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The state government has responded by releasing Rs 60 crore to address immediate needs and maintain the PRLIS, where work has been stalled since December last.

The project, initially known as the Srisailam Left Bank Canal Tunnel Project, has been on cards since 1983. But the works on the project commenced only in 2006.

Addressing the 4th Global Renewable Energy Investor's Meet and Expo (RE-INVEST), in Gandhinagar, Gujarat on Monday, Bhatti said Telangana was developing a comprehensive renewable energy(RE) policy to ensure sustainable, reliable and affordable power, promote Renewable Energy projects and attract private investments.

With the inflows declining steadily since the last couple of days, irrigation department officials closed the crest gates of the dam

With people turning up in large numbers to enjoy the dam view, there is a considerable increase in plastic waste being dumped, despite employing locals to clear the trash regularly.

TGSRTC officials said these buses will start from MGBS, JBS, BHEL and other places from the city, with an average frequency of half-an-hour between buses.

Reports indicate that Yadaiah was traveling to Srisailam for darshan and had stepped into the river at Lingalagattu to bathe. As water levels rose and strong currents took hold, he was swept away despite cries for help from other tourists, who could only watch in helplessness.

The schedules typically depend on the water levels in the reservoirs and the inflow of water.

As far as the Krishna basin projects are concerned, the worst is over and the inflows being received for the last one week are holding out hope for a normal year, irrigation officials said.

Irrigation Department officials lift five gates and release 57,000 cusecs of water downstream towards Srisailam

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.

Since the availability of water in Nagarjuna Sagar was much less than the total requirement of 9.914 TMC to be met, the KRMB had decided to draw water from the Srisailam project to meet the indent.

Expresses concern over reports of Telangana demanding a share in AP ports and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam properties

Major irrigation projects, barring Jurala, have received no significant inflows so far.

Bhatti, who held a review meeting with the officials of Genco at the Srisailam Left Bank Hydel project on Monday, asked the officials to immediately invite tenders to repair Unit 4 of the project.

As Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka was heading to Srisailam to participate in different programmes, the dairy farmers staged a protest. However, the police took them into preventive custody.

There are about 20 rooms in the resort. Generally people from Hyderabad and other places, who visit the Srisailam temple, book rooms at the resort.

Further, the government reiterated that the State government would not handover the components of Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar projects to Krishna River Management Board (KRMB).

The average in flows received by Jurala project were in the range of 4000 cusecs and they added to the present storage level by one TMC so far. Srisailam project has started receiving average inflows of 3000 cusecs during the past 24 hours.

Police suspect the car driver dozed off while driving, resulting in the accident.