Srisailam, Jurala projects push up power generation.

Huge monsoon-fuelled inflows from the upper riparian States of Maharashtra and Karnataka into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have begun to fill up reservoirs and provided a major boost for the farm sector and hydel power generation at the Srisailam and Jurala projects.

Rains in the catchment areas of major dams in Karnataka have topped up the Almatti, Narayanpur and Tungabhadra dams on the Krishna river, forcing irrigation authorities to release water downstream.

The inflow has already filled up the Jurala hydel project and, if the current flows continue into the Srisailam dam downstream, the latter is also likely to be up to full level in the next few days.

Srinivasa Rao, SE, Srisailam project, told BusinessLine that: 'The project now has 140.3 tmc of water and is getting inflows of about 2,99,647 cusecs and outflow of 68,037 cusecs.

Against a full reservoir level (FRL) of 885 feet, the level is 869.70 ft . If the inflow continues, the dam will be full within three days.'


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