Officials prefer wasting Krishna water to saving
Updated Jul 29, 2021, 7:32 am IST
Kharif requirements go for a toss
There is a demand mainly from the farmers to expedite construction of Chodavaram and Bandiprolulanka projects downstream the river from the barrage. — Representational image/DC
VIJAYAWADA: For the very first time in a rainy season, nearly 40 tmcft of Krishna river water was discharged into the sea from Prakasam barrage beginning from June. It was neither stored nor used for kharif cultivation in Andhra Pradesh.
Telangana government, having started generation of hydel power from Srisailam, Nagarjunasagar and Pulichintala projects upstream the river from June 1, it started releasing water even as storage level in the project was considerably less for power generation. The water released thus and inflows from local sources started flowing downstream crossing the major and medium projects one after another before eventually reaching Prakasam barrage.