Vijayawada: The Telangana state government has reduced hydroelectric power generation from the Srisailam plant by operating only one 150MW unit and producing 130 MW to 140 MW. This is seen as a strategic move to continue power generation despite stiff resistance from Andhra Pradesh and direction from the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) to stop power generation.
The Srisailam power plant has five 150 MW units, all of which were put into operation to generate about 750 MW per day. The water level in the dam fell to 808.89 feet (full reservoir level 885 ft), and storage went down to 33.64 thousand million cubic feet, or 15.59 per cent of the gross capacity of 215.81 tmc ft.
AP water resources authorities maintain that as the minimum drawdown level of water is fixed at 805 ft for Telangana state. As the water level is fast depleting, the TS government reduced power generation.
With no rainfall in the Krishna catchment areas located in Maharashtra and Karnataka,…