The inflows into Srisailam Dam reduced from 63,000 cusecs to 19,000 cusecs
Srisailam Dam
Hyderabad: Due to decrease in inflows from Tungabhadra and Krishna rivers, the inflows into Srisailam Dam reduced from 63,000 cusecs on Sunday morning to 19,000 cusecs by the evening. The level of the Krishna river at Jurala dropped below 318.2 metres on Sunday evening, forcing officials to stop hydel power generation. Officials have decided to build up the level with the available inflows of 25,000 cusecs.
“Water has not been released from upstream Narayanapur Dam in Karnataka, they have stopped power generation and are impounding water to divert to their canals. The water we are getting is only due to local rains,” said Mr T. Khagender, superintending engineer of Jurala project. He said the water level stood at 317.7 metres at Jurala, and power could not be generated at this level.
“We are getting around 25,000 cusecs, we will build up the water level and then generate power so that water will go to Srisailam Dam,” Mr Khagender said. Correspondingly, the inflows at Srisailam reduced significantly, from 63,000 cusecs on Sunday morning to 19,000 cusecs by the evening.
However, the dam now holds 49 TMC ft as against 26.7 TMC ft before the current spell of rains. At the Sunkesula Barrage across the Tungabhadra in Kurnool district, authorities are releasing 12,000 cusecs and another 2,500 cusecs to the KC Canal.
“We cannot retain any water at Sunkesula. We are releasing all the water into the river and the KC Canal, but we are getting reports that rains may occur in the coming days. If that happens, we will get more inflows and the Srisailam Dam will benefit,” said chief engineer of Srisailam (AP), Mr G. Chittibabu.
TS gets 23% less rains than normal:
A low pressure area persists over west central Bay of Bengal and another one could form in the next two to three days, stated an IMD update on Sunday. In the last 24 hours, rainfall was recorded at many places in Coastal AP, a few places in Telangana and at isolated places in Rayalaseema.
In coastal AP, Bhimavaram mandal of West Godavari district and Bapatla of Guntur recorded 11 cm of rains each, followed by Maruteru and Palakoderu mandal of West Godavari at 8 cm each and Dowleswaram of East Godavari at 6 cm.
In TS, Manuguru mandal of Khammam recorded 9 cm rainfall, followed by Palawancha mandal of Khammam at 6 cm. As on Sunday, the cumulative monsoon rain in Coastal AP stood at 15 per cent more than normal, Rayalaseema was 2 per cent less than normal and Telangana was 23 per cent less.
The IMD continued its heavy rainfall warning for isolated places in Coastal AP and TS and predicted moderate to rather heavy rains in Rayalaseema.
( Source : deccan chronicle )
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