A.P. to receive 52.69 tmcft water from Tungabhadra Dam
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Probable date of launch of water is July 20; Skymet forecasts ‘healthy normal’ monsoon
Andhra Pradesh will receive 52.69 tmcft of water from Tungabhadra Dam within the 2021-22 water season.
The whole availability of water is anticipated to be 168 tmcft on the reservoir at Hospet, Karnataka.
Meanwhile, in its monsoon forecast for 2021 launched on Thursday, Skymet, a climate forecasting firm, mentioned the onset of southwest monsoon over Kerala was probably to be on May 30 with a mannequin error of +/- 2 days.
Telangana’s share
At the primary on-line water assessment (Webex) assembly on Thursday of the Tungabhadra Board, which was attended by the dam Superintending Engineer, Anantapur HLC SE, and Kurnool in-charge SE, the professional rata entitlement of Karnataka was fastened at 110.143 tmcft. For Telangana, the entitlement was fastened at 5.159 tmcft.
Out of the overall entitlement of Andhra Pradesh, the Tungabhadra High-Level Canal will get 25.755 tmcft, the Lower Level Canal will get 19.019 tmcft and the KC Canal will receive 7.925 tmcft. The possible date of launch of water is July 20, in accordance to HLC Superintending Engineer Nayakanti Rajasekhar.
The dam at current has an influx of 4,632 cusecs, with availability of solely 5.715 tmcft.
The abstraction on the dam for the season ending this month is 170.8 tmcft and the professional rata allocation of the HLC system is 26.184 tmcft. The whole will likely be 28.184 tmcft if we embody 2 tmcft for KC Canal.
The whole quantum of water launched from the dam was 28.184 tmcft, whereas the quantum realised on the A.P. border at Kanekal was 26.346 tmcft.
According to the HLC Superintending Engineer, the Penna Ahobilam Balancing Reservoir (PABR) has 3.679 tmcft; MPR Dam – 1.418 tmcft; Chitravathi Balancing Reservoir – 8.776 tmcft; Mylavaram – 3.440 tmcft; Chagallu – 0.844 tmcft; and Pendekallu – 0.238 tmcft.
The Skymet launch says the monsoon is anticipated to be “healthy normal” to the tune of 103% (with an error margin of +/- 5%) of the lengthy interval common (LPA) of 880.6 mm for the four-month interval from June to September. This will make it the third consecutive 12 months of regular or above-normal monsoon.
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