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The NDSA team visited both Naragurjuna Sagar and the Srisailam projects in February this year to conduct safety inspection of the project structures.

The CWC’s analysis also indicated a week-on-week decrease in storage levels, affecting not only the southern region but also the nation as a whole.

The State government has written to the CWC to initiate immediate steps to address the concerns raised by it over the impact of the Polavaram Project backwaters.

The Yamuna broke a 45-year-old record by reaching its peak level at 208.65 meters on July 13.

The presentation given by the project authority has focused duly on the cost of environmental damage calculated as desired by the EAC adhering to the standard operating guidelines

The CWC team is likely to visit SRSP on July 29 and will make recommendations for dam rehabilitation if needed after taking stock of its present status

The State Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar wrote to the CEO of the Polavarm project as well as the CWC insisting on the need to keep all the 48 gates of the project and sluices open all through the water year

The water level of Yamuna crossed the danger mark as it reached the mark of 205.33 meters. It was 206.56 metres at 7.00 am on Monday.

Over the past four to five days, there have been slight variations in the water level due to rainfall in the upper catchment areas, mainly in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The consequences of the floods have been devastating, with over 27,000 people evacuated from their homes.

Six districts in the city have been affected and Delhi government has set up relief camps at several places in these six districts.

State government urged the Central Water Commission to direct the concerned to commence the survey with or without the involvement of AP

State government is ready with the detailed project report on the proposed barrage on Wardha River benefiting farmers in the erstwhile Adilabad

CWC held a meeting in New Delhi to discuss the effects on the backwaters of Godavari River due to the construction of Polavaram Project

GRMB officials wrote a letter to CWC, in which it has expressed 'satisfaction' over the DPR of the two projects and has reportedly given its consent

The CWC has asked the Andhra Pradesh government to cooperate with the joint survey.

Central Water Commission (CWC) has agreed to conduct a fresh joint study on the anomaly between the CWC-projected effect and the actual flood observed.

Hyderabad: Barring Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) in Mahabubnagar district, the inflows into half a dozen projects in Krishna basin were dipping since the rains lashing in the last few days started receding. The dip in inflows brought much needed relief to officials who were on their toes because of incessant rains since July. In its […]

Hyderabad: Trolling by supporters of BJP appears to have prompted the Central Water Commission (CWC) to remove a tweet endorsing a statement made by union Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad in Parliament on Monday, saying loans for Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) were given as per the norms laid down by the Reserve […]

Hyderabad: Telangana has made it clear to the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) that the status of approvals for the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator (PHR), Srisailam Right Main Canal (SRMC) and Banakacherla cross regulators given by the Central Water Commission (CWC) is required to be known. In a letter to the board’s chairman, Telangana Irrigation and […]