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Unprecedented inflows in Srisailam triggered Andhra floods

The unprecedented inflows into Srisailam dam across Krishna river in Kurnool district have triggered flash floods in Andhra Pradesh, state Minister for Revenue and Relief Dharmana Prasada Rao said Friday.

The inflows, the highest since India's independence, have not only inundated Kurnool and Mantralayam towns and dozens of villages in Kurnool district but have also caused floods in neighbouring Mahabubnagar district and posed threat to downstream Krishna and Guntur districts.

'We never had such inflows since independence and this may have caused massive damage,' Rao told reporters.

Srisailam dam, which is 790 feet high, is receiving massive inflows of 1.754 million cusecs of water from Jurala project and other projects and upstream following heavy rain in neighbouring Karnataka. All 12 crest gates of the dam have been opened but the backwaters have still inundated Kurnool town.

Rao said the outflow of 1.152 million cusecs from Srisailam is reaching Nagarjuna Sagar project downstream. As 26 crest gates of Sagar have been opened, huge inflows are reaching Prakasam barrage near Vijayawada in Krishna district.

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Source : IANS

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