The Nagarjunasagar dam on river Krishna in Nalgonda district of Telangana has filled up and eight crest gates have been lifted today to release water.
The mega masonry dam had achieved full reservoir level of 590 feet with the dam storage capacity of 315 TMC bringing cheer to irrigation and energy departments and the farm community.
The delayed and erratic monsoons had caused concerns when the dam had reached dead storage level of 510 ft in July.
With both the large dams of Srisailam and Nagarjunasagar filling up they are expected to provide big boost to power generation in both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
With Srisailam continuing to get inflows from Jurala, two crest gates have been lifted there and water released into Nagarjunasar both from the crest gates and water from power generation.
Meanwhile, power generation at two units with capacity of 440 mw has been disrupted at Rayalaseema thermal power project due to inadequate coal stocks and supplies. Efforts are being made to augment coal supplies by APGenco.