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Krishna Tribunal cross-examines Andhra Pradesh witness for second day
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Krishna Tribunal cross-examines Andhra Pradesh witness for second day

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh witness and irrigation expert Anil Kumar Goyal was cross-examined, by Telangana’s senior advocate V Ravinder Rao, before Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal-II for the second day on Friday. Anil Kumar admitted that there is an intermediate yield of 53 tmcft in downstream between Pulichintala reservoir and Prakasam barrage. He said that AP’s Guntur Channel and Vykuntapuram Pumping Scheme …

Tribunal Krishna Pradesh Witness
Flood at Prakasam Barrage increasing; first warning issued
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
Lower storage level in Krishna may delay water release for kharif operations in delta
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 …

Prakasam Krishna Level Delta Water Release Godavari Barrage
Farmers in Andhra Pradesh dread plummeting water levels in reservoirs ahead of kharif
6 months, 3 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 Farmers Storage Project State Capacity Krishna
YSRC government to use Pattiseema for second time
1 year, 5 months ago

YSRC government to use Pattiseema for second time

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: Water resources minister Ambati Rambabu has said that the state government aims to store Krishna waters at the Pulichintala Project for future needs. Hence it was decided to lift the Godavari's surplus water from the Pattiseema project to the Krishna river, he said. “There is no alternative to supply sufficient irrigation water to the Krishna Delta and hence it …

Water Project Krishna Godavari Pulichintala Pattiseema Pattiseema Li
Seismic recording system at Pulichintala project defunct, fails to record tremor
1 year, 10 months ago

Seismic recording system at Pulichintala project defunct, fails to record tremor

Deccan Chronicle  

VIJAYAWADA: The seismic activity recording instrument at Pulichintala irrigation project across River Krishna has been found to be defective. Water resources authorities maintain that, based on a report from National Geophysical Research Institute, the intensity of the tremor recorded at the project was only 2.0 magnitude on the Richter scale. Though the Pulichintala project is having an built seismic instrumentation …

Impact Project Magnitude Pulichintala Tremor Seismic Record
AP writes to KRMB to ask TS not to draw water for power generation from Sagar project
2 years, 8 months ago

AP writes to KRMB to ask TS not to draw water for power generation from Sagar project

Deccan Chronicle  

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 …

Water Project Sagar Pulichintala Krmb Nagarjunasagar Sagar Project
CJI Recuses Himself After Andhra Says No to Mediation for Settling Krishna River Water Dispute With Telangana
3 years, 4 months ago

CJI Recuses Himself After Andhra Says No to Mediation for Settling Krishna River Water Dispute With Telangana

News 18  

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana Wednesday recused himself from hearing Andhra Pradesh's plea after it said "no" to the Supreme Court's suggestion to go for mediation over dispute with Telangana which has allegedly deprived the state of its legitimate share of drinking and irrigation water from the Krishna river. In July, Andhra Pradesh government had moved the top …

Mediation Telangana State Centre Bench Pradesh Krishna
Constitutional Duty Of State Is To Protect Devotees' Faith, Prevent Ill-Feelings Among Them For Non-Performing Of Daily Pujas: AP High Court
3 years, 5 months ago

Constitutional Duty Of State Is To Protect Devotees' Faith, Prevent Ill-Feelings Among Them For Non-Performing Of Daily Pujas: AP High Court

Live Law  

The Andhra Pradesh High Court recently observed that it is the constitutional duty of the State to protect the faith of the devotees, to prevent ill-feelings among them for non-performing daily pujas and Nitya nivedyam. However, during 2019 floods, the Pulichintala project backwaters entered into the temple premises due to leakage and seepage of water from the protection wall. Thus, …

Protection Court Water State Temple Protect Prevent