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.
Monsoon tourism: NWKRTC launches sightseeing buses | Hubballi News
indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
After 13 years, Srisailam gates lifted in July to discharge flood
thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A screen grab from a video clip shows a man with an oxygen cylinder being evacuated in Kolhapur on Monday
MUMBAI: The death toll in the flood-hit regions of the state rose to 192 on Monday even as rain water receded and two lanes of the Pune-Bengaluru national highway were opened after a four-day gap. Twenty-five people are still reported missing and as many as 3.7 lakh people have been evacuated, the bulk of them from Sangli district. The Panchganga and Krishna rivers in Western Maharashtra remain over the danger mark.
The torrential rains mainly in Konkan and western Maharashtra since last Thursday triggered landslides leading to widespread devastation. As many as 95 casualties are from Raigad district alone. The IMD has predicted it is very likely that Konkan, Goa and the ghat areas of central Maharashtra will receive widespread rain over the next three days. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had to cut short his aerial survey of Satara district as his helicopter could not land d