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The Priyadarshini Jurala Project on the Krishna river faces serious structural issues, including leaking gates, erosion, and overloaded traffic. Despite repeated NDSA warnings, a proposed bridge remains unbuilt, leaving the irrigation lifeline of southern Telangana vulnerable during flood season
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Former Ministers V Srinivas Goud and C Lakshma Reddy led a BRS team to inspect Jurala project, expressing concern over gate No. 9 issues and criticising the government for delay in repairs ahead of the monsoon
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Jurala Project on the Krishna river faces serious maintenance issues with damaged crest gates amid surging inflows. Delays in repairs, reduced storage due to siltation, and rising water levels have sparked concern over the dam's flood-handling capability
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BRS leader KT Rama Rao blamed the Congress government for the failure of Gate No. 9 at the Jurala project, citing negligence in maintenance. He warned of further risks and criticised the administration for repeated infrastructure failures under its rule
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A crest gate at the Priyadarshini Jurala Project failed to open due to a snapped cable, even as Krishna river inflows touched 53,000 cusecs. Authorities rushed technical teams and resumed pending repair work to address operational issues on priority.
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With the flood flow on the rise from the upper reaches of Krishna and Tungabhadra rivers, under the influence of torrential rains in Karnataka and Maharashtra, the Jurala project in the State has been receiving heavy inflows
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Says land acquired without paying due compensation is ‘unjust’ and ‘unconstitutional’
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The Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TGGenco) has taken up hydro power generation at the 6X39 MW power plant at Priyadarshini Jurala project by switching on one unit on Wednesday.
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Hyderabad: Officials of Irrigation department opened 26 gates of Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) and releasing 1.80 lakh cusecs of water downstream. The water released from Jurala project would reach Srirailam Dam and if the same inflows continue into the Srisailam dam, officials might lift the gates soon. The project is receiving 1.80 lakh cusecs of […]
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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 […]
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Hyderabad: Incessant rains continued to lash several parts of the State for the fourth consecutive day on Friday even as four persons lost their lives in different places in erstwhile Adilabad district. While 30-year-old A Ganesh of Ranapur in Nirmal mandal was washed away in the floodwaters at Manjulapur in Soan mandal, a 35-year-old tribal, […]
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In the last 24 hours, Jurala and Srisailam Dam received 1,11,072 cusecs and 1,50,494 cusecs of water respectively.
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In all, the officials were releasing 1.20 lakh cusecs including the water used for generating power after lifting 16 gates
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The project received inflows of only 14,500 cusecs till Wednesday, but since Friday it started getting inflows significantly facilitating officials to lift spillway gates to release water
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IMD has warned of flooding and water-logging in many parts of low-lying areas in several districts
