"almatti"

The Krishna catchment in Maharashtra and Karnataka continued to receive heavy rains and the inflows into the Upper Krishna projects right from Almatti remained on the rise.

The Karnataka government responded positively to the request made by the State after assessing it own water requirement for the next three months.

Karnataka state had supported TS with emergency releases in 2019 and even before, they said.

Speaking to the media here, Sukender Reddy said the State government had declared a crop holiday for the ayacut of the left canal of Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) for the Yasangi crop season due to the drastically dip in water levels in the project.