Telangana pins hope on Almatti dam for emergency releases
A high-level delegation from the State is probably going to visit Bengaluru on a water mission shortly, with the possibility of extreme shortage circumstances looming big under the krishna basin projects. This comes after karnataka was previously alerted by the State government about the necessity of emergency releases from the almatti dam to maintain the drinking water supply in the event of an emergency during the following two months.
According to sources, the State administration would probably decide on the team's visit in a day or two. The koyna dam in Western maharashtra is home to roughly 30 tmc of water that the government intended to use. However, more than 700 kilometers separated Koyna from the State projects, which included Jurala, and maharashtra may have given significantly less in net revenue from any releases.
They believed that getting water from Koyna at this time was not a priority. To address the demand for drinking water in its districts of Bagalkote and Kalburgi, the karnataka government recently released 2.75 tmc of water from the Almatti reservoir.
Only 7.7 tmc of the approximately 25 tmc that remain in the almatti dam could be extracted from the reservoir. telangana may require only one or two TMCs of it from karnataka to cover its drinking water demands. A harvest vacation has already been proclaimed by karnataka beneath the krishna basin's Narayanpur dam. The water issue in Bengaluru city, which is located in the Cauvery basin, would not prevent one or two TMCs from being used to supply telangana areas, which are located deep within the krishna basin.
With the water available in the State projects, the irrigation official was certain that the problem could be handled.
With the water available in the State projects, the irrigation official was certain that the problem could be handled.
Five to six tmc of water may be extracted from the nagarjuna sagar project if necessary, down to the 510-foot Minimum Draw Down Level (MDDL). On a few occasions, water up to 506 feet deep was extracted from NSP. In addition, the gross storage of 20.18 tmc is compared to the approximately nine tmc of water in the yellampalli reservoir. They suggested that the State may be saved from any kind of water crisis in May and june by making prudent use of the water present in its reservoirs.