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1 month, 1 week ago

Water level in Krishna to be maintained at 12 feet for operation of seaplane

Vijayawada:As AP plans to launch a seaplane from Vijayawada to Srisailam from February-March, the water level in the Krishna River at Prakasam barrage has to be maintained at a full reservoir level of 12 feet for having adequate water for the seaplane either to land or to take off from the surface of the river water at the newly set …

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Chandrababu Naidu launches seaplane services from Vijayawada to Srisailam

Hindustan Times

Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched seaplane demo flight operations on Saturday from Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada to Srisailam, news agency PTI reported. Naidu also credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for promoting seaplane operations in the southern state and said the initiative will position Andhra Pradesh at the forefront of India's water-based aviation sector. Ram Mohan Naidu and …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh to Witness First Seaplane Service in November

The Hindu

The Andhra Pradesh is set to launch its first-ever seaplane service, with the trial run likely taking place in November. The 10-seater seaplane will run from Prakasam Barrage to Srisailam, connecting the temple town to the dense Nallamalla forests in Vijayawada. The expected travel time from Vijayawada to Srisailam is 40 minutes, offering a convenient and scenic ride for tourists. …

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3 months ago

Justice will be ensured to victims in actress case: HM Vangalapudi Anitha

New Indian Express

VIJAYAWADA: Reiterating that no one will be spared in the alleged harassment case of Bollywood actress and model Kadambari Jethwani, Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha has said the State government is committed to ensuring justice to victims. Addressing the media after visiting the ongoing retrieval operation of boats stuck at the Prakasam Barrage on Tuesday, Anitha said the TDP-led NDA government …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Former CM Jagan Mohan attempted to destroy barrage says Minister Nara Lokesh

New Indian Express

VIJAYAWADA: Launching an all-out attack on former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, TDP leaders, including Human Resource Development Minister Nara Lokesh and others, accused the YSRC president of conspiring to make lakhs of people meet a watery grave by attempting to destroy the gates of Prakasam Barrage with boats. On similar lines, Jagan had tried to destroy the gates …

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3 months, 1 week ago

CM’s conspiracy charge ridiculous, says Former minister Ambati Rambabu

New Indian Express

VIJAYAWADA: Former minister Ambati Rambabu on Tuesday accused Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu of trying to divert the attention of the people from his government’s failure to handle the flood situation by politicising the boat crash at the Prakasam Barrage. He found it ridiculous that the three large boats that hit the gate of the Prakasam Barrage, was used to …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

TDP spreading falsehood on Prakasam Barrage gate damage, alleges YSRCP leader

The Hindu

Close on the heels of the Andhra Pradesh government expressing doubts over the possible sabotage in the incident in which Gate No. 69 of the Prakasam Barrage was damaged after boats rammed into the gate’s counterweights, the YSR Congress Party has alleged that the government was spreading a false narrative. “The NDA government under the leadership of Chief Minister N. …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Inquiry on into boats damaging Prakasam Barrage gate, says A.P. Home Minister Anitha

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh Home Minister V. Anitha has said an inquiry is under way to find out how the boats crashed into the gates of the Prakasam Barrage. The Water Resources Department officials had lodged a complaint with the NTR Commissionerate Police on September 6, wherein they said that nobody came forward to claim the boats so far. “When Chief Minister …

Home Minister Ms Anitha

3 months, 2 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gate no.69 of Prakasam Barrage being repaired

The Hindu

The Water Resources Department officials took up repair works on gate no.69 of the Prakasam Barrage constructed across river Krishna in Vijayawada. The counterweight of gate 69 broke when a boat from an unknown place upstream of the Barrage drifted towards the Barrage and hit the gate hard on last Monday. The officials, on Thursday, removed the counterweight of gate …

Repair Wrd Barrage 69 Gates

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Flood at Prakasam Barrage increasing; first warning issued

The Hindu

The flood waters reaching the Prakasam Barrage constructed across river Krishna in Vijayawada stood at 3.88 lakh cusecs. Long-term plan needed to increase flood discharge capacity of Prakasam Barrage, says Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan Except for four gates, all other gates of the Barrage were lifted to discharge the flood. “Both inflows and outflows at Nagarjuna Sagar Project were 2.99 …

Flood Project Lakh Gates Wrd Cusecs Barrage

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Long-term plan needed to increase flood discharge capacity of Prakasam Barrage, says Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan

The Hindu

Union Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Shivraj Singh Chouhan stressed the need for long-term planning to tackle more severe floods likely to be caused by the Krishna River at Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada in the future, given the perilous situation which the city has gone through in a span of 48 hours. The Central team, which is currently on …

Flood State Naidu Union Minister Chouhan Prakasam Barrage

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Repairs to Prakasam Barrage gates taken up

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Repair works to two damaged crest gates of Prakasam Barrage are being taken up as the flood water in Krishna river at the barrage has come down with a discharge of just 1.35 lakh cusecs at 6 pm on Thursday. The counterweights of two crest gates got damaged recently as four sand boats hit the barrage. Water resources department …

Gates Barrage

3 months, 2 weeks ago

Damage to Prakasam Barrage gate not on a scale that is feared: Kannaiah Naidu

The Hindu

The Water Resources Department officials, who had taken up repairs to the Prakasam Barrage’s crest gate no. The repair of the damaged portions near gate numbers 67, 68 and 69 was being carried out by BEKEM Infra Projects Pvt. Krishna Rao, Central Design Organisation Dam Safety Chief Engineer Thota Ratna Kumar, and CDO EE Vijayasarathi were with him. Of the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Prakasam Barrage gate 69 would be repaired in a day or two: Nimmala Ramanaidu

