Overview

• Sriramsagar in Telangana began spillway discharge on Monday after heavy inflows since August 15, briefly peaking near 2 lakh cusecs after 39 gates were lifted.
• Downstream Godavari projects reported large releases—Yellampally 1.69 lakh cusecs, Annaram 1.4 lakh, Medigadda 4.29 lakh—while Kaddam discharged 34,500 cusecs and Mid Manair received 18,600.
• Andhra Pradesh expects Krishna River discharge at Prakasam Barrage to cross the first flood warning by Tuesday morning and potentially near 6 lakh cusecs later in the day, with NDRF and state agencies on alert, and Godavari discharge at Sir Arthur Cotton Barrage reached 6.07 lakh cusecs Monday night.
• Upstream flows intensified overnight, with Srisailam receiving about 3.39 lakh cusecs and opening 10 gates, Nagarjuna Sagar passing roughly 3.8 lakh cusecs, and Pulichintala releasing 3.66 lakh cusecs.
• The Polavaram–Banakacherla link awaits a CWC no‑objection and environmental permissions after the EAC returned the ToR request, with NBWL review and forest clearances still required for a 19.5‑km tunnel through the Nagarjuna Sagar–Srisailam Tiger Reserve, which Telangana contests under tribunal and Reorganisation Act claims.