Ahead of the river board taking over the control of projects,Central Water Commission(CWC) has commenced hydrographical survey inSrisailamto ascertain the latest storage capacity of the dam.The project was designed with a 308 tmc capacity but came down to 215 tmc by 2011 and it is feared would go down further due to silt formation.

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Cwc took up the study following apprehensions about storage capacity of the major Irrigation andhydro-electric projectlocated atAPandTelanganaborder. Srisailam project is the first major irrigation dam afterKrishnariver enters the state.

According to project engineers, the latest capacity might not be more than 180 tmc, which

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could further intensify the water war between AP and .