The Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) has ordered the authorities of the Nagarjunasagar project, one of the two common reservoirs for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and managed by Telangana, to release 4.2 tmc ft wat to AP from Right Canal for July and 8.5 tmc ft to Telangana for July-September period.
Live storage of water in Nagarjunasagar was only 12.731 tmc ft at 6 am on July 21, but the release of water was recommended keeping in view the drinking and irrigation needs of the two States, based on the available water, the river board order released on Friday stated.
The three-member committee of the river board was held on July 18 and 19 to discuss the indents for water placed by the Engineers-in-Chief of Telangana on July 19 and of AP on July 12. The committee had observed that the as on July 17, the live storage available in Nagarjunasagar was only 13.984 tmc ft and it had come down further to 12.731 tmc ft on July 21.
