After the projects in the Godavari Basin getting surplus with heavy rains not only in the immediate catchment areas in Telangana but also in the upstream States Maharashtra and Karnataka, it’s now the turn of Krishna Basin projects to get heavy inflows with the authorities having started discharging flood at upstream projects in Karnataka.
The authorities started discharging flood at Almatti on Monday evening with release of 75,000 cusecs from the spillway and with power generation towards Narayanpur dam. Inflow into Almatti was 75,000 cusecs at 6 p.m. and it was forecast to go beyond 92,000 cusecs in the night with the storage at 90 tmc ft against its capacity of 129.72 tmc ft.
Similarly, discharge of flood at Tungabhadra dam at Hospet is also expected to commence with the inflow being constant over 82,000 cusecs. Its storage was 92 tmc ft against capacity of 100.86 tmc ft as at 8 p.m. Anticipating release of flood at Naryanapur by Tuesday afternoon, the authorities at Jurala in the downstream have decided to start release of water to the river with power generation.
