Officials of Krishna Bhagya Jal Nigam Ltd. (KBJNL) started releasing water from the Almatti dam to the Krishna on Saturday following heavy inflow into the reservoir.
Water level was at 518 metres on Friday against the full-reservoir level of 519 metres.
On Sunday, the officials released water at the rate of 1,01,525 cusecs while the inflow was at the rate of 1,88,632 cusecs. The total storage level of the dam is 124 tmcft and the dam had 108.191 tmcft of water on Sunday.
The officials, however, ruled out any possibility of floods saying that the villages located on the front site of the dam would not face any problem even if water was released at the rate of 2.5 lakh cusecs a day. They said that if the inflow into the dam goes up again, more water would have to be released.
As a precautionary step, the officials issued an alert to the people living on the banks of the river asking them not to graze their animals near the river and not to stay close to the bank.
Power generation
Power generation has resumed at the unit located on the right side of the dam. The unit had remained non-functional after water level depleted in the dam.
As much as 250 MW of power was generated on Friday. The total power generation capacity of the unit is 290 MW.
Looking at the heavy inflow of the water, Water Resources Minister M.B. Patil , who is also in charge of the district, directed KBJNL officials to start releasing water to the Mulawad lift irrigation scheme and Indi branch canals.
