to stop the drawal of water from …
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 …