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Storage of Tungabhadra, Srisailam dams crosses half-way mark
The storage levels of Tungabhadra and Srisailam dams have surpassed the half-way mark due to widespread rains in upstream catchment areas, leading to significant flooding in major projects within the Krishna Basin.
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Adjacent reporting
- Tungabhadra dam gets new crest gates, but weak monsoon threatens paddy crop, survival of rice mills in Karnataka
- Storage precarious across Karnataka reservoirs; hopes pinned on rains in July, August
- Silt fills almost half the storage in Kerala’s Malankara dam causing capacity crisis
- Water levels rising in Krishna basin as heavy rain lashes Maharashtra, Belagavi
- Krishna and Bhima receive heavy inflows following widespread rains
- KRS dam breaches 100 feet mark as rain drenches south Karnataka