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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

With the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme being operated partially, uncertainty looms large over the fate of Yasangi crops.

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.

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.

Vanakalam cultivation area at just 1/3rd of targeted 15 mn acres

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.

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.

Scarcity conditions in over 200 mandals Exercise underway to assess drought intensity

The State has already requested the Karnataka government for release of six TMC to meet the drinking water needs

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.

Rains battered the State at a time when the sowing operations were gathering pace.

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 […]

Hyderabad: After Godavari basin, the dams in Krishna basin are now brimming with inflows from upstream and catchment areas due to the rains lashing the State for the last few days. From Almatti and Narayanpur dams in Karnataka, the Krishna River flows through Priyadharshini Jurala Project (PJP), Srisailam Dam, Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) and Musi […]

Hyderabad: After heavy inflows into major water bodies in Godavari basin in north Telangana, projects in the Krishna river basin are now receiving increased inflows. Three days ago, the Srisailam dam got only 31,736 cusecs from upstream Priyadharshini Jurala Project (PJP) and Tungabhadra River along with the catchment areas near the dam. The inflows have […]

Hyderabad: Tearing into the State BJP for defaming the TRS Government in the wake of heavy rains and flooding of pump house at Kaleshwaram Agriculture Minister S Niranjan Reddy sought to know why the BJP-led Central Government does not extend assistance to the flood-affected Telangana while Gujarat gets immediate flood relief. Stating that extremely heavy […]

Hyderabad: Heavy inflows into the major irrigation projects in Godavari basin in north Telangana are keeping officials of the Irrigation department on their toes, prompting them to increase outflows and discharge water from the projects downstream. With the water levels touching 699.70ft as against 700 ft at Kadam project in Adilabad district, officials issued a […]

Hyderabad: The incessant rains lashing the State for the last two days prompted irrigation department officials to be on high alert as several dams and other major water bodies in Godavari basin are receiving heavy inflows. With the inflows increasing significantly due to heavy rains, officials are constantly monitoring water levels at Sri Rama Sagar […]

Hyderabad: With the water bodies getting huge inflows due to incessant rains for the last few days, the gates of at least four irrigation projects on Godavari basin were opened by the Irrigation Department officials to release water downstream. For the last five days, the officials were opening gates of Sriram Sagar project and releasing […]

The inventory is the brainchild of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao who advised the department to take a stock of all its assets.

According to the data available with the Water Resources department of the State, the area under the supervision of the Superintending Engineer Mahbubnagar has 5,402 tanks overflowing