Telangana has experienced an extraordinary monsoon season, with rainfall 35% above normal from June to November. The extended rains, driven by Cyclone Montha and Bay of Bengal systems, have led to record-breaking inflows in major reservoirs across the Krishna and Godavari basins.
The Nizam Sagar irrigation project, built in 1931, has received its second-highest inflow in five decades due to intense monsoon rains in the Manjeera basin. With 291 TMCft recorded so far, the reservoir continues to receive water, largely from the upstream Singur project, which also broke its own inflow record this year.
The initiative was aimed to provide a permanent solution to Hyderabad's drinking water woes and bring new agricultural areas under irrigation under these projects, he said.The Singur, Manjeera, and Nizam Sagar projects are all built on the Manjeera river, which is a tributary of the Godavari.
Hyderabad: The Irrigation department officials opened 11 gates of Nizam Sagar Dam and released 85,500 cusecs of water downstream. The dam is getting inflows of 62,500 cusecs from the upstream catchment areas. The water released from the dam will reach Sriram Sagar Project. Presently, the water storage level in the dam was 14.978 TMC against […]
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 […]
Kamareddy: Much to the delight of farmers in erstwhile Nizamabad district, the State government has released water from Nizam Sagar project to cater to the needs of cultivation during Vaanakalam (Kharif) season. Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy, along with Roads and Buildings Minister Vemula Prashanth Reddy, formally released the water on Monday. Speaking on the […]
