Water shortage looms large in AP as levels in major reservoirs fall
Updated Apr 18, 2021, 10:31 am IST
The level of Srisailam reservoir has touched 808 ft against full reservoir level of 885 ft
Drinking water supply schemes, which had been formulated for almost all villages spending crores of rupees, have proved to be a failure. Representational Photo: AFP
KURNOOL: Water shortage seems to be on the horizon as storage levels in major reservoirs of Andhra Pradesh have fallen drastically.
Level of Srisailam reservoir has touched 808 ft against full reservoir level of 885 ft. Water availability is just 33.59 TMC, only 15 percent of total storage capacity. Nagarjunasagar, downstream of Srisailam, has storage of just 191.05 TMC against 312 TMC capacity. Priyadarshini Jurala and Tungabhadra each have mere 3.98 TMC of water.