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Heavy rains across Telangana and upstream catchments have sharply increased inflows into major reservoirs on the Godavari and Krishna rivers. Heavy inflows pushed the Godavari to 48 ft at Bhadrachalam by Friday evening, forcing authorities to issue a second warning and release 11.44 lakh cusecs downstream. Floods cut off NH‑163 and several roads in Mulugu, isolating villages.
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Telangana is likely to receive nearly 25 per cent below-normal seasonal rainfall, according to the ECMWF outlook. With utilisable storage in Krishna and Godavari reservoirs at critically low levels, available water is expected to be sufficient mainly for drinking unless monsoon inflows improve.
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Telangana’s Godavari basin experienced an extraordinary hydrological year with record inflows from Maharashtra, yet poor canal infrastructure and delayed rainfall led to widespread kharif crop losses. Despite over 2,350 TMC of water entering the system, only a fraction was used for irrigation.
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BRS leaders accused the Congress government of ignoring rampant illegal sand mining in the Godavari basin. They alleged misuse of welfare schemes, shortage of funds for gram panchayats, and delay in local body polls, demanding urgent action and allocations for village infrastructure.
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Reservoirs in Telangana’s Krishna basin, including Srisailam, Jurala, and Nagarjuna Sagar, are operating at full capacity amid heavy inflows, releasing significant volumes downstream. In contrast, reservoirs in the Godavari basin remain dry, though tributaries like Pranahita and Medigadda Barrage report substantial flow.
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Kharif sowing in Telangana rebounded significantly after mid-July rains, reaching 82.92 lakh acres, well above last year’s mark. Cotton dominated the acreage, with paddy also showing strong progress.
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Former Jal Shakti adviser Sriram Vedire criticized Andhra Pradesh’s proposed Godavari-Banakacherla Link project, calling it legally and scientifically baseless. He argued that planning irrigation projects on “flood waters” violates water-sharing norms and threatens the rights of upstream states like Telangana
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Flood forecast indicates further rise in water levels over the next 48 hours due to widespread rainfall in the catchment areas spanning Telangana, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Odisha
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Irrigation authorities in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are taking precautionary measures to handle the increasing flood flow by scaling up discharges at key projects
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With the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme being operated partially, uncertainty looms large over the fate of Yasangi crops.
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Giving in to mounting pressure from farmers in its ayacut, pumping operations were resumed drawing water from the Yellampalli reservoir, instead of Medigadda to feed multiple reservoirs that are part of the KLIP network.
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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.
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Vanakalam cultivation area at just 1/3rd of targeted 15 mn acres
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The area under paddy in the current season, as per the projections of the Agriculture Department, is expected to be over 66 lakh acres, little over one third of the projected Kharif area of 1.52 crore acres this year.
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The storage levels in Nagarjuna Sagar in Krishna basin and Sripada Yellampalli in Godavari basin are under close observation as the two projects play a crucial role in supporting the water supply system for a major part of the State as well as the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad.
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Scarcity conditions in over 200 mandals Exercise underway to assess drought intensity
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The State has already requested the Karnataka government for release of six TMC to meet the drinking water needs
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On Friday, all the states within the Godavari basin unanimously agreed, in principle, to proceed with two crucial components of Phase I in the Interlinking of Rivers Project. A near-consensus was achieved during the NWDA task force meeting at Jala Soudha.
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Rains battered the State at a time when the sowing operations were gathering pace.
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Hyderabad: Expressing concern over the inordinate delay in granting Technical Advisory Committee(TAC) clearance to the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of Godavari basin projects in the State, the Telangana government has urged the Jal Shakti Ministry to immediately take steps for expeditious approval of the DPRs. Special Chief Secretary (Irrigation) Rajat Kumar on Wednesday wrote a […]
