A.P. likely to get water from Tungabhadra from July 25

The yield in the reservoir touched 50.46 tmcft on Monday

With the yield in the Tungabhadra reservoir touching 50.46 tmcft on Monday evening, more than the 10-year average of 40.47 tmcft, water was likely to be released to Andhra Pradesh from July 25 through the Right Bank Low-Level Canal and Right Bank High-Level Canal that cater to Kurnool and Anantapur districts. Andhra Pradesh will receive 52.69 tmcft of water from Tungabhadra dam in the 2021-22 water season. Last year. water was released from August 1, but with good inflows, the Tungabhadra Board that met recently, decided to release for Karnataka from July 18 and for A.P. from July 20, but the officials here were seeking from July 25. The inflows into Tungabhadra reservoir increased significantly from Saturday with 46,054 cusecs recorded compared to 11,800 cusecs the previous day. On Sunday, the inflows increased to 57,127 cusecs and on Monday it came down slightly to 44,199 cusecs.