Next month, the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB) River Management Committee (RMC) is expected to discuss key issues pertaining to sharing Krishna River water between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and developing a sound mechanism to operate the powerhouses of the Srisailam and Nagarjuna Sagar Projects (NSP) for the purpose of ensuring proper reservoir management.
During the meeting, another crucial issue regarding the formulation of rule curves for Srisailam and NSP reservoirs may be discussed. During the last RMC meeting, officials from Telangana Irrigation and Command Area Development (I&CAD) requested KRMB to provide data for formulating rule curves for Srisailam and NSP reservoirs at the earliest possible time.
The development of a methodology for demarcating surplus water in the Krishna basin under the Telangana and AP regions will also be discussed at this meeting. The same issue was discussed at the RMC meeting on August 4. During the meeting, senior officials from I&CAD will present a detailed presentation.
Recently, Telangana’s irrigation department sought information on the Srisailam project from the Krishna River Management Board (KRMB).
According to the letter, the Irrigation department chief engineer Murlidhar said that the data on the Srisailam project was essential in monitoring the illegal diversion of water. In addition, he claimed Pothireddypadu set up an extensive infrastructure at Srisailam that allowed Andhra Pradesh to divert Krishna water outside its basin.
State government officials also made clear that the Srisailam Dam is intended for hydropower generation and that the dam’s minimum draw-down level (MDDL) should be 834 feet rather than 854 feet.
The KRMB changed the MDDL in the draft rule curves, which Telangana officials reportedly objected to. They emphasized that the Central Water Commission (CWC) made it completely clear that the MDDL should be 845 feet.
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