Krishna water inflow likely to pick up amid declining storage in city’s reservoirs
Krishna water inflow to Chennai is expected to increase in the coming days, aiding in the declining storage of the city's reservoirs. The supply from the Kandaleru reservoir has resumed after maintenance, but current inflow remains low. Officials are monitoring the situation and anticipate improvements to meet the city's water demand.
- ▪Krishna water inflow is currently low at 70 cubic feet per second.
- ▪Chennai requires about 4,000 million cubic feet of water as per the inter-State agreement with Andhra Pradesh.
- ▪The combined storage of Chennai's five major reservoirs is approximately 6,552 million cubic feet, which is 56% of total capacity.
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Krishna water inflow, which is currently trickling into the State, is expected to pick up in the next few days and help augment declining storage in Chennai’s reservoirs and meet drinking water demand.The supply from Kandaleru reservoir in Andhra Pradesh, which was suspended for the maintenance of the KP canal in March, resumed two days ago. However, the State’s entry point of the KP canal in Uthukottai of Tiruvallur district is receiving only a marginal inflow of 70 cubic feet per second (cusecs).Officials of the Water Resources Department (WRD) said the release of Krishna water followed a recent request from the Tamil Nadu WRD.
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