The Hindu

Minister for Water Resources Nimmala Ramanaidu has stated that Gate 69 of Prakasam Barrage, constructed across river Krishna in Vijayawada, would be repaired in a day or two. The Minister along with the engineering expert and Government Advisor Kannaiah Naidu inspected Gate 69 which was damaged after three docked boats washed down from the upstream hit the Barrage gate strongly. …

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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. …

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3 months, 4 weeks ago

Undavalli water plant to run 24/7

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: Commissioner of Guntur Municipal Corporation Puli Srinivasulu on Sunday ordered engineering officials to keep the Undavalli Raw Water Pump House running throughout the day to ensure adequate drinking water supply to Guntur city. Srinivasulu inspected the raw water supply plant and reservoirs in Undavalli on the banks of Krishna river adjacent to Prakasam Barrage and issued instructions to the …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

Lower storage level in Krishna may delay water release for kharif operations in delta

The Hindu

The release of water for kharif operations may be delayed this year as the storage available at Punlichintala and the Prakasam Barrage on the Krishna River is not adequate for the purpose. However, such possibilities this year appear remote as the water level in the Krishna has fallen below the dead storage level at the Pulichintala project, and the water …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Under a dry spell

The Hindu

Covering her face with the ends of her blue saree, 65-year-old Chilaka Bhukya Bhai steps out of her home on a sweltering Monday morning, a walking stick in one hand and a large steel pot in another. A former sarpanch of the village, Bareddy Venkateswara Reddy, 57, who earned national recognition for promoting the theme of ‘Water sufficiency and clean …

Water Scarcity Drinking State Prakasam Department Village Pradesh

8 months ago

Water to Be Released from Prakasam Barrage till April 29

Deccan Chronicle

Vijayawada: To improve the drinking water supply during summer, government Chief Secretary Dr. K.S. Jawahar Reddy on Monday said that the water would be released from Prakasam Barrage through canals till April 29 and from Nagarjuna Sagar Right Main Canal till April 25. Dr Jawahar Reddy stated that the water release for the canals being extended to fill all the …

Water Drinking Prakasam Tanks Jawahar Reddy

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Drinking water to be released from Prakasam Barrage to Krishna district from April 4

The Hindu

Krishna District Collector P. Rajababu said that water will be released to the canals from Prakasam Barrage on April 4, while instructing officials to take steps to fill all drinking water ponds in the district. At a meeting with the officials in Machilipatnam on Tuesday, Mr. Rajababu asked them to implement the summer action plan to prevent drinking water problems …

Water Drinking Water Collector Rajababu

11 months ago

Colonies in Vijayawada face drinking water woes as inflows into Krishna at Prakasam Barrage fall

The Hindu

The residents living in Gunadala area of the city have been facing problems related to the supply of drinking water for the last four days. They complain that the water supply from the Krishna river to many colonies have been disrupted, while the officials say that the situation may continue for a few days more as the water level in …

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2 years ago

Mandous wreaks havoc; 1 dead, 7 missing, 17 livestock lost in AP

Deccan Chronicle

Tirupati: One person got electrocuted to death in Nellore district, seven fishermen from Prakasam district are missing and 17 animals have got washed away in Tirupati district as Cyclone Mandous swept through south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Saturday. Ambedkar disclosed that rainfall from Friday night to 8:30 a.m. on Saturday has been 23.3 mm in Annamaiah district, 30.5 mm in …

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2 years, 4 months ago

Services, sacrifices of Prakasam Pantulu recalled

Deccan Chronicle

VIJAYAWADA: People of the state led by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy paid floral tributes to Andhra Kesari Prakasam Pantulu, freedom fighter and first chief minister of Andhra state on his birth anniversary on Tuesday. Tributes were also paid at YSR Congress Party central office in Tadepalli, among others, by MLA Malladi Vishnu, MLC Lella Appi Reddy, executive vice …

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Water level in Krishna to be maintained at 12 feet for operation of seaplane

Chandrababu Naidu launches seaplane services from Vijayawada to Srisailam

Andhra Pradesh to Witness First Seaplane Service in November

Justice will be ensured to victims in actress case: HM Vangalapudi Anitha

Former CM Jagan Mohan attempted to destroy barrage says Minister Nara Lokesh

CM’s conspiracy charge ridiculous, says Former minister Ambati Rambabu

TDP spreading falsehood on Prakasam Barrage gate damage, alleges YSRCP leader

Inquiry on into boats damaging Prakasam Barrage gate, says A.P. Home Minister Anitha

Vijayawada city struggles with 0.70 TMCFT of flood water

Gate no.69 of Prakasam Barrage being repaired

Flood at Prakasam Barrage increasing; first warning issued

Long-term plan needed to increase flood discharge capacity of Prakasam Barrage, says Union Minister Shivraj Chouhan

Repairs to Prakasam Barrage gates taken up

Damage to Prakasam Barrage gate not on a scale that is feared: Kannaiah Naidu

Prakasam Barrage gate 69 would be repaired in a day or two: Nimmala Ramanaidu

Andhra Pradesh: High Flood Alert at Prakasam Barrage

Undavalli water plant to run 24/7

Lower storage level in Krishna may delay water release for kharif operations in delta

Under a dry spell

Water to Be Released from Prakasam Barrage till April 29

Drinking water to be released from Prakasam Barrage to Krishna district from April 4

Colonies in Vijayawada face drinking water woes as inflows into Krishna at Prakasam Barrage fall

Mandous wreaks havoc; 1 dead, 7 missing, 17 livestock lost in AP

Services, sacrifices of Prakasam Pantulu recalled