More than 560 TMC of the Krishna’s floodwaters has been discharged from the Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada this season, making this the highest volume of water to be discharged into the sea from here in the last five years.
According to the information, the Water Resources Department (WRD) officials have been discharging floodwaters frequently from Prakasam Barrage during this season.
“In July, 35.02 TMC of floodwater was discharged from the barrage into the sea. In August, the figure jumped to 339.82 TMC. In this month, the outflow was 121.77 TMC till September 10, and rose to 158.41 TMC as of September 11. On September 12 alone, 31.01 TMC of floodwater was discharged, taking September’s total outflow to 189.42 TMC. The total discharge this season has been 564.26 TMC,” said WRD Vijayawada Vijayawada Irrigation Circle Superintending Engineer (SE) Sesham Tirumala Rao.
