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Record Early Monsoon Drives High Outflows at Indian Dams

Reservoirs across the Krishna and Mahanadi basins have neared capacity, prompting large-scale gate openings to relieve water levels

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Overview

  • Srisailam reservoir has risen to 190.33 TMCft of its 215.80 TMCft capacity with inflows above 1.9 lakh cusecs, and its gates are set to open Tuesday
  • Almatti’s Lal Bahadur Shastri reservoir is discharging 1.15 lakh cusecs to manage inflows exceeding 1.1 lakh cusecs on the Krishna
  • Middle Vaitarna in Maharashtra reached 90 percent of its full level and opened three gates releasing 3,000 cusecs into downstream Modak Sagar
  • Hirakud dam released its season’s first floodwater after traditional rituals and authorities have alerted 13 downstream districts along the Mahanadi
  • Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have traded demands over repairing Srisailam’s flagged safety issues and the timing of its impending gate releases