Central Water Commission team inspects Nagarjuna Sagar, Srisailam projects

CWC senior engineers highlight several dam surveillance issues at NSP, including demolition of security posts during a face-off between security forces from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in 2023

Hyderabad: A team of senior engineers from the Central Water Commission (CWC) visited the Nagarjuna Sagar Project on Saturday as part of their ongoing inspections. The visit followed their assessment of the structural issues at the Srisailam Project on Friday.
Both the Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects are due for rehabilitation works. The Andhra Pradesh government has proposed repairs costing Rs 800 crore for the Srisailam Project, which is urgently in need of attention. The CWC team thoroughly examined the project’s condition and reviewed the operations conducted by the AP government.
As part of their stocktaking mission, the team also visited the Nagarjuna Sagar Project in the day. The Telangana government had previously undertaken rehabilitation works costing over Rs 100 crore during the BRS regime. However, since the Congress party assumed power in the State, maintenance of the NSP project has been neglected.
The team highlighted several dam surveillance issues, including the demolition of security posts along the dam during a face-off between security forces from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana on October 28, 2023.

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