Thanks to copious inflows into the major reservoirs in the Penna basin, the Andhra Pradesh government released 5.53 tmcft of water to Chennai during 2021-22.
This came close on the heels of the release of a record 8.116 tmcft of water to the metropolis in the previous year after several decades with Somasila and Kandaleru reservoirs getting good inflows thanks to floods in several spells in the Krishna.
Handing over on Monday a cheque for ₹50 croreas part payment towards Tamil Nadu’s share of the cost of maintenance of the Satya Sai Ganga canal which carries Krishna water to Poondi reservoir, Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department Chief Engineer Muralidharan Gangadharan urged his Telugu Ganga Project (TGP) counterpart K. Harinarayana Reddy to restart release of Krishna water to Chennai from April, according to an official release.
