Srisailum Dam: Do not care till the accident

The pit was formed in the Srisailam Project Plum Pool area. In 2009, the Srisailam project was submerged with heavy floods. More than 24 lakh cusecs were flooded. There is a dip pool in the bottom of the Srisailam dam. The foundation of Srisailam Dam is 380 feet.

To the depth of the foundation ..

It is a threat that the dam has exceeded the depth of the foundation. Experts say that there is a danger of fragmented joints (sheer area) between stone fruits. If immediate repair is not done .. then warned that there is an unexpected accident.

NDSA Alert ..

The National Dame Safety Monitoring Agency (NDSA) has made it clear that the pit was caused by the impact of the water issued by Gates and needed to be buried immediately. The National Dam Safety Authority (NDSA) has directed the Andhra Pradesh government to repair the pit in the Srisalum Project Plum Pool by May.

That responsibility is AP.

The NDSA has made it clear that the state officials are responsible for the safety of the reservoir as the Srisailum reservoir is under the aegis of the reservoir. Ndsak Telangana NC G. Anil Kumar has appealed to Srisalum Project Plum Pool to fill the pit with concrete tetrapads. But the expected level is not repaired so far. Irrigation experts are worried about this.

Project detail ..

The construction of the project was started in 1960. Completed in 1981. The height of the Srisailam dam is 145.10 m and 512 meters in length. The project has 1,670 MW power generation capacity. On October 2, 2009, in the history of the project project, 25 lakh cusecs came to the reservoir. The Srisailam reservoir was designed to face a maximum of 19 lakh cusecs of floods. In October 2009, 25.5 lakh cusecs were flooded.

Dosual in maintenance ..

There are allegations that there are some flaws in the management of the project. Experts say that the management of gates and neglect of other functions can cause problems. Local small contractors are looking at them .. They are not coming forward to do bills. If the work is not done, the gates are at risk of shouting during floods.