As the water level in Srisailam reservoir, one of the two common projects serving the needs of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, is approaching the minimum draw down level (MDDL) the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has asked the two States to stop hydel generation at the power houses based on the project.
While AP has a hydel generation station with 770 megawatt capacity, Telangana has 900 MW power house. However, one of the 6×150 MW units of Telangana Genco has been out of order since August 2020 following a fire accident in the underground power house, which also has the pumped mode generation facility.