Not with standing Andhra Pradeshs appeal, continued power generation at Pulichintala project for the fourth consecutive day on Friday.
Telangana State Genco is producing about 120mw of power from four Plants attached to the Irrigation project. AP officials had met TS Genco officials on Thursday and appealed them to stop power generation to prevent wastage of water.
Pulichintala project was chiefly built to regulate the Krishna delta ayucut spread over 14 lakh acres in Krishna, Guntur and West Godavari districts. The project has only around 23 tmc water against its full capacity of storage 45 tmc. According to AP officials, the Telangana government is utilizing nearly 6,500 cusecs for power generation which would dip existing water reserves. The outflows from the power generation centre has resulted in heavy inflows at Prakasam barrage prompting the AP irrigation authorities to lift the gates of Prakasam barrage and let out water to downstream.