Krishna Basin irrigation projects in Telugu States may be hit hard by rainfall deficit
Back in August 2022, irrigation authorities were mulling raising the spillway gates of the Nagarjuna Sagar dam owing to a heavy floodwater discharge at the Srisailam dam upstream of the Krishna river. File photo used for representational purposes.
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Crops in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh stand to be hit hard, particularly under the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, due to rainfall deficit in the upper catchment areas of the Krishna Basin in Maharashtra and Karnataka.According to irrigation authorities, it is the first time since 2018 that the Srisailam reservoir has not acquired a surplus even in the third week of August. The Srisailam reservoir supplements water to the Nagarjuna Sagar, downstream projects, and a large number of lift irrigation/canal systems in the ...