Sticking to its contention that Srisailam project was conceived for hydel power generation in the united Andhra Pradesh, the government has been generating electricity from its units at the project. This, despiteKrishna River Management Board(KRMB) direction to stop hydel power generation from Srisailam following complaints by Andhra Pradesh.
Chief ministerK Chandrasekhar Raohad on several occasions said Telangana would generate power at Srisailam to meet the states requirements.
The Telangana government has been arguing that Srisailam project was meant for hydel power generation. The Telangana Irrigation officials even walked out from the meeting and said they would not attend the meeting if the Board wants to hold another meeting on hydel power. The government also said it has no objection if AP generates hydel power from its units at Srisailam.
Interestingly, the Telangana government broke its earlier hydel power record by continuously generating and utilising 2,085 million units (MU) in the past five months i.e., April to September 5 against just 1,193 MU for the same period in 2020. Of this, 880 MUs were from Srisailam and another 879 MUs from Nagarjunasagar units.