Srisailam Reservoir discharge nearing 2020’s maximum level

Kurnool The inflows into Srisailam Reservoir have touched 5 lakh cusecs and the Dam Maintenance engineers are discharging 5,50,149 cusecs and the quantum of discharge from the dam is inching closer to

Kurnool The inflows into Srisailam Reservoir have touched 5 lakh cusecs and the Dam Maintenance engineers are discharging 5,50,149 cusecs and the quantum of discharge from the dam is inching closer to the highest reached last year 597,440 cusecs on September 27, 2020. All the 10 gates have been lifted up to 20 feet discharging 4,71,730 cusecs through spillway and power generation on the Right Bank (Andhra Pradesh side) was consuming 30,167 cusecs and Telangana was using 25,426 cusecs in the Left Bank Power House. The current storage level at the Srisailam Dam was 211.51 tmcft with the water level standing at 884.10 feet against the FRL of 885 feet at 9 a.m. on Friday. Currently, the Pothireddypadu Head Regulator was taking 20,000 cusecs, while for the HNSS 2,023 cusecs were being lifted from Malyala.