Gundrevula project, if ready by now, would have stored surplus water, say experts
The Sarisailam Dam received 103 tmcft of flood water released from the Tungabhadra Dam by Tuesday morning when compared to the assured 32 tmcft in the 2020-21 water season.
The Srisailam Dam has cumulatively received 717 tmcft of water from Tungabhadra (103 tmcft), Hundri (14 tmcft) and Jurala (600 tmcft) during the current water season against its holding capacity of 215.8 tmcft at its its full reservoir level of 885 feet. Around 500 tmcft of surplus water has been released to Nagarjunasagar Dam, Pulichintala and Prakasam Barrage.
The water released from Tungabhadra to the Srisailam Dam crossed 100 tmcft by Monday evening. Kurnool district would have retained a good amount of water, had the Gundurevula project been undertaken with a proposed storage capacity of 20 tmcft. The proposed project could…