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The Nagarjuna Sagar Project engineers and officials, who have been tasked with the project operations were threatened and prevented from discharging their duties by the APSP police for two days.
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KRMB had recently written a letter to both the governments to immediately stop power generation as the water level at the reservoir was depleting at a very fast pace
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Hyderabad: With an inflow of 2.65 lakh cusecs being received from the upstream Jurala and Sunkesula projects, the Srisailam dam water level has reached 884.60 feet against its actual capacity of 885 feet on Monday. As a result, project officials have lifted 10 crest gates and released 2.7 lakh cusecs of water from the dam. […]
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Hyderabad: With heavy inflow into Srisailam dam, Irrigation department officials on Wednesday lifted seven gates of the project and released 1.94 lakh cusecs of water downstream to the Nagarjuna Sagar Project. According to officials, at present, the project was receiving a flood flow of 2.54 lakh cusecs. Officials said the reservoir had a record inflow […]
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By Anil Kumar Hyderabad: With the State receiving heavy rainfall over the last few days, water levels in major projects on the Godavari and Krishna basins have reached almost Full Reservoir Levels (FRL). Major projects on Godavari such as Sriram Sagar, Sripada Yellampally, Nizam Sagar, Singur and Lower Manair Dam have received huge inflows during […]
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With a drastic dip in inflows to Priyadharshini Jurala Project (PJP) in Krishna basin in Mahbubnagar district, Irrigation department officials on Saturday closed all the gates.
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Irrigation department officials opened the gates since the inflows were increasing hourly. The dam was receiving inflows of 2.43 lakh cusecs from Priyadharshini Jurala Project and Sunkesula barrage.
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Nandyal: In view of heavy rainfall, the irrigation department officials of Andhra Pradesh on Saturday opened three gates of the Srisailam Dam up and released water downstream. State Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu, Nandyal MP Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Srisailam MLA Shilpa Chakrapani Reddy and Nandyal District Collector Manazir Jeelani lifted the three gates of the Srisailam […]
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Hyderabad: The irrigation department officials opened three gates of Srisailam dam up to 10 feet high and released water downstream. Before opening the two gates, Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu performed puja to Goddess Gangamma. As much as 1.39 lakh cusecs of water released from Srisailam dam would reach Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) in […]
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Hyderabad: The irrigation department officials opened three gates of Srisailam Dam up to 10 feet height and releasing water downstream. Before opening the two gates, Andhra Pradesh Irrigation Minister Ambati Rambabu performed pooja to Goddess Gangamma. As many as 50,000 cusecs of water released from Srisailam Dam would reach Nagarjuna Sagar Project in Nalgonda district. […]
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Hyderabad: After a brief lull, heavy rains continued to lash several parts of the State since Friday morning leaving motorists and farmers on their toes even as the three major irrigation projects – Priyadharshini Jurala Project (PJP), Srisailam Dam and Nagarjuna Sagar Project (NSP) are getting inflows steadily. India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts heavy rains […]
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Hyderabad: Barring Lakshmi barrage at Medigadda, the Irrigation department officials closed the crest gates of major water bodies in Godavari basin as inflows were dropped significantly. In spite of getting inflows in less than 30,000 cusecs, the officials decided to close the gates of several dams. Thirty-six gates of the Sriram Sagar Project (SRSP) in […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a Sub-Committee with Irrigation and Command Area Development Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar as Chairman to study the draft rules and operation protocol prepared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) with respect to Priyadarshini Jurala Project, Srisailam Dam and Nagarjunasagar Dam. The committee will advise on the follow up action and […]
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Hyderabad: The State government has constituted a Sub-Committee with Irrigation and Command Area Development Engineer-in-Chief C Muralidhar as Chairman to study the draft rules and operation protocol prepared by the Central Water Commission (CWC) in respect of Priyadarshini Jurala Project, Srisailam Dam and Nagarjunasagar Dam. The committee will advise on the follow up action and […]
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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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The Nagarjuna Sagar Project witnessed increased inflows after 10 gates of the Srisailam Project were lifted on Wednesday
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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