‘Building a weir at Siddeswaram will reduce siltation at Srisailam’
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Dam’s water holding capacity coming down, say experts
The Rayalaseema Saaguneeti Samrakshana Samithi has welcomed the assessment of the silting in the past 10 years from 2011 to 2021 and has demanded the construction of a weir-cum-bridge at Siddeswaram, 26 km upstream Srisailam dam, to increase the lifespan of the project and stop further siltation. Samithi president Bojja Dasaratharami Reddy said that the work initiated by the Union Water Resources Ministry on Tuesday for assessing the total quantum of water that can be stored in the Srisailam reservoir and the quantum of silting in the past 10 years was a welcome step, but the experts from the Central Water Commission and Ministry of Water Resources along with the State governments must find a solution for reducing the quantum of silt that reaches the Srisailam Dam by constructing a weir at Siddeswaram.
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